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    How long to isolate hens with A specific rooster?

    I have multiple roosters all of whom seem to "Breed". With that in mind how long do I have to isolate hens with my RIR roo to insure the eggs I want to incubate are his??? I intend to make sex links, pruebreds, and "75%ers" for lack of A better way to describe it. As A sidebar...
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    Induce A rooster to breed in winter???

    Simple any tricks to induce A rooster to "perform" regularly before spring???? A large chunk of my hens have cleared their first molt and I ordered an incubator. My RIR does not seem to be "Performing" with anywhere near his spring-to-summer frequency and I'd rather start the replacement...
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    Your guesses as to what may be wrong with the chickens?

    Pictured below will be a picture of one of my two Ideal 236s. The one in particular is the smaller of the two very much the runt of the flock. I have two of them if I’ve gotten a dozen eggs in eight months out of both of them combined I would be surprised. These are supposed to be highly...
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    26 week+ Ideal 236 (Leghorn) NOT LAYING???

    What is basically A White Leghorn is not laying at near as makes no difference 6 months???? Is it possible to have A matured hen who is not molting be incapable of laying? An Ideal 236 is probably 75-90% white leghorn, they breed in Ancona for resistance to Mareks disease. This one in...
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    Three week old Barred rock gender?

    I’m starting to think I got another Roo out of the pullet bin? Already seems to be showing comb at three weeks, I do realize barred rock chickens mature fast but this one has me worried that I have another rooster I don’t need. It is definitely the alpha of my fourth batch. It is also...
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    2 possibly pullets squatting but NOT laying.

    4 pullets in this case 1 Bresse, 1 EE/Orp both squatting for like 2 weeks now, and 2 Ideal 236/Leghorns whom don't stay still long enough to see if they "Squat". All are laying age hatched late late Feb or early march. No cream eggs(Bresse) or white eggs (Leg/236), and it is anybody's guess...
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    Any Delaware Hen owners? Quick question please?????

    How are your Delaware hens egg production? When I start looking I get numbers as low as 150 to as high as 280+ eggs per year? Is the 6 months to lay figure accurate?
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    Electric Poultry fencing? A few questions please.

    Obvious first question ...................... 1. I assume 4 feet is not high enough if I have low mass birds like leghorns? 2. Coons, Possums, Foxes, unmanaged dogs all crop up here......... Is "Poultry Netting" enough to deter them but not kill the chickens? 3. Will rain short or kill...
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    Is A Rooster's behavior sufficient reason to not let him breed?

    I have three roosters, two "Show as Alphas" but the third seems to be A doormat and skittish/anti-social. Is that sufficient reason to not let the third roo reproduce or is breeding for behavior pointless? Roo 3 I jokingly refer to as "Beta" is A Black Bresse if you're curious. Roo 1 his...
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    Why encourage A hen to go broody? Particularly egg layers.

    Simple question as in the title. Why encourage them to go broody? Why not just buy an incubator and a battery backup in case you lose power temporarily? Is it just because you can/ curiosity?
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    "Finishing" Recommend minimal costs ways to yield more flavorful meat?

    I just dispatched one of my excess roosters, in this case 6mo Austrolorp/Cream Legbar mix. Tasted like I imagine his feed tasted like and yielded a surprisingly small amount of breast meat. How much time is needed to improve the flavor before processing and what are dirt cheap ways to do it...
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    White Leghorn/236 gender????

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    Any White Leghorn / 236 owners? Can I bounce A question off you?

    I have 2 13-14 week old Ideal 236 pullets, I also have 7-8 week old 4 gold sex link pullets ..................... They are nearly the same size????? In A week I think the GSLs will be larger. Is that normal/Expected for 236's ???? The 236s seem to be 100% White leghorn in terms of...
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    Rhode Island red born late March. I think it’s a female?

    Obviously if I’m asking this question it’s not crowing the alpha hen has his repeatedly put it in its place also makes me suspect it’s not a rooster but it’s actually being fairly aggressive it pecks at me when I try to move the food bowl? It hasn’t laid an egg yet either. Your thoughts?
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    Can A rooster tell if A hen is fertile?

    1 of my roosters is finally acting like A still mostly failed rooster after 5 months and I noticed him mounting the smallest hen. Said hen has very little waddles and virtually no comb, I cannot verify she is laying nor does she "squat" like the other 2 I know are laying. Does A rooster...
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    Is this A Welsummer pullet????

    When it arrived as a check it looked like a chipmunk. At current it’s 10 to 11 weeks old, when did arrived it was apparently a few days if not a week older than the Bresse checks it was sent with. She I think was basically used as a hot rock I didn’t actually order this one it just came as a...
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    Asking people who would know better than I would to identify these chickens please?

    I suspect I have three roosters here unfortunately the only rooster I intended to have was a bresse who was not pictured here. I’m asking for input from people who would know better than I would I suspect I already know two of them are roosters I’m hoping you’ll tell me the third one isn’t...
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    New member intro.

    Hello my name's Matt, Somewhat new to keeping chickens, just got my first two egg layers and I'm realizing I still have some more to learn so occasionally I'll be popping into ask question. Intention was to cultivate A food source within my control, EGGS in this case, I'm realizing I may have...
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