I've had hens with beards. They are noisier than my Tom. The snod of a tom gets longer than the females and a young tom struts in the typical tom turkey way that everyone knows; not like what your picture shows.
Perhaps I misunderstood the question. Eggs collected 4 weeks after changing roosters would be fertilized by the new roo. Before four weeks, it's questionable which roo is the father.
It depends on the breed. I have had bantams fertilize eggs as young as four months. Larger breeds may take six months or longer. Look at your roo. If he looks mature, he likely is fertile.
I find this site to be extremely difficult to use with my cell phone. It would be far better if you would email me at:
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The post, above, was meant to be posted on Friday. I just now see that it did not do as I wanted. I will be so glad when I get a new computer instead of using my cell phone.
A few of the ducks have just started to lay. When I have enough to sell I will post or you can email me. I do not come on to the group often as my computer crashed and it is frustrating to navigate the group with my cell phone.
Please email me and let me know how many eggs you would be...
My button quail hen has raised two batches of button chicks. When she went broody a third time I decided to experiment by putting coturnix eggs under the button quail. Hatch day was yesterday.
Three of the five eggs hatched.
If you have a lot of room with not too many ducks that I would think that you could put the ducklings with you older ones. However if you have many ducks and not a lot of room I would not try this.
S i l k i e d is a recessive trait. In order for a ch i c k to have this trait it has to get the jeans from both parents. Two of your birds have the silkied gene. This has been dictated on my cell phone pardon love mystics instrument usage. Maybe good for a laugh!
Thank you thank you for your post. I am dictating this to my cell phone and hope you get make sense. As to age of Lee lay, I have read different sites saying different ages two to five. I'm hoping that somebody with personal experience will respond to my question. It seems odd to me that...