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[Crazydoglady99]

Edit- would the egg laying frequency decrease after 1 year?

 

[007Sean]

By 5 weeks, my cortunix boys were fighting all day & night (with or without girls). I separated the two Tibetans with a divider in their apartment, they both spent every minute of the day trying to get to each other.

Did my head in!!

I'll be culling my boys as soon as the mayhem starts again. Little buggers!

Everyone's experince will be different, that's one thing that makes giving advice so hard, because you might or might not have the same experinces as I have had...you just have to use whatever ( sound) advice is out there, a part from here, another from someone else, until you find a procedure that works for you. I know you want absolute answers but that's not possible and if someone tells you you have to do it their way....run the other way!

 

[BReeder!]

I figured because they are such fast growing, productive little things. 1year old is middle age -so you are going to be heading in the direction of mutton after 1 year?
If you dispatch & freeze to rest it -should be ok?

Edit- would the egg laying frequency decrease after 1 year?

I don't know exactly when egg laying will decrease, but I'm in it for eggs and meat. The meat part means they get culled if my population gets too large.

 

[Crazydoglady99]

Yeah I get that. I just wondered if by 1year old you are approaching 'the last of the best'

I mean, I'd rather eat a 12month old chicken, than a 10year old chicken (heck I dont even eat chicken!). But my reasoning would be that by 10years old, any diet & lifestyle factors have accumulated and inflammation of the body would be well underway to creating any types of disease or whatever.

 

[007Sean]

Edit- would the egg laying frequency decrease after 1 year?

I think it does with Cots. My Bob's are productive for 3 to 4 years before I start seeing a decline, but one thing you have to remember is that Bob's are seasonal breeders, where as Cots can lay year round.

 

[Crazydoglady99]

Hey how'd you go with the Turkey eggs @BReeder! ?

 

[BReeder!]

Hey how'd you go with the Turkey eggs @BReeder! ?

Candled the 4 I had last night (day 10) and they were all clear.
Waiting until Spring now to try to get some again from somebody local.

 

[fire370]

I just cleared these 30 or so out and probably another 30 to go on this rack. Cleared 50-60 first thing this morning. I had 130’ish on this rack.

 

[Crazydoglady99]

Whoa fire dude!!! Well done

 

[Crazydoglady99]

Anyone know any quail puns?

Where's Texas lady??