Interesting- Is that really true, that the female can store sperm for a whole month?! Yikes!
I have not verified it myself, but yes that is what many state as a fact based upon their experiences...
Yes I want chicks, but so late in the season could pose problems with a cold winter coming up.
I still have a few pea eggs in my incubator as well that are due in a few weeks, my local egg supplier's hens stopped laying for about 2 weeks (end of July start of August) when the cocks lost their trains, then dumped about a dozen eggs mid August, they appear to be about 75% fertile vs the 95%+ I was getting earlier, so still mostly viable... I personally brooder indoors so I'll just keep them inside for a bit longer, or section off an heat a small part of the coop for them...
Does it mean any thing that Blue dropped his tail so early this year?
Many reports of the cocks dropping their trains early this year, likely just one of Mother Nature's cycles..