About molting

[Rizu]

Hi
she molting??

Look at rooster. Is he original white leghorn?

 

[sawilliams]

Looks like molting to me. How old is he?

 

[Rizu]

Looks like molting to me. How old is he?

Three plus years. Born and broughtup in farm and was later sold in market becoz of laying less egg. I took her to get fertilise from my rooster but she dont no how to sex. Thats a problem.

 

[sawilliams]

I'm not sure I'm understanding. You got a female hoping to get fertile eggs with your rooster... one might be molting? If either the rooster or hen is molting they won't want to matenn its to much stress on their already tender skin and can cuase serious injury. Aside from that I have my first rooster this year with older 2 and 3 year old hens that have never been with a rooster. Of course he was just a baby when we got him so it had taken a while for him to mature and take over the flock. My older hens have been that last to mate. They didn't want his business becuase he was young, they never had a rooster, and a few of them were estabilished flock leaders. Giving up the head throne can be difficult even for the girls.

How long have you had the hen? It maybe she's still adjusting to her new life. And a rooster might be stressing her out making it harder to adjust.

How many other hens do you have? A good rooster will need between 8 and 20 hens to help keep him busy. 15 or more is usually recommended so he doesn't over mate and cuase feather damage to them, or stress them out to much.

If your in the northern hemisphere most of your hens are not laying right now or laying at a lower then normal rate. The rooster should not be trying to mate girls that are not actively laying, he may on occasion to establish dominance but overall the hormones aren't there so he should be paying over the non layers to mate with girls that are laying.

 

[Rizu]

She is born and broughtup in farm and learning sex with rooster