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Adding a Rooster?????

Discussion in 'Managing Your Flock' started by chicknz, Dec 8, 2007.

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  1. Dec 8, 2007 #1
    chicknz

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    I know i will sound like such an amatuer but here i go....

    I have about 19 laying hens and wonder what are the benefits of adding a rooster and if i do add a rooster whats the deal with eating the eggs how do you manage them if you want chicks but also sell your free range eggs?? Help please:)
     
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  2. Dec 8, 2007 #2
    edster951

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    are you from new zealand?

    Just saw your name ending in NZ, and it's done quite often down here.
     
  3. Dec 8, 2007 #3
    Queen of the Lilliputians

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    LOL! Around here the eggs marked 'fertilized' sell more than reg. eggs!

    You can still eat the eggs.. and they taste like EGGS!
     
  4. Dec 8, 2007 #4
    rooster-red

    rooster-red Here comes the Rooster

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    You won't know the difference with the eggs as far as taste.
     
  5. Dec 8, 2007 #5
    chicknz

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    Thanks all!!

    I am in NZ and have a newly aquired "hobby" i never thought i would like chickens so much!! very sociable likeable little things![​IMG]
     

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