Adding a Rooster?????

[chicknz]

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

 

[edster951]

are you from new zealand?

Just saw your name ending in NZ, and it's done quite often down here.

 

[Queen of the Lilliputians]

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

You can still eat the eggs.. and they taste like EGGS!

 

[rooster-red]

You won't know the difference with the eggs as far as taste.

 

[chicknz]

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!