Advice Please :)

[Louieandthecrew]

I'll try that too

 

[Baralak]

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You might look at some sussex.. They are wonderful birds... Depending on your intentions..

 

[Louieandthecrew]

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You might look at some sussex.. They are wonderful birds... Depending on your intentions..

Great! I'll have to look those up and see more about them

 

[drumstick diva]

You could try out the new 'bator with your own eggs first to get the kinks worked out. Then try hatching ones you have to pay for.

 

[Louieandthecrew]

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Hah! (I am not laughing at you, I am laughing at myself.) You are smart

I guess that would be a good idea! I'm going to set the eggs ASAP, but I may not be able to do it until after or on Christmas day. Thanks for the advice so for!

 

[wilkey44]

just a small reminder if you hatch your own eggs to prevent inbreeding you may want to put pullets into a seperate coop and sell off cockerels and use the cockerel from the eggs you buy as a new blood line with your chicks and if you get pullets from the eggs you buy you can use one of your cockerels with those pullets so 3 coops just part of incubating your own eggs

 

[Louieandthecrew]

Thank you! I will see what I can do

I will deffinately be getting rid of all the roos but TWO ASAP.

 

[GAchick]

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It's normal practice to breed parent/child if you are trying to bring out certain traits. I'm not sure, but I believe it's called line-breeding, and it's an accepted practice. Chickens don't care....

 

[Louieandthecrew]

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It's normal practice to breed parent/child if you are trying to bring out certain traits. I'm not sure, but I believe it's called line-breeding, and it's an accepted practice. Chickens don't care....

I didn't know that. Thanks