Sep 5, 2011 #1 Johnn Crowing 8 Years Friend Joined Sep 5, 2011 Messages 8,670 Reaction score 657 Points 346 what age does a cockerel stop mating hens?
Sep 5, 2011 #2 RhodeRunner Songster 11 Years Joined Feb 22, 2009 Messages 1,548 Reaction score 182 Points 231 Location Ashtabula, Ohio From my experience they don't. However, fertility rates do drop with age. We have a fourteen year old rooster that is still producing chicks.
From my experience they don't. However, fertility rates do drop with age. We have a fourteen year old rooster that is still producing chicks.
Sep 5, 2011 #3 happyhensny Brown Barns Farm 11 Years Joined Sep 23, 2008 Messages 2,939 Reaction score 22 Points 221 Location near Albany, New York Quote: Wow!
Sep 5, 2011 Thread starter #4 Johnn Crowing 8 Years Friend Joined Sep 5, 2011 Messages 8,670 Reaction score 657 Points 346 Thankyou, its mebys just because he mates his favoraites wich are the old ones wich no longer lay