- May 15, 2008
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First off what I have right now is 6 (4 week old) Black Star Pullets, 2 black welsummer (is that possible?)pullets, and 7 (1 week old) Ameraucana Pullets, 4,1 week old black sex linked roosters that I will have to do something with.
Molting happens when, at a year or 18 months, which? And so they don't lay at all during that time? Wouldn't it be best to get chicks 5-6 months before that so that their isn't an inturruption in egg laying? And is it true that they don't lay half as well after the molt that it is better to "retire" those hens?
I was told that mating sex links is a bad Idea because their offspring is unpredictable. But if they are RIR x BR that are both good egg layers wouldn't their grand children still be good egg layers?
Next, I live in the Suburbs, so I can't have roosters. So I was wondering, is it possible to get Stud services when everyone is at work and can't hear him crow? Or because he is a stranger, it won't work, they won't take to it?
Lastly, if I was going to brood chicks, then I would want a couple of silkies, right? When do silkies start going all broody? Is there such thing as a standard silkies or are they all bantams? Can I only order bantam silkies? Are they only offered as straight runs or do they get sexed at all? If so, where? I don't need show quality Silkies, just the broody trait. So color and looks don't matter to me, just sex.
If I have more question, I will ask. Thanks.
Lov
Liv
Molting happens when, at a year or 18 months, which? And so they don't lay at all during that time? Wouldn't it be best to get chicks 5-6 months before that so that their isn't an inturruption in egg laying? And is it true that they don't lay half as well after the molt that it is better to "retire" those hens?
I was told that mating sex links is a bad Idea because their offspring is unpredictable. But if they are RIR x BR that are both good egg layers wouldn't their grand children still be good egg layers?
Next, I live in the Suburbs, so I can't have roosters. So I was wondering, is it possible to get Stud services when everyone is at work and can't hear him crow? Or because he is a stranger, it won't work, they won't take to it?
Lastly, if I was going to brood chicks, then I would want a couple of silkies, right? When do silkies start going all broody? Is there such thing as a standard silkies or are they all bantams? Can I only order bantam silkies? Are they only offered as straight runs or do they get sexed at all? If so, where? I don't need show quality Silkies, just the broody trait. So color and looks don't matter to me, just sex.
If I have more question, I will ask. Thanks.
Lov
Liv
