Artificial Insemination....

[miron28]

wow that is awesome it looks real easy!

 

[Smoky73]

There is a man in my local chicken club who has lost a bird due to being held upside down for too long. He was trying to either pluck feathers or trim them (obviously doesnt know what he's doing) and the bird died being upside down too long. No, I am not sure how long we are talking, I didnt ask.

 

[Smoky73]

Good video, I enjoyed that. She did that much more vigorously than I do with my silkies, but whatever works for you is great! I only stroke my silkies backs about 3-5 times and much slower, although I have three white cockerels that I do not even need to stroke lol.

Mind if I use the link on my Poultry Club website as a teaching link?

 

[chickenlady]

I have been trying this with my large cochin cockeral but cannot seem to do it. Maybe because I am laughing so hard as I try to do it, praying that no one is watching me stroke him like that, lol, even saying it sounds dirty. LOL

 

[katrinag]

With my luck my neighboor or the church people that come over once in a while would stop by.

 

[cheeptrick]

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IT would be great if you could have this gentleman post his experience about his loss...so we can educate BYC owners on this site. HE is the first....so his story would be valuable for folks here!!

 

[LindaN]

What an intriguing thread to run across....I have to ask this, though: if the rooster is unable to mate in the standard fashion, is it worth continuing this bloodline?

I know this is not just an issue with fancy chickens; I've heard that for certain breeds of dogs this is a problem, too.

I just always have that question in my head when I read about situations like this.

 

[greyfields]

I haven't read all 7 pages here..... but...

we AI our cows and occassional pig. With teh poultry, though, I've never found a rooster worth breeding who couldn't rise to the occassionl. I usually give them 5-7 days in a pen together to flush the hen, then start collecting the eggs.

I'm not 100% sure, but I think chicken semen is like pig semen in that it cannot be frozen (like a cows can). This makes it a bit more complicated for timing's sake.

 

[Mrs MIA]

I also think that it helps increase fertility in some of the more profusely feathered species.

 

[UrbanMama]

It would be cool if there was some way to store the semen. We can't have roosters and so will always have to buy/ship hatching eggs.