BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

[CanadianBuckeye]

Question (s):

Will a hen seek out a rooster on her own?

if so? can't a trap nest idea be adapted to trap the hen in with the roo in his contained area? so you know who she mated with?

two roosters in contained areas, hens in area outside their separate pens, they trap themselves into their preferred rooster area to be mated????

what thoughts have you?

remember you heard it here first! lol

(surely someone else has thought of this already?)

Sorry I don't think I understand this- I think most people just cage the hen and rooster together if the mating is planned.

 

[bluejean55girl]

Sorry I don't think I understand this- I think most people just cage the hen and rooster together if the mating is planned.

yep, I was trying to make it harder than it needs to be... was thinking of hens being able to free range and still get the pedigree on that mating.

less individual cages for pairs only.
overthinking things while waiting for eggs to hatch.. idle minds....

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

Question (s):

Will a hen seek out a rooster on her own?

if so? can't a trap nest idea be adapted to trap the hen in with the roo in his contained area? so you know who she mated with?

two roosters in contained areas, hens in area outside their separate pens, they trap themselves into their preferred rooster area to be mated????

what thoughts have you?

remember you heard it here first! lol

(surely someone else has thought of this already?)

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Interesting that you should ask this today. I have my Naked Neck rooster Tank ranging in an adjacent paddock to five Speckled Sussex pullets that are about 5 weeks younger than he is and not ready for POL. I'm planning to put them together, but waiting (them being not ready, esp. as they are on the small side). The SS fly very well and escape the paddock quite frequently, unfortunately. But I just get them and put them back in.

He LOVES them. Has been tidbitting and dancing for them through the fence for a long time. They kind of like him too, but are still too young to make out what that means. Once one of them didn't make it back in before dark, and he flew out to protect her/keep her company until I came out to lock everyone up.



Ever since, every night he flies out of his paddock (low fence) to climb on top of their (little) coop and roost on top - like he's watching over them. I've been putting him to bed every night for a couple weeks now. (It's weirdly sweet, so I don't really mind.) I'm building them a tractor coop right now - should be done in a week.



So I come home tonight, and what do I find? Two of the SS flew out of their paddock, and then INTO HIS PADDOCK. They wanted to visit his house! I watched, and he was very good. He only attempted to mount once, and was rebuffed (amazing to observe in a pullet so much smaller - they're strong willed, and he was good mannered). He spent the rest of the day dancing for them (he's so good - he should be a professional flamenco dancer!!!), tidbitting for them , guarding them while they explored, and just enjoying being around them. They could have very easily left his paddock, but they didn't. (I finally rounded them up, told them their date was over, and put them to bed in their own coop).



Soooooo... Maybe your idea isn't so crazy after all. I don't have many roosters/cockerels, but the two I have that have been so polite and solicitous are ones that were paddocked near their future ladies for a while without actually being with them, to allow familiarity and for the gals to "judge" the guys. I wonder if you gave them two choices (say, on either side of a paddock) whether they would choose. (Might be complicated to set up and take a lot of space, but interesting...)

- Ant Farm

 

[Chicken Egg 17]

Has anyone bred an Ayam cenami with a naked neck it would be cool to see what they turn out like it it was a Silkie like naked neck

 

[bluejean55girl]

Soooooo... Maybe your idea isn't so crazy after all. I don't have many roosters/cockerels, but the two I have that have been so polite and solicitous are ones that were paddocked near their future ladies for a while without actually being with them, to allow familiarity and for the gals to "judge" the guys. I wonder if you gave them two choices (say, on either side of a paddock) whether they would choose. (Might be complicated to set up and take a lot of space, but interesting...)



- Ant Farm
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I was reading about hens being able to "Judge" the best (healthy) quality rooster. That this is an innate ability that scientist hadn't figured out how they do that yet.. so if able to have several male choices, they would automatically pick out the strongest/healthiest roo on their own. (we still need to make the culling choices before then). but thought that someone might have experiments with some kind of variation on this theme.

ant farm,, your hens visiting your roo is the kind of action on the hen's part that I was looking for. at this point they are merely socializing, flock mentality (I'm thinking?).. but given a little maturity, it will be interesting if they will stay with him, or check out your other roo too? seeing as how they don't stay where you put them.. grins

 

[Mini Meat]

Question (s):

Will a hen seek out a rooster on her own?

if so? can't a trap nest idea be adapted to trap the hen in with the roo in his contained area? so you know who she mated with?

two roosters in contained areas, hens in area outside their separate pens, they trap themselves into their preferred rooster area to be mated????

what thoughts have you?

remember you heard it here first! lol

(surely someone else has thought of this already?)

A simpler way to do this might be just to keep the roosters penned until you can be present. then stake them out on rooster ties. The hens could choose who and when to visit, and you could observe matings. I think once or twice a week would be sufficient.

 

[Beer can]

Manx rumpy?

Persian, sandhill has them, thought it was a ugly white giant, definitely not. Had no tail and white legs so I didn't plan on breeding, then I noticed she was much heavier than the giants would be at that age. They are rumpless and can lay colored eggs. Might be a cross IDK.

 

[CanadianBuckeye]

Persian, sandhill has them, thought it was a ugly white giant, definitely not. Had no tail and white legs so I didn't plan on breeding, then I noticed she was much heavier than the giants would be at that age. They are rumpless and can lay colored eggs. Might be a cross IDK.

That's one interesting looking chicken- looks like white skin too. There is a fellow in Ontario who is breeding a giant naked neck meat breed called the "Snyder Chicken". He's making progress. He was saying that when chickens get that big the tail less trait can make mating problematic. You can see the resemblance: http://www.freewebs.com/snyderswaterfowl/snyderchickensnewbreed.htm

 

[CanadianBuckeye]

Has anyone bred an Ayam cenami with a naked neck it would be cool to see what they turn out like it it was a Silkie like naked neck

Yes I think I was reading about that somewhere, maybe in this thread.......

 

[stryker]

- Ant Farm

This rooster looks like my uncle when he shaves!!!!