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Even if your eggs are fertile now, I would wait till spring before attempting to hatch them. You will need a brooder space set up in your coop, and plenty of room for the chicks. Of course, you will also need an exit plan for the cockerels you hatch! If you don't have a broody hen, you can brood chicks right in the coop in their own little area with a heating pad cave. @Blooie is the queen of heating pad brooding. She has a thread and article dedicated to that.
 
sourland said:
Unless he is very young, they are probably breeding already. Do you have an incubator to hatch the eggs or are you counting on some of your hens going broody ? Not all hens will incubate eggs.
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Thank you for this information, I was not aware that all hens will not incubate their eggs. :)
 
Angela Thomson said:
I have five Black Australorps and I need a rooster. Can the rooster be younger than the hens?
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You are best mixing in a mature cockeral that is of breeding age, not one too young to breed. He doesn't have to be the same age as the hens, and could be an older rooster, however if you add a very young not yet mature cockeral, the hens could harm him severely. So any age as long as he is mature. :)
 
TwoCrows said:
You are best mixing in a mature cockeral that is of breeding age, not one too young to breed. He doesn't have to be the same age as the hens, and could be an older rooster, however if you add a very young not yet mature cockeral, the hens could harm him severely. So any age as long as he is mature. :)
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Thank you! I haven't found any near me yet. Can I get two different breeds?? I have Australorps and Andalusians.
 

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