Breeding

[Cameron_8]

Right now I have separated my bcm rooster with my 3 barred rock and ameraucana Hens, how long will it take them to be together if I want the offspring to be his?

 

[nuthatched]

How long since the hens were around another rooster?

 

[Cameron_8]

How long since the hens were around another rooster?

Right before I moved them

 

[NatJ]

Wait about three weeks before you start collecting eggs, if you want to be pretty sure of who the father is.

 

[nuthatched]

Right before I moved them

It can take up to a month (or more, in some interesting cases) for a hen to not lay fertilized eggs after mating. So end of the month or next month.

 

[Cameron_8]

It can take up to a month (or more, in some interesting cases) for a hen to not lay fertilized eggs after mating. So next month.

That long! Wow, what do you think the chances of him being the father next week?

 

[NatJ]

That long! Wow, what do you think the chances of him being the father next week?

Next week, MOST eggs will probably have chicks with him as the father.

It depends on whether you want most of the chicks to have him as a father, or whether you want to be absolutely certain about who the father is.

3 weeks or a month is based on needing to be very sure.

 

[nuthatched]

That long! Wow, what do you think the chances of him being the father next week?

few chicks will be his if you set eggs in a week, if the hens accept him.

 

[Cameron_8]

Next week, MOST eggs will probably have chicks with him as the father.

It depends on whether you want most of the chicks to have him as a father, or whether you want to be absolutely certain about who the father is.

3 weeks or a month is based on needing to be very sure.

Do you think I will be able to tell his chicks apart from my other roos?

 

[NatJ]

Do you think I will be able to tell his chicks apart from my other roos?

Maybe.

What other males do you have?
And what color are the hens?
Descriptions can work, photos are even better.