Chickens for 10-20 years or more? Pull up a rockin' chair and lay some wisdom on us!

[Fred's Hens]

Fred................ My Rooster ate my Quiz answers.

Dang!!!

 

[Rachel'sFlock]

Put a true rooster in a flock of a dozen laying pullets. Watch him. Once a few weeks have gone by, watch how he interacts with the females. What would think if this good rooster drove off a particular hen? What would you think if he pecked her if she came too close to him? What would conclude?

That she isn't ready/fit for breeding?

 

[Fred's Hens]

Ok

Time's up. Since this is the OT thread, not just mine. The OTers, adjunct faculty, full professors, assistant professors, whatever, GO!!!

I'd ask all the Pop Quiz takers to just hold the phone for a half hour. Let's let the teachers do their thing. THAT is what this thread is all about. Go.

 

[Beekissed]

Fred................ My Rooster ate my Quiz answers.

You too?? That's what we get for cheatin', Al.

Should have let hens take the quiz for me...at least they could have did something constructive with it..made a nest or pooped on it.

 

[off-grid hen]

Gah! I missed my chance. . I would have embarrassed myself anyway.

 

[Fred's Hens]

They are both ISA Browns, the quintessential layer. Think the CX of the layer birds. These are not dual purpose fowl. They are dedicated purpose fowl. Eggs, eggs and more eggs. They are both 8 months old, all the birds came in a box of 25, hatched on the same day, brooded together and raised together. Always been fed the same feed, in the same environment.




An ISA lays 330 eggs per pullet year. You don't lay that many eggs by taking a bunch of days off. This is NOT a breed. It is a scientifically created, genetically selected, studied to death, researched, egg laying mutt. Once they hit point of lay, there's not turning back and should be no days off. By September, these layers were in full stride.

I was gone for 5 days twice this fall. During those days, my wife collected the eggs. Upon returning home last week, she said, "you've got a dozen girls in that back pen, right?" Right, I said. "Then how come I only got 11 eggs, day after day?"

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Without even looking up from my reading, as men do, I answered, "'Cause one's a dud."[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Here it comes...... Here it comes, She asks, "How do you know?"[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Again, without looking up, I mumble. "Because I know. I'll plant her in the garden this week" [/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Remember, there's nothing but a blur of red/orange birds in that pen, in her mind.[/FONT]

She asks, "How do you know which one?"

 

[Eggcessive]

Bee, I just read an article about Don Schrider (Winter Care of Turkeys) in the newist Backyard Poultry Magazine, and they still list him as being of West Virginia.

 

[Rachel'sFlock]

 

[mkcolls]

 

[galanie]

I guess because we think you will be able to think more clearly and make rational decisions without them?  Just tryin' to help..... 

 

KK now I'm only on this page so bear with me here...

It's because any girl over the age of 18 or 20 knows that's where most guys think?