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

[al6517]

Sorry, I meant two sisters or half sisters with an unrelated rooster.

Yes unrelated Rooster is fine and dandy, I was thinking you meant kentucky related breeding LOL heheheheheee.

 

[al6517]

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NOPE !!!

Not unless your there by the nest box to watch it pop out of the vent and it's striped LOL.

 

[Zanna]

Where do you get the egg hatching bags? Can't find them at any of the usual stomping grounds............

 

[Fred's Hens]

Just to be clear.

With the Barred Rocks, I could easily do mated pairs, They are just THAT GOOD. LOL as they should be, since Kathy bred them.

However, with the Reds I have, their level is down, badly, so before I get all worried about making mated pairs, I first need to push out some DNA and see if anything surfaces I can actually work with. If there is? Great. Next year, I'll do mated pairs. If not? I'm probably done with this line. I don't have 10 years to give to resurrecting it.

 

[delisha]

Where do you get the egg hatching bags? Can't find them at any of the usual stomping grounds............

http://sqxd.en.alibaba.com/product/...table_mesh_bag.html?tracelog=cgsotherproduct1

 

[al6517]

Where do you get the egg hatching bags? Can't find them at any of the usual stomping grounds............

I haven't been able to find a source either, I got a few hundred from a friend of mine years ago. I wash and reuse them as needed. Perhaps you could try some of the more obscure real Gamebird sites, this concept was originaly concieved by the game cock guy's. mainly because of the many varieties they hatch at one time in the same bator.

 

[delisha]

I use the larger bags to sell poultry in at 7 mile fair. They are very sturdy and it can hold a 7lb Cornish.

 

[Fred's Hens]

http://sqxd.en.alibaba.com/product/...table_mesh_bag.html?tracelog=cgsotherproduct1

That's funny, because my mind went to a vegetable bag when Al first posted his photo of it. Not unusual given my market garden operation. LOL

 

[al6517]

I use the larger bags to sell poultry in at 7 mile fair. They are very sturdy and it can hold a 7lb Cornish.

Not really the same thing though, these are fine threaded soft fibers that stretch. I have however heard of folks using onion bags in a pinch.

 

[JeffOeuf]

Crazy question. When you have three hens with one roo, you still don't know which exact hen a certain egg is from, correct?

That's what I was asking, Galanie. If it is important to you, you would have to pen up the ladies individually after a few days with the rooster. Then you could collect for a few days with them individually penned, then let them back out with the rooster. I can't remember exactly how long one mating will result in fertilized eggs, but it is several days.

It sounds like that level of segregation isn't commonly used, though.