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[SnapdragonQ]

I don't want to start a while thread for a question I'm sure that has been asked a million times already, so maybe you guys know-

Would 5 to 6 hens per one roo be a good amount to insure the most fertile eggs possible?

I know one roo could potentially handle 10 hens for general barnyard set ups, where his job is also to take care of them, but 10 may be too many for a higher fertility rate on the eggs?
He has one hen now, I'm getting bullseye eggs, and there is no need to wait out a prior roo's input.

 

[SnapdragonQ]

Oh, BTW...who thought it was a good idea to tell Ma Nature to send an arctic chill to the south in May? My poor potatoes were just getting growth back from a deep chill in Mid April.
I've got everything crossed my roses don't drop all their fat buds or suffer damage from the next 3 night calling for upper 20s and frosts.

My antique Zepherine D. was just starting her first spring flush and the beautiful wafting scent from a mere 10 to 15 blooms is just heavenly! She has over 100 buds waiting to open still.

 

[21hens-incharge]

I don't want to start a while thread for a question I'm sure that has been asked a million times already, so maybe you guys know-

Would 5 to 6 hens per one roo be a good amount to insure the most fertile eggs possible?

I know one roo could potentially handle 10 hens for general barnyard set ups, where his job is also to take care of them, but 10 may be too many for a higher fertility rate on the eggs?
He has one hen now, I'm getting bullseye eggs, and there is no need to wait out a prior roo's input.

I think that would work. I would check the hens often to make sure no one is getting injured.

Oh, BTW...who thought it was a good idea to tell Ma Nature to send an arctic chill to the south in May? My poor potatoes were just getting growth back from a deep chill in Mid April.
I've got everything crossed my roses don't drop all their fat buds or suffer damage from the next 3 night calling for upper 20s and frosts.

My antique Zepherine D. was just starting her first spring flush and the beautiful wafting scent from a mere 10 to 15 blooms is just heavenly! She has over 100 buds waiting to open still.

Can you throw bedsheets over them?

 

[21hens-incharge]

For everyone with dogs that eat to fast, need something to work their minds or just for fun.

https://www.chewy.com/kong-wobbler-dog-toy/dp/44195

I got a prototype about 12 years ago. My dogs still use it and love the dang thing.

 

[MROO]

Oh, BTW...who thought it was a good idea to tell Ma Nature to send an arctic chill to the south in May? My poor potatoes were just getting growth back from a deep chill in Mid April.
I've got everything crossed my roses don't drop all their fat buds or suffer damage from the next 3 night calling for upper 20s and frosts.

My antique Zepherine D. was just starting her first spring flush and the beautiful wafting scent from a mere 10 to 15 blooms is just heavenly! She has over 100 buds waiting to open still.

I'm tellin' ya ... we need to figure out who's playing Jumanji and get that dad-blasted game FINISHED and OVERWITH!!!!!

 

[MROO]

For everyone with dogs that eat to fast, need something to work their minds or just for fun.

https://www.chewy.com/kong-wobbler-dog-toy/dp/44195

I got a prototype about 12 years ago. My dogs still use it and love the dang thing.

We use one for Basket-Case ... errr ... Skye, DD's dog. Without it, she finishes her meal in minutes and goes looking for more trash ... errr ... things ... to get into. As a youngster, when we had to leave her for longer periods, we'd fill it with kibble, then plug the hole with peanut butter. She was happy for nearly an hour!

 

[21hens-incharge]

We use one for Basket-Case ... errr ... Skye, DD's dog. Without it, she finishes her meal in minutes and goes looking for more trash ... errr ... things ... to get into. As a youngster, when we had to leave her for longer periods, we'd fill it with kibble, then plug the hole with peanut butter. She was happy for nearly an hour!

I hadn't filled ours in a long time. Tonight the bloodhound needed a food trigger. She was puking this morning. She had eaten grass.
It put her off eating her kibble. The wobbler got her rolling. It also stopped the argument over the new benebone.

 

[Beer can]

Somebody threw a ton of empty beer cans into my yard

Nickel a piece here.

 

[Beer can]

I don't want to start a while thread for a question I'm sure that has been asked a million times already, so maybe you guys know-

Would 5 to 6 hens per one roo be a good amount to insure the most fertile eggs possible?

I know one roo could potentially handle 10 hens for general barnyard set ups, where his job is also to take care of them, but 10 may be too many for a higher fertility rate on the eggs?
He has one hen now, I'm getting bullseye eggs, and there is no need to wait out a prior roo's input.

Yeah sure the fewer the better. But, a rooster mates many many times a day, and a hen lays fertile eggs for a couple weeks after one time, so I would think a rooster would service way more than 10 hens. Of course a rooster for some reason has his favorites, but I bet he gets to the ones he doesn't like at least every couple weeks??

 

[featherhead007]

My neighbors have a ton of kids - none of whom pick up after themselves after cutting through my back lot. I stopped telling them to go get their mess & just started dumping the stuff in their front yard, myself. Funny thing, that. Once they started having to explain where all the dirty underwear, socks and towels came from (we have a great creek out back,) they started gathering it up, themselves. Now it lays around in their own back yard, instead of mine!

Well done!