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Hi I can not find somebody to reply about my issue, so i am going to try here. I breed sussexs (Lavender/platium, Coronation, and Silver) I have 2 roosters 1 coronation and 1 silver, 6 lavender hens, 5 silver hens and 3 coronation hens. Do I have the right ratio of roosters to hens because i have read that they need large amounts of hens and that they need little amounts of hens. I would like a high fertility rate. I had a light sussex flock that was 1 rooster to 7 hens and there was almost a 100% fertility rate. The 2 roosters live in the same area would that be a problem because the fertility rate for the eggs are quite high as well but i think that the coronation rooster is doing all of the work because he does not let the silver rooster go near any of the girls. I put the girls outside their coop to get away from the boys for a little bit and the coronation almost killed the silver sussex but when i put the girls in with them again the coronation stopped. I had a girl that had all of her neck feathers and tail features pulled out and she had to be put in her own area so that she would recover. I have two coops right next to each other one for the mixture of colours and another where the light sussex flock was. After I sold the light sussex flock i let them into both areas and know they sleep in their old coop and spend all day in the the new coop. I use to get about 8-10 eggs per day from them and now that they have available both areas they have been laying about 3. Should I split the group into two with one rooster in each and get more girls. I love this group of chickens and i would like silver sussex roosters to mate the coronation, lavender and silver hens so that their offsprings get really good colouring becuase their colour has started to go out off them and the people that i got them from told me to mate them with a silver rooster to get the rich darker blue/grey colour in the coronations neck and all of the lavender. I am trying to find a another silver rooster to replace the coronation because i think that he is the problem. The use to have 3 roosters in the group at first i had 0% percent fertility because the dominant rooster (the one that is no longer living because he got very aggressive and puts his nails in your legs and climbed up your legs and pecked at you) then after i got ride of him i got high to what it is know which would probably be about 90%. I would really like somebodies opinion on the topic.
 
Sussex123 said:
Hi I can not find somebody to reply about my issue, so i am going to try here. I breed sussexs (Lavender/platium, Coronation, and Silver) I have 2 roosters 1 coronation and 1 silver, 6 lavender hens, 5 silver hens and 3 coronation hens. Do I have the right ratio of roosters to hens because i have read that they need large amounts of hens and that they need little amounts of hens. I would like a high fertility rate. I had a light sussex flock that was 1 rooster to 7 hens and there was almost a 100% fertility rate. The 2 roosters live in the same area would that be a problem because the fertility rate for the eggs are quite high as well but i think that the coronation rooster is doing all of the work because he does not let the silver rooster go near any of the girls. I put the girls outside their coop to get away from the boys for a little bit and the coronation almost killed the silver sussex but when i put the girls in with them again the coronation stopped. I had a girl that had all of her neck feathers and tail features pulled out and she had to be put in her own area so that she would recover. I have two coops right next to each other one for the mixture of colours and another where the light sussex flock was. After I sold the light sussex flock i let them into both areas and know they sleep in their old coop and spend all day in the the new coop. I use to get about 8-10 eggs per day from them and now that they have available both areas they have been laying about 3. Should I split the group into two with one rooster in each and get more girls. I love this group of chickens and i would like silver sussex roosters to mate the coronation, lavender and silver hens so that their offsprings get really good colouring becuase their colour has started to go out off them and the people that i got them from told me to mate them with a silver rooster to get the rich darker blue/grey colour in the coronations neck and all of the lavender. I am trying to find a another silver rooster to replace the coronation because i think that he is the problem. The use to have 3 roosters in the group at first i had 0% percent fertility because the dominant rooster (the one that is no longer living because he got very aggressive and puts his nails in your legs and climbed up your legs and pecked at you) then after i got ride of him i got high to what it is know which would probably be about 90%. I would really like somebodies opinion on the topic.
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I'd split the group and put one rooster in each. That also makes it possible to track which rooster is throwing better offspring with each hen. Usually, each rooster can handle about 10 hens, but for a breeding group I'd do 5-7ish if you're not breeding by pairs. Just my two cents.
 
Pensmaster said:
Three words best describe it for me. Well technically four. It's the job. I get to meet many different people from around the world literally with my job. Very fun, when I find where they are from I usually ask why California? Most say either it's a job move or my relatives live here.
The fire season is only temporary mid June till late September. I've tried the humidity and it's real tough for me. California actually has humid areas where it drips off trees. Been there and I lasted a year.
In the silicone valley where many people live the temps are much more livable and the humidity is better. Two words best describe why I don't live in silicone valley, many people. It's why I moved to the foothills.


Mine does that too I think it's set in their program.
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I can understand that, sorta, but 100*+ is still 100*+; no matter the humidity. So far, it's been fairly comfortable here this season as far as the RH is concerned, not stifling like it usually is in late Spring/early Summer. You can actually breathe w/o breaking a sweat.
I'd never make it in silicone valley for the same reason as you; too danged many people to suit me.
 
Sussex123 said:
What do you mean by "breeding by pairs". Sorry I am a very beginner.
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Pair breeding just means running one cock and one hen together to be able to more closely track which birds are throwing the best offspring. If you have them as a large flock, you have no way of knowing that and your breeding will turn into chance. While this could be used if you simply just need more birds to choose from, it won't get you any further on breeding towards the standard.
 
I also have another problem with the incubator stage of breeding. I have 4 incubators at the moment. 3 for them to stay in from day 0 - 18 and 1 for them to hatch in or from days 19 - 21. When they are in the first incubator for a week or until day 7 I candle them and most are fertile and i get ride of the ones that are not which this weeks was about 8 out of 80 or something close to it. Then when I candle them a second time which is day 18 right before they go in the hatching incubator, I find that more than half have died. What am i doing wrong is it in the incubator stage or is it before that in the pen off their mums and dads. With my light sussex flock of 1 rooster to 7 hens i got probably about 100-200 chicks out of them in the same time my flock of silvers, coronations and lavenders which is 2 roosters to 14 hens had about 4-6 chicks or something close. I think that it is the breeding flock which i am getting under control.
 
Sussex123 said:
I also have another problem with the incubator stage of breeding. I have 4 incubators at the moment. 3 for them to stay in from day 0 - 18 and 1 for them to hatch in or from days 19 - 21. When they are in the first incubator for a week or until day 7 I candle them and most are fertile and i get ride of the ones that are not which this weeks was about 8 out of 80 or something close to it. Then when I candle them a second time which is day 18 right before they go in the hatching incubator, I find that more than half have died. What am i doing wrong is it in the incubator stage or is it before that in the pen off their mums and dads. With my light sussex flock of 1 rooster to 7 hens i got probably about 100-200 chicks out of them in the same time my flock of silvers, coronations and lavenders which is 2 roosters to 14 hens had about 4-6 chicks or something close. I think that it is the breeding flock which i am getting under control.
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I'll just run through a few main things... You sound like you know what you're doing, but just gotta make sure.

What temp do you run? Forced or still? How many thermometers, and have you calibrated?
Oh, and here's a chart:
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