- Oct 7, 2014
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Hello everybody. So my main 'mission is' Get heatlhy, with strong imunity birds.
Introducing to my flock:
51 birds, all chickens, except two muscovies(one pair)
I had, rather my parents had got, most of birds bought from somewhere, or just get.
(layer hens) stars, brownies etc
Around 10 hens, bought oldies from one seller, more than year old, now probably 3-4 years. Few had got from grandmother, probably they are all dead, dont know.
And old rooster, today 5 years, got before 2-3 years.
Then 'come' 9+5 hens with 2 month difference from same seller, but bought, 4 months and 2 months old.(today, around year)
And then I have self hatched 6+5 birds.(which, from first 6 ones, 4 eggs was from neighbours)
+, bought 1 breed Rooster, 2.5 months old, today 1 year old.
So imagine all that ''jelly'', mix, call it however you want. Ofcourse, virus come like a bonus, but I dont know when, those +5 hens was 8 in at first, in first night they got attacked from predator, so they growed each in other size. Parents say, they have had a sneezing, 'crying' hens year before in, before winter,,, etc. So.. So...
Best thing to do ofcourse would be start from zero.
P.S, mine hatched birds are healthier.
So, all I would, will be hens who dont show signs of sickness.
My idea is: Till winter, cull all oldest hens, mostly all are brown egg layers. And then all bought ones, get rid of them, and start breeding mines. Im aint gonna cull healthy, big hens, which dont show signs.
Im gonna buy eggs for incubation, around 20-25, 2-3 from each breed, want to collect breeds, then just make more ofsprings, meanwhile.
Till next winter, cull most of all others bought hens, cuz they str only 1 year old, so they lay very well, im selling eggs.
So, how about my idea?
Im gonna keep culling all birds which show signs, keeping only heatlhy ones, self hatched, then keep making offsprings of healthy ones. They probably will carrier virus from generation to generation, but I guess they gonna get self kind a ''self vaccination'', and be with strong immunities.
P.S, Old rooster live seperated from young roosters. And with ugly hens. Sign showing hens are in both sides, but with old rooster are mostly old laying machines. Which aint layin machines anymore.
P.S,S sorry for bad language.
Introducing to my flock:
51 birds, all chickens, except two muscovies(one pair)
I had, rather my parents had got, most of birds bought from somewhere, or just get.
(layer hens) stars, brownies etc
Around 10 hens, bought oldies from one seller, more than year old, now probably 3-4 years. Few had got from grandmother, probably they are all dead, dont know.
And old rooster, today 5 years, got before 2-3 years.
Then 'come' 9+5 hens with 2 month difference from same seller, but bought, 4 months and 2 months old.(today, around year)
And then I have self hatched 6+5 birds.(which, from first 6 ones, 4 eggs was from neighbours)
+, bought 1 breed Rooster, 2.5 months old, today 1 year old.
So imagine all that ''jelly'', mix, call it however you want. Ofcourse, virus come like a bonus, but I dont know when, those +5 hens was 8 in at first, in first night they got attacked from predator, so they growed each in other size. Parents say, they have had a sneezing, 'crying' hens year before in, before winter,,, etc. So.. So...
Best thing to do ofcourse would be start from zero.
P.S, mine hatched birds are healthier.
So, all I would, will be hens who dont show signs of sickness.
My idea is: Till winter, cull all oldest hens, mostly all are brown egg layers. And then all bought ones, get rid of them, and start breeding mines. Im aint gonna cull healthy, big hens, which dont show signs.
Im gonna buy eggs for incubation, around 20-25, 2-3 from each breed, want to collect breeds, then just make more ofsprings, meanwhile.
Till next winter, cull most of all others bought hens, cuz they str only 1 year old, so they lay very well, im selling eggs.
So, how about my idea?
Im gonna keep culling all birds which show signs, keeping only heatlhy ones, self hatched, then keep making offsprings of healthy ones. They probably will carrier virus from generation to generation, but I guess they gonna get self kind a ''self vaccination'', and be with strong immunities.
P.S, Old rooster live seperated from young roosters. And with ugly hens. Sign showing hens are in both sides, but with old rooster are mostly old laying machines. Which aint layin machines anymore.
P.S,S sorry for bad language.
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