hello everyone I have 4 hens I assuming they're gonna start laying within 2 weeks. my question is since there is no rooster they gonig to be fine laying?
Good news! You don't need to have a rooster to get lots of eggs. Your girls will go right on laying without a rooster. You only need a rooster if you want chicks.
Free ranging with or without a Rooster is risky. Everything from threats up above to the neighbors who also free range- their dogs that is. It is healthier for them of course to have fresh ground to pillage and plunder but it is a double edge sword as well. Egg production will increase without a Male. Roosters sometimes stress the hens by over breeding. A nervous hen is likely not to produce as consistently as a relaxed hen. But, I enjoy having the opportunities that comes with owning males. I breed. Breed a lot. As a supplemental income. Not to mention the ambience that a crowing rooster adds to living on a farm. It's just not a farm without a rooster.
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