FYI as soon as I got rid of my roo, my hens are laying every day

[rosegal]

there was some talk about this, and I hated giving him up. But the very next day the hens that hadn't ever laid, did so, and the others that were laying before they got here then quit, also started.
He was beautiful, sweet, but drove them crazy mounting them constantly.

 

[Wynette]

It's news to me that the presence of a roo would cause hens to not lay...but every day I come onto BYC, I learn something new.

 

[jab91864]

Now if I could just get them to lay fertile eggs without a roo life could be perfect in the coop...lol.

Julie

 

[jforsness]

Who knew a frisky Roo could do that

 

[katrinag]

How many hens to roos did you have. Sound like to me that you did not have enough hens.

 

[Reinbeau]

I've got fourteen hens out there with one roo, and he's managing to make quite a mess of most of their backs - two GLWs are bare around their tails, and most of the rest have that broken feather line across theirs. He's a big boy, those poor girls!

 

[katrinag]

Make them some chicken saddles.

 

[gritsar]

Quote:
I agree!
Hens that are stressed for whatever reason don't lay as well.

 

[Reinbeau]

Yea, I think I'm going to have to!

 

[katrinag]

Someone has a no sew chicken saddle pattern made from fleece.