backyardmomma3
In the Brooder
Okay so I recently acquired a hen)buff Orpington) from another farm about a week ago,she hasn't laid since getting here,and pretty much kept to herself,didnt really go outside and stayed in the coop..I made a little nesting spot for her(our nesting boxes aren't ready yet as all our other birds are pullets) in hopes it would help ease her,and she wanted nothing to do with it,then I started to realize at night when I would go into the coop to check in her and my(what I thought and was told was 9week old cockerel)were sleeping together,then my hen started to come outside,and her and the cockerel have been side by side,and tonite I found her in the nest box,and she wont move for anything! could she be laying?or getting ready to start laying again?
and this cockerel there is NO way hes only 9 weeks(11 if you add the 2 weeks hes been here) I have 3 other 9 week old cockerels and hes 4x the size they are,according to pictures and searching online hes more likely 15-16 weeks....is he ready to mate?
Heres my big cockerel( the one I'm speaking of above) any idea how old he is?
and this cockerel there is NO way hes only 9 weeks(11 if you add the 2 weeks hes been here) I have 3 other 9 week old cockerels and hes 4x the size they are,according to pictures and searching online hes more likely 15-16 weeks....is he ready to mate?
Heres my big cockerel( the one I'm speaking of above) any idea how old he is?