BubblesTPB
Hatching
- Jul 1, 2015
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HI BYC! New to owning laying hens. However, I did a little work on my uncles meat cow/chicken farm as a teen.
Starting out on my journey in laying hens I bought three pullets from a local man on CL. Two Brown leghorn x buff Orpington and one that is supposedly a Dorking. Well, long story short one of the crosses took a really long time to begin to lay. At one point i thought she might even be a cockeral, but she never crowed once.
Fast forward to a week ago when i received a free RIR(not sure if production red) rooster and a cinnamon queen hen. Well, as expected the roo started mounting the hens. He isn't very rough about it and seems to know what he is doing. But what I did NOT anticipate was one of my BLxO pullets started trying to mount my others. She seems more rough or maybe she just doesn't know what she's doing. I attached a photo of her and the roo. Any advice is appreciated and will be taken into consideration. Thank you for reading this.
Starting out on my journey in laying hens I bought three pullets from a local man on CL. Two Brown leghorn x buff Orpington and one that is supposedly a Dorking. Well, long story short one of the crosses took a really long time to begin to lay. At one point i thought she might even be a cockeral, but she never crowed once.
Fast forward to a week ago when i received a free RIR(not sure if production red) rooster and a cinnamon queen hen. Well, as expected the roo started mounting the hens. He isn't very rough about it and seems to know what he is doing. But what I did NOT anticipate was one of my BLxO pullets started trying to mount my others. She seems more rough or maybe she just doesn't know what she's doing. I attached a photo of her and the roo. Any advice is appreciated and will be taken into consideration. Thank you for reading this.