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Chaos11793

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Hi all,

I am Sunny from WI in the US. I am newly addicted to the world of All Things Chicken.

How many do I have? Not supposed to count our eggs before the hatch, but I am currently "sitting" all broody on 12 silkie eggs from the fabulous Bobby Porto. Day 5! However, I am also contemplating getting some Brahma eggs.

How many chickens has our city agreed we can have? 4. 4! How is that even possible? Luckily, I have friends on farms who have agreed to take any Roos and "extras". Admittedly, I don't think they realized exactly how many "extras" really means. (Insert slightly forced laugh here to show I am joking. Not joking).

Anywho...besides the unhatched who shall remain uncounted, the family consists of our second potential chicken parent - my eldest son (24), 3 dogs ( standard poodle, golden doodle, and a yorkie/pom/poo who rules us all), and Rufus, the cat who thinks he's a dog. Laughing at us from one town over is my youngest son (23) and his gf.

So, that's us. Now for a question....if i want to get fertile eggs could I bring my girls to a roo or bring the roo to them for a day or do they need to " know eachother" a bit better for the magic to happen?

Thank you all for including me in the group...and for your patience with my newbie-ness ( and typos! I am notorious!)

Sunny
 
Hi! Welcome to BYC! There is a member here who has mentioned conjugal visits from his/her roosters, that I think are a day at a time, but I Don't know the frequency. He/she keeps a separate bachelor pad and sets the one chosen to mate on the roost bar in the hen house at night, taking it out the next night. Wish I could remember which member that was.

You wouldn't want to bring a rooster in from another farm, however, as you risk bringing illness in with him.
 
ValerieJ said:
Hi! Welcome to BYC! There is a member here who has mentioned conjugal visits from his/her roosters, that I think are a day at a time, but I Don't know the frequency. He/she keeps a separate bachelor pad and sets the one chosen to mate on the roost bar in the hen house at night, taking it out the next night. Wish I could remember which member that was.

You wouldn't want to bring a rooster in from another farm, however, as you risk bringing illness in with him.
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Ohhh...hadn't thought of the illness factor. Taking a lady to visit would risk the same thing. Drats.
Thank you for mentioning it.
 
Welcome to Backyard Chickens! 🐔

Feel free to drop in and share your flock

Updates for 2020 with us here in my 2020 flock life thread



https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/2020-flock-life.1351080/

It’s nice to meet you!
good luck with your hatch!! 🐣
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