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[NestingHillsSC]

Egg production will be a little less with heritage. The biggest difference between heritage and production is feed-to-egg conversion. Productions are smaller, eat less, and lay sooner, and lay more frequently. Heritage birds mature a bit slower, and eat more due to their larger dual-purpose bodies. If I remember correctly, the productions will yield more eggs over a short term (couple of years or so), while heritage will yield eggs over a longer period of time.

Around six years compared to maybe 3. They dont wear there bodies out so fast from laying eggs every day.

 

[daxigait]

Sorry it's not getting better. It's a pullet.

thanks, I thought they both were pullets. The question is how will an essentially one legged hen do, and will the others always try to peck/eat it like the young ones do when I leave it untaped?

 

[NestingHillsSC]

My two week old chick with the leg that would not straighten out now has it coming out to the side some from the hock and the foot now stays curled. It hops around,but is smaller than the others now. I wish I felt comfortable culling, but it is hard for me when they are so young and try so hard.

@Ur-ur-ur-urrr can you tell the gender?

It's worse when they get older. This is for people that have a hard time culling. LOL

 

[NestingHillsSC]

Sorry...I don't follow

Rhode Island Whites.

 

[lindalouly]

I get to hatch again!!!!! WOOOHOOOOOO


coutunix quail eggs for my sisters friend!!!

 

[NestingHillsSC]

+1. You can call them heritage, but if they don't meet SOP standards, they are anything but heritage. Robert Blosl wrote about how a lot of people got into breeding HRIR and quit because things went the wrong direction... so it takes a special, dedicated person to keep them true to standard. I intend to be one of those people...

The person I got my White Rocks came from Robert Blosl before he died.

 

[shahtir101]

[COLOR=008000]I get to hatch again!!!!! WOOOHOOOOOO[/COLOR]


coutunix quail eggs for my sisters friend!!!

Yes!

 

[LocalYokel]

The person I got my White Rocks came from [COLOR=333333]Robert Blosl before he died.[/COLOR]

Cmom?

 

[LocalYokel]

[COLOR=008000]I get to hatch again!!!!! WOOOHOOOOOO[/COLOR]


coutunix quail eggs for my sisters friend!!!

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Fricken sweet!

 

[BantyChooks]

[COLOR=008000]I get to hatch again!!!!! WOOOHOOOOOO[/COLOR]


coutunix quail eggs for my sisters friend!!!

Awesome!!