I have a friend who raises brahma chickens of several different colorations. He keeps the whole year the hens and the roosters separately in two large coops, and only twice a year, May and September, he joins the birds in several smaller coops by color, in order to get fertilized eggs and new chicks.
Is such an approach correct? He claims he can manage the flocks much easier and I was very intrigued to give this method a shot. Would such a practice work also on birds of different breeds of different sizes? I'm mainly concerned about the male flock and how the birds there will cope.
Is such an approach correct? He claims he can manage the flocks much easier and I was very intrigued to give this method a shot. Would such a practice work also on birds of different breeds of different sizes? I'm mainly concerned about the male flock and how the birds there will cope.