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I don't post often, read this board regularly. I have been around and raising chickens my whole life, over 40 years. I don't push my chicks or use any medicated feeds. I cull ruthlessly. My laying flock is kept rotated as production lags. Well, enough background.
I puschase some Gold Stars from Hoover's Hatchery and they arrived in March. I don't have the specific date, but it was bewteen the 15th and the end. We had some problems with them due to weather and many were lost at arrival. What chicks made it to us have all survived and grown well. To my surprise the first week of July they started laying eggs. No matter how I figure this they were less than four months old when they started. Now we are getting 14-15 eggs per day from 19 pullets.
Needless to say I am pleasantly surprised by their progress for such a terrible start when they arrived.
Fred
I puschase some Gold Stars from Hoover's Hatchery and they arrived in March. I don't have the specific date, but it was bewteen the 15th and the end. We had some problems with them due to weather and many were lost at arrival. What chicks made it to us have all survived and grown well. To my surprise the first week of July they started laying eggs. No matter how I figure this they were less than four months old when they started. Now we are getting 14-15 eggs per day from 19 pullets.
Needless to say I am pleasantly surprised by their progress for such a terrible start when they arrived.
Fred