Hello,
I was wondering something. As I cannot keep too many breeders hens, I do have 5 lohman brown (they are an egg production breed, Cross with New Hampshire reds and other brown egg laying breeds), they are very small, so I didn't plan to have them be bred to produce meat chickens, but, I don't know how much the size of the girl means, as I have a 5lb hen that her chicks grown to be 15lb roosters. I wanted to know if any of you have experience with what comes out of smaller hens. I do have both a large rooster and a Light Sussex rooster (I think it'll be more suitable as it's lighter in weight)
Thanks in advance
I was wondering something. As I cannot keep too many breeders hens, I do have 5 lohman brown (they are an egg production breed, Cross with New Hampshire reds and other brown egg laying breeds), they are very small, so I didn't plan to have them be bred to produce meat chickens, but, I don't know how much the size of the girl means, as I have a 5lb hen that her chicks grown to be 15lb roosters. I wanted to know if any of you have experience with what comes out of smaller hens. I do have both a large rooster and a Light Sussex rooster (I think it'll be more suitable as it's lighter in weight)
Thanks in advance