Your all white rooster is different than the white chicks. He has recessive white. When a bird has one copy of recessive white, it doesn't show up at all. However, if they have two copies, it results in an all white bird.
They should still lay, even if not amazingly. I have 8 year olds (different breeds though) still laying more often than not
Chickens will usually lay until they are up to 7-8 years old, some younger some older when they stop.
Amazing!! Thanks so much for the fast reply!
Why must it be so hard to resistThey're considered Large Fowl, on the small end of medium. My cockerel is taller than most of my hens, but probably only weighs 5 lbs right now, and will probably mature to around 6.5-7 lbs. I suspect there's some Hmong (or some other oriental gsmefowl) influence somewhere in there, due to their color variety and their lean build, either Ayam Cemani or Svart Hona, and some sort of laying breed. But since Brian, the founder at Gold Feather Farms, won't answer my emails, that is only speculation based on hours upon hours of digging and research and a relatively uneducated guess.
Thus far, they're very quiet, shy and gentle birds who are very active, and excellent flyers. The cockerel has thus far been a total gentleman, and only crows for about 10 minutes first thing in the morning, then he's done for the day. The breeder I got them from says they start laying around 8 months old, and that they're good winter layers. I'll let you know how it goes for me when mine do start to lay.
Here's my little flock:
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I have 5+ yro hens still laying daily. Hatch rate hasn't gone down with age yet either!
Where abouts are you?If anyone can sell me mosaic hatching eggs for under 30 dollars I’ll snatch it right up. Of course that isn’t going to happen so I’ll dream about the day when I have my own
