North Carolina

[CrzyChknLady81]

Individual pictures would work best.

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[TiaRC]

Ok when I return I will post individual pictures as requested

 

[KittieChick]

see any you know?

Delawares are bright yellow with orangey yellow or yellow with a greenish cast legs.

 

[Coop Scoop Boogie]

Good morning folks

Congrats on the new chicks TiaRC. Hope you get lots of
pretty eggs in the future.
This is the last month we will do any hatching. We want all the
chicks to be old enough for the NPIP testing in the fall so this will be it.
We need to replace some of the older hens. How often does everyone
replace their hens in a breeding group? We find 3-5 years is about
as long as we want a hen in a group, from there she is either dinner
or goes to the laying flock.

hope everyone has a good day

 

[Hollowoakfarm]

[COLOR=008000]Good morning folks   [/COLOR]


[COLOR=008000]Congrats on the new chicks TiaRC. Hope you get lots of[/COLOR]
[COLOR=008000]pretty eggs in the future.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=008000]This is the last month we will do[/COLOR] [COLOR=008000]any hatching. We want all the[/COLOR]
[COLOR=008000]chicks to be old enough for[/COLOR] [COLOR=008000]the NPIP testing in the fall so this will be it.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=008000]We need to replace some of the older hens. How often does everyone[/COLOR]
[COLOR=008000]replace their hens in a breeding group? We find 3-5 years is about[/COLOR]
[COLOR=008000]as long as we want a hen in a group, from there she is either dinner[/COLOR]
[COLOR=008000]or goes to the laying flock. [/COLOR] :cd


[COLOR=008000]hope everyone has a good day   [/COLOR]

CSB, I've decided to go with three years as an abstract. Replacing one-third of my hens every year will be easy to track. That will include my layer pen, with some noted exceptions that can't be replaced.

Good morning to all!

 

[dutchlion]

on the topic of breeding pens... how shall i put this delicately... ummm... how do you know if a rooster has lost the zip to his doo-dah (in need of the little blue pills, if you will)? last month i purchased a 3 year old pair of barred plymouth rocks... the hen layed her first egg for us yesterday (after i sent an email to another BPR beeder asking what was 'normal' for this breed- mean old hen)... and i've yet to see the roo do his thang... are they "over the hill" chickens? thoughts, opinions, advice?

 

[CrzyChknLady81]

on the topic of breeding pens... how shall i put this delicately... ummm... how do you know if a rooster has lost the zip to his doo-dah (in need of the little blue pills, if you will)? last month i purchased a 3 year old pair of barred plymouth rocks... the hen layed her first egg for us yesterday (after i sent an email to another BPR beeder asking what was 'normal' for this breed- mean old hen)... and i've yet to see the roo do his thang... are they "over the hill" chickens? thoughts, opinions, advice? 

He should still be breeding, regardless of if he is "shooting blanks" or not..at least that's been my experience. .maybe he's shy and has stage fright?

 

[FVRM]

on the topic of breeding pens... how shall i put this delicately... ummm... how do you know if a rooster has lost the zip to his doo-dah (in need of the little blue pills, if you will)? last month i purchased a 3 year old pair of barred plymouth rocks... the hen layed her first egg for us yesterday (after i sent an email to another BPR beeder asking what was 'normal' for this breed- mean old hen)... and i've yet to see the roo do his thang... are they "over the hill" chickens? thoughts, opinions, advice? 

Some Roos don't do it as often as others

 

[Coop Scoop Boogie]

Good morning folks

I find most animals, including chickens, are a lot like people.
They each have a personality, preferences and routines. As
far as roosters and their dedication to their job of creating chicks,
some are more vigorous about it than others. Some seem to be
gentlemen and others are just thugs. I also find that not every
hen accepts every rooster. Some hens are intent on ruling the
roost and rooster. Then there are the ones that seem to share
the roles and just get along. Much like life.

hope everyone has a good day

 

[dutchlion]

Good morning folks

I find most animals, including chickens, are a lot like people.
They each have a personality, preferences and routines. As
far as roosters and their dedication to their job of creating chicks,
some are more vigorous about it than others. Some seem to be
gentlemen and others are just thugs. I also find that not every
hen accepts every rooster. Some hens are intent on ruling the
roost and rooster. Then there are the ones that seem to share
the roles and just get along. Much like life.

hope everyone has a good day

you've just described our Rock hen... and our Rock Roo is a gentleman ... so maybe time to get some new hens for him ... i'm so new to having roos that i'm just not sure what to expect! i think i'm pretty lucky ... i've got two very nice roos