NY chicken lover!!!!

[Tough Old Bird]

Apparently, I'm gonna have to get me some Nustock!

Stony, is this something available in the Feed Store?

Thank you!

TOB

 

[stonykill]

Apparently, I'm gonna have to get me some Nustock!

Stony, is this something available in the Feed Store?

Thank you!

TOB

my local feed store stocks it, I don't know about others. I'm sure a quick google search will find plenty of online sources to purchase it.

 

[rancher hicks]

how many hens do you have? and how many roosters? If your roo to hen ratio is out of whack... this could be part of the problem. If they all live together 1 roo for every 6 to 10 hens works well for me. More roo's than that in a single pen with that number of hens results in bareback and dead hens.
I had one breeding pen with 4 hens and 1 rooster. Both White leghorns were bareback for 6 months easily. Thanksgiving week I put their rooster in freezer camp and replaced him with a larger younger rooster. By mid December both of those hens were almost back to normal and now look magnificent. AND are laying better than ever.

But my guess is your rooster to hen ratio is way out of whack

In the short term put some Nustock on their bare backs and let them grow back some feathers.

On the contrary, I have found that some roosters prefer certain hens over another. The same is true of hens in that they like one rooster over another. Even a breed not their own. Don't assume just because you have a hen and rooster together that they will mate. They won't.

Right now I have a BR rooster who doesn't roost and a BR hen who doesn't either. She cuddles right up next to him on the floor, while all the other hens are up on the roost. Apparently she has no concern for her reputation.

I have another hen CR, who had herself snuggled between the two meatballs , Mario and Luigi. Blk orp roosters. They're so big the only thing you could see was her head. She's just a down right floozy.
I put a radio in the coop and set it for a Christian station but it doesn't help. Pat Robinson would be so disappointed.

 

[stonykill]

On the contrary, I have found that some roosters prefer certain hens over another. The same is true of hens in that they like one rooster over another. Even a breed not their own. Don't assume just because you have a hen and rooster together that they will mate. They won't.

this is true yes. But I still suspect the OP has too many roosters. I am curious what her roo to hen ratio is.

I will say this. I have never seen a rooter NOT mate with a hen. They have their favorites but will mate with any hen that will let them or they can force.

 

[Tough Old Bird]

Right now I have a BR rooster who doesn't roost and a BR hen who doesn't either. She cuddles right up next to him on the floor, while all the other hens are up on the roost. Apparently she has no concern for her reputation.

I have another hen CR, who had herself snuggled between the two meatballs , Mario and Luigi. Blk orp roosters. They're so big the only thing you could see was her head. She's just a down right floozy.
I put a radio in the coop and set it for a Christian station but it doesn't help. Pat Robinson would be so disappointed.

TOO FUNNY ... I can just picture it!

 

[Henicillin]

Right now I have a BR rooster who doesn't roost and a BR hen who doesn't either. She cuddles right up next to him on the floor, while all the other hens are up on the roost. Apparently she has no concern for her reputation.

I have another hen CR, who had herself snuggled between the two meatballs , Mario and Luigi. Blk orp roosters. They're so big the only thing you could see was her head. She's just a down right floozy.
I put a radio in the coop and set it for a Christian station but it doesn't help. Pat Robinson would be so disappointed.

Alas, I have hens of loose morals as well. My avatar BLRW is popular with the boys, as are my Buff Orps. All four of them saunter around waggling their tailfeathers in a "come hither" motion at the guys, who being big, dumb roosters, are happy to comply. I have other hens who want nothing to do with anyone other than Big Papa Captain Morgan. Obviously they like his aura of power.

 

[marquisella]

Ok, how do you get hens to become "floozies"

I have hens that run screaming their heads off when the roo comes towards them. sigh.....

I need to cull I guess.

 

[Cass]

Ok, how do you get hens to become "floozies"

I have hens that run screaming their heads off when the roo comes towards them. sigh.....

I need to cull I guess.

I have the same problem. Seems the only way I get fertile eggs is after a sneak attack by my roo. He is HUGE, so I use the word "sneak" loosely. But since I am not interested in hatching bunches of eggs, it's not a real issue.

On another note, has anyone heard from Annie? (HappyHensNY) She has always been my enabler and I would love to get some Chanteclear (sp) eggs from her this spring.

 

[rancher hicks]

Ok, how do you get hens to become "floozies"

I have hens that run screaming their heads off when the roo comes towards them. sigh.....

I need to cull I guess.

What breed are these hens? Are these your birds? You know I've got some CR's and I swear they are the worst and my Lav orps are the same. I've put a light in the coop but even in the summer the Lavs didn't lay all that well. I'm really disappointed in them.

Now I'm putting this out there for everyone. What could be the problem. This is a coop with 3 Ee's which lay often, 4 CR's which just started to lay, 1 RIR , 4 Lav orp.

 

[java girl 2]

Hi All! It seems like forever since I have been here. I've had family for the holidays and boy did they keep me busy.

I got some new pics of the fast growing chicks in the barn. They are shaping up nicely.

Quote: Adorava, I WAS ready to let you know that both the blue and white silkie hens I got from you were laying now and is with the cochin roo to make the sizzles for you and do you know what she and her girlfriend did?!?!?!?!?!?

the both went broody on ME on the same nest I did not know they had!!!!!!

UGH!!!!!!!!!! oh, well I have 2 chicks from the inubater this weekend and 8 eggs hatching on the 15th if you want them.