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When you say you fill it up 3 times - are you filling it with water or something else?
When you say you fill it up 3 times - are you filling it with water or something else?
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The old book"The Call of The Hen"by Walter Hogan is a tad grisly, but a good one to start with to learn how to select for egg production. I think of Mr. Hogan as a kind of mad scientist; back in 1913, he was spending as much as $10.00 a bird buying the top laying hens just to kill them so he could study their skeletal structure to prove his hypothesis.
Another great old book is "Judging Poultry for Production" by Rice, Hall, & Marble. It was a line in that book about how birds showing the broody tendency have as high or even higher winter production records than birds that don't that got me thinking. I noticed with the Anconas almost twenty years ago, that the eggs I incubated in January would hatch pullets that would in turn lay through the winter. Anconas don't go broody, at least, I've never had one that was reliable with a clutch, but they are still breeding, so the eggs are fertile. Anyway, I've been selecting for early/late eggs in all my other birds ever since.
The old book"The Call of The Hen"by Walter Hogan is a tad grisly, but a good one to start with to learn how to select for egg production. I think of Mr. Hogan as a kind of mad scientist; back in 1913, he was spending as much as $10.00 a bird buying the top laying hens just to kill them so he could study their skeletal structure to prove his hypothesis.
Another great old book is "Judging Poultry for Production" by Rice, Hall, & Marble. It was a line in that book about how birds showing the broody tendency have as high or even higher winter production records than birds that don't that got me thinking. I noticed with the Anconas almost twenty years ago, that the eggs I incubated in January would hatch pullets that would in turn lay through the winter. Anconas don't go broody, at least, I've never had one that was reliable with a clutch, but they are still breeding, so the eggs are fertile. Anyway, I've been selecting for early/late eggs in all my other birds ever since.
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Good stuff buffalogal - I'll be that would be a great topic for the general BYC Forum, if you haven't already posted that. I know a lot of people ask how to get their hens to lay through the winter, and your answer would be to breed for that quality.
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Interesting Buffalogal. I have never had good luck with chicks in the winter even with their mama's.
Thanks for the info!
Interesting Buffalogal. I have never had good luck with chicks in the winter even with their mama's.
Thanks for the info!
I am very amazed at the way the momma is taking care of the babies she hatched & I have to say these guys are out running around in colder temps then I would of put out my spring hatches & they are doing great. She takes care of them, they are in with the entire flock because they wouldn't stay on their side so I gave up. This is very hassle free!
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The old book"The Call of The Hen"by Walter Hogan is a tad grisly, but a good one to start with to learn how to select for egg production. I think of Mr. Hogan as a kind of mad scientist; back in 1913, he was spending as much as $10.00 a bird buying the top laying hens just to kill them so he could study their skeletal structure to prove his hypothesis.
Another great old book is "Judging Poultry for Production" by Rice, Hall, & Marble. It was a line in that book about how birds showing the broody tendency have as high or even higher winter production records than birds that don't that got me thinking. I noticed with the Anconas almost twenty years ago, that the eggs I incubated in January would hatch pullets that would in turn lay through the winter. Anconas don't go broody, at least, I've never had one that was reliable with a clutch, but they are still breeding, so the eggs are fertile. Anyway, I've been selecting for early/late eggs in all my other birds ever since.
Facinating information - and a good "excuse" to keep the incubator running in the winter
The old book"The Call of The Hen"by Walter Hogan is a tad grisly, but a good one to start with to learn how to select for egg production. I think of Mr. Hogan as a kind of mad scientist; back in 1913, he was spending as much as $10.00 a bird buying the top laying hens just to kill them so he could study their skeletal structure to prove his hypothesis.
Another great old book is "Judging Poultry for Production" by Rice, Hall, & Marble. It was a line in that book about how birds showing the broody tendency have as high or even higher winter production records than birds that don't that got me thinking. I noticed with the Anconas almost twenty years ago, that the eggs I incubated in January would hatch pullets that would in turn lay through the winter. Anconas don't go broody, at least, I've never had one that was reliable with a clutch, but they are still breeding, so the eggs are fertile. Anyway, I've been selecting for early/late eggs in all my other birds ever since.
Facinating information - and a good "excuse" to keep the incubator running in the winter
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I didn't know that was even possible, that is very interesting. I had always heard if the babies were in the main flock the others would kill them.
I didn't know that was even possible, that is very interesting. I had always heard if the babies were in the main flock the others would kill them.
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