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Rooster and lav hens are 16 weeks old. My hens that are laying are 1 year and the other two 25 weeamtes.
So the answer to my question is yes.....a rooster that is 16 weeks old can mount and successfully mate with my older hens...
Did u see the pics... can I start incubating the eggs??
 
fisherlady said:
I'm glad you kept your chicks in and am very glad the pooches roamed into a yard of someone who was dog friendly...many folks never give strays a chance, let alone a stray pit!
Happy you tracked down the owner but you do realize that you are now on the pooch's list of ' good homes to visit and get some goodies ', right? LOL... don't be surprised if you see them again!
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Ditto....I fostered a pit a while back...Ralph was baby huey....and a bone head too....and just because they like humans doesn't mean a chook won't look like a nice snack....
 
AnneInTheBurbs said:
So my girls were extra noisy this morning, and I heard some strange squawking. So I went out there and couldn't find all of my chickens, but I did find a large pile of feathers.
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Fearing the worst, I searched and searched. Only found 4. Thankfully after a few minutes one emerged from under a pine tree with low branches. Then I found one who was hiding incredibly well near the fence, the one who had lost feathers. I checked her over and it looks like it was just a superficial scratch or tear and a bunch of missing feathers underneath. She seemed a bit shaken up, but an hour later she was back to normal. I did pour Hydrogen Peroxide on her cuts; I'm not worried about the other chickens seeing blood, there was very little and it was between her wing and tail. They wouldn't really see anything thankfully. The hawk was back, but I'm glad it was not worse. My girls are getting good at hiding, not sure if that is a good or bad thing..,
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I will definitely have to get their run fully secured before winter, when there are more hungry mouths on the prowl. ....
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Annie:

For my two cents....I'd keep an eye out....your yard may have become a 'good' hunting grounds for whatever attacked your birds....
 
fisherlady said:
Unfortunately I didn't have much time..
Too many projects and hatching eggs were squeezed in as necessities.
I would have loved 6 or 8 meaties but they were too old to graft to a broody so I held back. I did talk to the fellow who does the orders and got some information for next spring.
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yeah, me too, but with things the way they are, next spring will seem like its tomorrow, time flies by
 
LadyBehir said:
Are my Ameracauna eggs supposed to be this green? I thought they'd be bluer.
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These are typical colors from hatchery Ameracaunas, but pure strains should be bred to produce bluer eggs. Where did yours come from? If they were expensive and sold as high quality, I'd go back to the seller for an explanation and/or refund. OTOH, hatchery Ams are very nice and probably lay more and larger eggs.

Of course, "olive eggers" are all the rage now, so maybe you should celebrate these as "light olive" instead of just green.
 
Jnkbtd08 said:
Rooster and lav hens are 16 weeks old. My hens that are laying are 1 year and the other two 25 weeamtes.
So the answer to my question is yes.....a rooster that is 16 weeks old can mount and successfully mate with my older hens...
Did u see the pics... can I start incubating the eggs??
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Hey! It's Michele, hope you are doing well! I just hatched out 2 EE chicks. The mothers were a year old & a year & a half old. The father of both was my EE rooster who was only 16+/- weeks old when he fertilized them. So it is possible. Good luck with your little cuties!
 
AnneInTheBurbs said:
So my girls were extra noisy this morning, and I heard some strange squawking. So I went out there and couldn't find all of my chickens, but I did find a large pile of feathers. :th Fearing the worst, I searched and searched. Only found 4. Thankfully after a few minutes one emerged from under a pine tree with low branches. Then I found one who was hiding incredibly well near the fence, the one who had lost feathers. I checked her over and it looks like it was just a superficial scratch or tear and a bunch of missing feathers underneath. She seemed a bit shaken up, but an hour later she was back to normal. I did pour Hydrogen Peroxide on her cuts; I'm not worried about the other chickens seeing blood, there was very little and it was between her wing and tail. They wouldn't really see anything thankfully. The hawk was back, but I'm glad it was not worse. My girls are getting good at hiding, not sure if that is a good or bad thing.., :confused:

I will definitely have to get their run fully secured before winter, when there are more hungry mouths on the prowl. ....
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I'm so glad they're all ok, it must have been so frightening for you.
 
stake said:
Ditto....I fostered a pit a while back...Ralph was baby huey....and a bone head too....and just because they like humans doesn't mean a chook won't look like a nice snack....
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I have already thought about them coming back, they didn't want to leave our house. The owner said the one pit has a strong prey drive and will kill anything small. I will be keeping my girls in for at least a few weeks now. It all works out because they will be in their new coop this week, so I guess it's perfect timing. The dog owners didn't want to take the dogs back and asked me to keep them. He wasn't mean to them but said he was just sick of them and his son dumped them on him. His son told him to shoot them, my heart sank when he told me that. I can't imagine how someone can look at their sweet faces and not want them. When he left with them I cried and I am tearing up now just thinking about them. I so wish I could keep them but with our 2 dogs, 1 cat ( and a stray I have been trying to warm up to us) 4 chickens and more coming next month I just can't.
 

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