Ok, I have a roo that was born the 1st of April, so he is just over 5 months old.
I bought two hens from a guy who did not know exactly how old they were or if they were laying or not. He had a fenced area with about 10-15 hens, he said they were all born this year, some were laying already but he did not know which ones, he just knew he was getting a few eggs a day.
My two sons each picked a hen.
Candie and Sally they named them.
(hens are just back yard mixes, Sally is a tad bigger than Candie)
Fred, our Roo was excited to see them... LOL but from the beginning he payed way more attention to Candie.
15 days after the girls moved in with us, Candie started laying eggs,
for the next two weeks, Fred almost ignored Sally and paid much attention to Candie.
Now for the past two weeks, Fred has paid them equal amount of attention. He is jumping on them both often! lol
Does this mean Sally should start laying soon or should she have already, since he has been jumping on her for around 2 weeks...
or does his affections towards the girls play any effect on them laying eggs or not?
Thanks,
Stacey
I bought two hens from a guy who did not know exactly how old they were or if they were laying or not. He had a fenced area with about 10-15 hens, he said they were all born this year, some were laying already but he did not know which ones, he just knew he was getting a few eggs a day.
My two sons each picked a hen.
Candie and Sally they named them.
(hens are just back yard mixes, Sally is a tad bigger than Candie)
Fred, our Roo was excited to see them... LOL but from the beginning he payed way more attention to Candie.
15 days after the girls moved in with us, Candie started laying eggs,
for the next two weeks, Fred almost ignored Sally and paid much attention to Candie.
Now for the past two weeks, Fred has paid them equal amount of attention. He is jumping on them both often! lol
Does this mean Sally should start laying soon or should she have already, since he has been jumping on her for around 2 weeks...
or does his affections towards the girls play any effect on them laying eggs or not?
Thanks,
Stacey