I have about 38 standard size hens--RIR, EE, Barred Rock, Golden Laced Wyandotte, Silver Laced Wyandotte, couple Light Bramans, couple Red Sex links, Black Austrulorp, couple Cinnamon Queens, etc. All layers. With these 38, I have ONE RIR rooster. I doubt if he can make all the eggs fertile. Right?
Our neighbor bought 50 Black Sex Link (I think) pullets last summer. They are Black with a little hint of red on their breasts. There was ONE rooster in the group, and I am sure they would loan it to me. He looks different than the hens--has black & white stripes, sorta. I know you don't get the same quality of hen when you breed a sex link roo and hen, but I wonder if this roo would be ok to use on my regular layers, to hatch some chicks, who should be good layers? Or is the fact that he is a sex link rooster going to make him unsuitable for breeding, to obtain more egg layers from my egg laying flock?
Our neighbor bought 50 Black Sex Link (I think) pullets last summer. They are Black with a little hint of red on their breasts. There was ONE rooster in the group, and I am sure they would loan it to me. He looks different than the hens--has black & white stripes, sorta. I know you don't get the same quality of hen when you breed a sex link roo and hen, but I wonder if this roo would be ok to use on my regular layers, to hatch some chicks, who should be good layers? Or is the fact that he is a sex link rooster going to make him unsuitable for breeding, to obtain more egg layers from my egg laying flock?
