Rooster Dilemma

[angie3881]

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I think you have a brilliant idea!! I do think it would upset the flow of my flock if I took my two roosters away. I LOVE my roosters and their personalities and beauty. I can't imagine just having hens. Being from Iowa and surrounded by farms, crops and animals... my family is not squeamish about anything. My DH is a giant pain in the rear because he will NOT eat chicken... which the entire family loves, however he will eat a dozen fried eggs in one setting. Go figure? He won't eat the chicken, but he will eat what comes out of its butt.

I was surprised to find that a blood spot does not mean the egg is fertilized and there is nothing wrong with eating an egg with a blood spot. My grandma used to carefully crack each egg in a separate dish, check for blood spots and toss any egg with a spot. We eat 'em all after I spent some time researching! (I would not eat a baby chick that had begun to develop EVER, though. Ewwww)

 

[RMBGKY]

So now that we have solved that dilemma let's do the next.

What breed of chicken do I get. I love the Black Australorp, at least as much as I have been around them. Is there a white shelled layer equivilent to the BA? Or should I go for the EEs? Personally I lean toward the white layers.

 

[discoveregg]

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[Robinreneah]

I have a pen with a Serama Roo over Jersey Giant hens. I look at the eggs as I crack them open to cook or bake with. So far that pen has had no fertile eggs. Not that he doesn't try. Just not physically possible.

 

[discoveregg]

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Ok, you're going to get many opinions. So I'll give you mine

. I live an hour from Canada and our winters can be rough. Recently I discovered these cool little chickens called Norwegian Jaehrons. They are winter hardy, are great foragers and like to roost in trees - thus making them more difficult for some predators to catch. They are small birds that lay BIG white eggs. They are totally efficient. They can be socialized and made into pets if you give them some meal worms as chicks. So Norwegian Jaehrons really work well for me. But you'll have to determine what works best for you in your region.

Good Luck!

 

[RMBGKY]

Dorking seems to be a good option. Any one raising Dorkings want to chime in?

 

[TroutsChicks]

Maybe you should let them read about MSG and aspartame in their foods, man made chemicals in the food that we think is safe that is poisoning us. Make my fertilized eggs over easy please!

 

[chickmashnoon]

I just wouldn't tell them they were fertile.

Play the clueless chicken parent- No, not MY chickens! they would never have sex! I've never seen them at it. Myrtle is just not THAT kind of hen . . . .

After all most people can't tell if they are fertile if you collect them soon enough

 

[RMBGKY]

As we all know it isn't the fact that they are fertilized it is the thought that they are fertilized. Besides most people with no experience with chickens think you have to have a rooster to have eggs. So they haven't really thought about what that means.