Rooster, Hen, and Breeding Question

[gatrapper]

Hey Y'all,

I had a flock of black australorps and a flock of a bunch of random breeds. I had to go out of town for a week and my mother in law was watching the birds. To make life easier for her, I combined both flocks. I left them like that for the past month. Today I separated the flocks again.

I would like to hatch my own black australorps, but the hens were in a pen that included two brahma roosters along with several black australorp roosters.

How long until I can start hatching eggs without worrying about hatching crosses and getting back to only black australorps?

 

[JustAChickenLoverOverHere]

Hey Y'all,

I had a flock of black australorps and a flock of a bunch of random breeds. I had to go out of town for a week and my mother in law was watching the birds. To make life easier for her, I combined both flocks. I left them like that for the past month. Today I separated the flocks again.

I would like to hatch my own black australorps, but the hens were in a pen that included two brahma roosters along with several black australorp roosters.

How long until I can start hatching eggs without worrying about hatching crosses and getting back to only black australorps?

The baseline is 3 weeks, though some people claim fertility after 4.

 

[aart]

I'd wait 4 weeks.