Russian Orloffs

[Sarplaninec]

Been awhile since the last time I posted. I'm looking for a LF spangled Rooster, with a large beard. Please send me a PM. I live in New York.

 

[Cknldy]

Wow VT! I have been really patient with my girls but now I'm wondering if something is off with them. I started giving them layer feed at 6 1/2 months old because from what I had gathered RO's start laying between 7 and 9 months old. With all of my other breeds I do the same- start layer a bit before they are due to lay- and I've never had a soft shelled egg from the beginning. I guess I'll just have to keep telling them to start earning their keep;-)

 

[gander007]

With the RO's seven to nine month's is just about whit I have run in to but then again maybe them girls are waiting for wormer weather mine stopped about four weeks ago

for no apparent reason but the RIR produce one every day

gander007

 

[vtguania]

Cknldy I have been giving my mottled regular grower feed till today when I put her out with the older pullets. The spangled where on grower till about a couple weeks before they started laying.

gander007, mine have been laying all along even when the temps been in the single digits at night. We'll see how they do this coming week as it will be below zero at nights (expecting -26 wed evening). I've been averaging 10-12 eggs daily from around 18 pullets. White Leghorn has laid an egg a day since day 1.

 

[Sarplaninec]

your orloffs are laying eggs? what are you feeding?

 

[vtguania]

Just have 3 orloff that are laying, all the others r still young. I have other breeds, between all of them I'm averaging a steady 10-12 eggs a day.

 

[Sarplaninec]

what are you feeding them? Because my one is not laying nor are my other chickens.

 

[vtguania]

I'm feeding layer pellets with cracked corn. Every know and them I give them the egg shells from the eggs we use but don't think that's making a difference. My oldest laying pullet is 9 months old & the youngest is the orloff that started laying today (5 mths old)

 

[gander007]

Here are some photos of my little ones

Hatched 12 12 13 the paper was put in to help reflect the light
as the photo's without the paper were all dark .......
Photo was taken 27 12 13 so these little guys are 15 day's old
nice feathering ya

gander007

 

[Cknldy]

I kept my RIR's for a year and a half, sold them this past summer since I was getting a lot of other breeds in. I really should have kept them! They laid almost every day even in winter snows. Yep, dummy me sold stock that was already laying and am still waiting for eggs since the RO juveniles are my oldest chickens now. I did get buff orpingtons and white leghorns along with all of the fancy breeds so when everyone starts to lay I believe I will be overrun with eggs....eating eggs, hatching eggs, selling eggs...