Ok had to switch to my computer, my phone drives me nuts when I have to type a lot on it.
I am a little concerned about Penny. I was reading about second gen RSL's which is what I think she is - and it was not good stuff. I had incorrectly assumed that the only real difference between a first gen and second gen RSL is that you can't tell the difference in the sexes by their color. This was definitely true for my crew, the roosters looked just like the pullets. Now I am reading that they aren't good layers and even read one account of second gen RSLs being just bad in general. This person's were eating their eggs and stuff.
Penny is definitely....different. She is the dumbest out of all of them, also the slowest. She is pretty easy to catch. She is really docile but when you look at her, you can tell that she has fewer lightbulbs on than the others (as chickens go anyway). When I go outside and all the girls run up to me, she is ALWAYS the last to come out from under the deck. When I put them away she is ALWAYS the one who can't find her way in.
I know all these things could just be her personality but I am worried about her being a crummy layer. because of the strict limit of birds here, which I am already over even at 6, I don't really have room for a lackluster layer. I know you can never know what kind of a layer a bird is going to be but I was thinking my red birds would give me 5ish eggs a week and my grey birds would be 4ish. I guess if I had known when I was paring down my little tibe that second gen RSLs tend to not be consistent layers, I might not have kept her.
I guess we'll see...there is no point getting all antsy about it now but if it proves to be true that she is not a good layer I don't know what I am going to do. I would want to trade her in for a good layer which would make the kids sad probably, especially my youngest. Then comes the trouble about integrating....oy. Being a small potatoes chicken rancher has some serious drawbacks!
I am a little concerned about Penny. I was reading about second gen RSL's which is what I think she is - and it was not good stuff. I had incorrectly assumed that the only real difference between a first gen and second gen RSL is that you can't tell the difference in the sexes by their color. This was definitely true for my crew, the roosters looked just like the pullets. Now I am reading that they aren't good layers and even read one account of second gen RSLs being just bad in general. This person's were eating their eggs and stuff.
Penny is definitely....different. She is the dumbest out of all of them, also the slowest. She is pretty easy to catch. She is really docile but when you look at her, you can tell that she has fewer lightbulbs on than the others (as chickens go anyway). When I go outside and all the girls run up to me, she is ALWAYS the last to come out from under the deck. When I put them away she is ALWAYS the one who can't find her way in.
I know all these things could just be her personality but I am worried about her being a crummy layer. because of the strict limit of birds here, which I am already over even at 6, I don't really have room for a lackluster layer. I know you can never know what kind of a layer a bird is going to be but I was thinking my red birds would give me 5ish eggs a week and my grey birds would be 4ish. I guess if I had known when I was paring down my little tibe that second gen RSLs tend to not be consistent layers, I might not have kept her.
I guess we'll see...there is no point getting all antsy about it now but if it proves to be true that she is not a good layer I don't know what I am going to do. I would want to trade her in for a good layer which would make the kids sad probably, especially my youngest. Then comes the trouble about integrating....oy. Being a small potatoes chicken rancher has some serious drawbacks!
[COLOR=800080]I am also sprouting alfalfa, but that night be the wrong stuff for this time of year??[/COLOR]
