The 7th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-A-Long!

[chattery41]

Rooster Booster. You can find it at most any feed store. I have never used it myself but, according to what I've read it does work.

Got mine at TSC

 

[GitaBooks]

Does anyone have any remedies for low sperm count in a cockerel? I know he CAN do the job because I have 1 egg in the bator developing and 2 more that were cracked

to check were fertile (from 2 different hens), but the other 36 that have been incubated (before and after the fertile ones) have not been fertile.

He is a project cockerel and I don't have another with the same parentage, though I have another full trio from different parents that are producing nice chicks. So all is not lost, but I was hoping to have more diversity in this project.

BTW, he already goes commando, so boxer shorts, cool packs and loose-fitting pants are not the answer.

I also heard somewhere that fertility is lower in the winter?

I have pips in the bator! I should wake up to some babies tomorrow

Awesome! Make sure to post some pics! It's not another three weeks until mine hatch and I am SOOO impatient.

 

[KYTinpusher]

"My kingdom for a sign ! !" Is that random enough ?

Here's one for you!

The chicken sign is MINE!

 

[KYTinpusher]

Quote: Thanks! I've seen that but never tried it.

 

[cree57i]

Here are chicks I just took out of the incubator. There are 14 here and I have pips in the bator, but it was very crowded in there, so I got these guys out. They are isabel leghorns and isbar. There is one brown leghorn in there too.

 

[KYTinpusher]

Got mine at TSC

DH was just at TSC today. I guess I have to make another trip tomorrow.

(No more multi-quote for me. The sign is mine!

)

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

DH was just at TSC today. I guess I have to make another trip tomorrow.

(No more multi-quote for me. The sign is mine!

)

There are several items called "Rooster Booster" (including a multi wormer, a vitamin supplement, etc.) - it's kind of like a brand name. You'll want to get the right one.

... And I don't know what the right one is (except that it's likely not the wormer). @draye ?

- Ant Farm

 

[KYTinpusher]

I also heard somewhere that fertility is lower in the winter?

That may be part of the problem. It was actually pretty warm when they started laying last month, but we have had a couple of cold snaps. Hopefully the warm weather coming this weekend will help.

 

[KYTinpusher]

Here are chicks I just took out of the incubator. There are 14 here and I have pips in the bator, but it was very crowded in there, so I got these guys out. They are isabel leghorns and isbar. There is one brown leghorn in there too.

Congratulations!

 

[chattery41]

Here's one for you!

The chicken sign is MINE!

Oh that was awesome ! Laughing so hard i started choking. I found 1 of the signs on ebay, might just get it there haha