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Have you checked out the WCNA website?

I wished Royce, Erhard and the rest of the WCNA members would be able to help you with that! Last year, we had alot of folks asking for roos, thus a roo shortage going on. I hope we don't get into another roo shortage this year!
 
EweSheep said:
Have you checked out the WCNA website?

I wished Royce, Erhard and the rest of the WCNA members would be able to help you with that! Last year, we had alot of folks asking for roos, thus a roo shortage going on. I hope we don't get into another roo shortage this year!
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Wow! Didn't know there had been a shortage of roosters! Out of the 24 eggs received from Kummer Poultry, on Feb. 2nd I hatched 17 chicks. 4 roosters and 13 pullets. All doing great so far!

Larry
 
Now THAT is a very good odd to have pullet chicks than cockeral chicks! Wished mine was that way!


outpostwest said:
Wow! Didn't know there had been a shortage of roosters! Out of the 24 eggs received from Kummer Poultry, on Feb. 2nd I hatched 17 chicks. 4 roosters and 13 pullets. All doing great so far!

Larry
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I will try tomorrow to get some better pictures. This will be the rooster that I am using for my flock this year. I had all of my roosters in cages in the main coop to try and avoid frost bit. His tail feathers became cage damaged but that doesn't affect his ability to breed and the feathers will grow back.
 
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Going to be taking another good look at our wellie chicks that were hatched in Jan this year- noticed that some of the cockeral have feather stubbs between their toes. We have them tagged based on which rooster they came from and I know which hens the younger rooster could have been out of. Thinking we might be doing some heavy duty culling as the problem with feather stubbs seems to be passed quite easily from one generation to the next. I do find it interesting that we aren't seeing it on the pullets and hens, however everyone will be looked over good.
 
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