Mursal Mirza
In the Brooder
- Sep 23, 2017
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Hello everyone! I'm new to BYC and chickens.
So my question is why isn't my rooster fertilising the eggs? Well technically he is fertilising them but not frequently as I recently had three chicks hatch out of 9 EGGS!
Does this matter on the breed? If yes then he's a 1.8 month old buff Cochin. And btw I only have 3 hens(most of my hens catches some disease and died ) so I'm not sure it has anything to do with "too many hens." And also he tries to mate with my silkie (who is way bigger than a bantam hen and a little smaller than a standard chicken) but he just tries mating and gives up :/
Thanks in advance everyone
So my question is why isn't my rooster fertilising the eggs? Well technically he is fertilising them but not frequently as I recently had three chicks hatch out of 9 EGGS!
Does this matter on the breed? If yes then he's a 1.8 month old buff Cochin. And btw I only have 3 hens(most of my hens catches some disease and died ) so I'm not sure it has anything to do with "too many hens." And also he tries to mate with my silkie (who is way bigger than a bantam hen and a little smaller than a standard chicken) but he just tries mating and gives up :/
Thanks in advance everyone