YO GEORGIANS! :)

[carcar80]

Awww I'm so sorry, flower!

 

[katsdar]

Lost my Black Australorp hen today. Came home from town to find her dead and an egg stuck in her butt! Egg bound. You never know when and what will happen to your chickens! I had just told one of the renters this morning that they can die without any warnings.

oh that is awful,

 

[buddy phoenix]

Anyone in here lol

 

[carcar80]

Hi Buddy. I'm up, getting ready to get ready for church. IOW, drinking coffee..

 

[buddy phoenix]

How's ams doing ours are great?

 

[Toeby]

Is it because of the time of the year or just my luck, I can't seem to find RIR hatching eggs anywhere,,, I had a guy that was selling them 3$ a dozen but by the time I had decided to hatch them, he was sold out with no plans of restocking till next year.

A friend of mine gave me a RIR roo and I was just going to mate him with my 2 RIR hens and make my own hatching eggs. Only problem with that is the roo isn't full grown yet.

Any tips or ideas? I would like to have them soon, so that I can watch the hatching process myself while off for Christmas break. Instead of having to rely on my wife while I am at work.

 

[buddy phoenix]

A lot of people say its because days are shorter as in not enough day light for hens to lay eggs. Which I've found is true. Unless u use lights! I can't wait for my ams to start laying eggs. Good luck.

 

[Flowerbh]

Hey BUDDY! Nice to see you back. What have you been up to?

 

[feathersaloft]

Lost my Black Australorp hen today. Came home from town to find her dead and an egg stuck in her butt! Egg bound. You never know when and what will happen to your chickens! I had just told one of the renters this morning that they can die without any warnings.

Oh no! I'm so sorry

 

[feathersaloft]

Is it because of the time of the year or just my luck, I can't seem to find RIR hatching eggs anywhere,,, I had a guy that was selling them 3$ a dozen but by the time I had decided to hatch them, he was sold out with no plans of restocking till next year.

A friend of mine gave me a RIR roo and I was just going to mate him with my 2 RIR hens and make my own hatching eggs. Only problem with that is the roo isn't full grown yet.

Any tips or ideas? I would like to have them soon, so that I can watch the hatching process myself while off for Christmas break. Instead of having to rely on my wife while I am at work.

I just saw my RIR roo mount a hen for the first time (at least in front of me) But I don't have them separated out yet, so any eggs would be suspect.
Out of curiosity, how many hens do you think a roo will fertilize dependably? I have the one RIR roo, and 17 hens. When I get the pen sectioned, how many hens will I want to put him with?