Recent content by Doudna2163

The 12 hens are in full production now yesterday I got 9 eggs in the morning and another 9 when I checked on them at night.

They have been laying for 6 days now I'm up to 17 eggs I used a few today for scrambled eggs and man they were delicious. The big one was twins and both yolks were fertilized the fairy eggs I had were almost all yolk. I'm gonna let them lay for a month or so and let the roo get around then I can...

Yeah I was either gonna do that or the dog cage method. If I end up needing another roo.

You mean to introduce a new roo? Or just in general?

Yeah I was reading about that with black copper maran crosses. And yeah those would make some nice crosses with my hens. I appreciate all the help.

So my roo is a blue copper maran and the breeds of hens I have are Rhode Island Red, Columbian wyandotte, calico princess, black sex link, light brahma, buff brahma, and barred rock. I also have a hen that's the same as the roo but I think I know what will come from that lol. My question is how...

Now that's cool. An almost perfect imposter.

Oh okay I was just reading you want a rooster for every 8-12 birds depending on the fertility rate of the breed.

I'll definitely have to share those sometime.

So my roo is a blue copper maran and my hens are Rhode Island Red, Columbian wyandotte, calico princess, black sex link, light brahma, buff brahma, and barred rock. I also have a hen that's the same as the roo. My question is how many have these crosses and if so do you have any pictures or...

Well I got my first chickens when I was 12 when my parents got 20 from tractor supply. Then they casually mentioned to my grandpa about getting some more and he shows up with 120 he got for free from his neighbor. Now that was an experience. I moved to Florida when I was 16 and got chickens...