Set yourself up with a mixed flock. Barred rocks/Plymouth rocks only lay about 150 eggs a year.Originally Posted by S.....P......
Set yourself up with a mixed flock. Barred rocks/Plymouth rocks only lay about 150 eggs a year.
"The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath." W. C. Fields
Definitely going to have a mix but I want some brooding hens and good mothers.
hawgrider (09-20-2016)
My daughters Buff Orpingtons go broody several time a year. We don't have roosters here though so into the broody buster they go. 3 to 4 days of that breaks the broody streak.
I had a stubborn ISA brown that went broody often. Funny cuz they aren't supposed go broody its mostly breed out of them.
Last edited by hawgrider; 09-21-2016 at 04:09 AM. Reason: aren't
"The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath." W. C. Fields
Baglady (09-20-2016)
The Buff Orpingtons are good hens. With a rooster they will set eggs several times a year. Docile hens, good mothers, although I recommend taking the chicks from them after the second day. Ours started laying eggs at 4 1/2 months old. They will be a year old at the end of this month. We've had 2 hatches so far this summer.
Also, do not remove the rooster. We've done this several times now, and they (roosters) get really pissed off and will attack you. I've got the scars to prove it!
Our Leghorns have not gotten broody at all. Good layers tho.
hawgrider (09-21-2016)
It's has been years and I am talking 20+ sense I have had chickens. We had them growing up. We never took the chicks from the hen. What are the disadvantages of leaving the with her. Honest stupid question.
They all died. IDK for sure what happened. The second time we separated the hen from the others, and put her in a brooder we built. Same thing. They were fine one day, the next we'd have one dead chick, and the next day, same thing. I think the hen squashed them or they got too hot. I have one lonely chick right now in our bathroom, in a cooler. It's good and healthy so far.
Not a stupid question at all.
hawgrider (09-21-2016)
Wow, ok....I will have to talk to Dad and see what we did different. I do remember moving her box to the floor and once the chicks were up and moving good the hen would move into the hay barn sometimes. We never had more than 2 that Dad would let brood. "We ain't running a chicken ranch" he would always say.
Tired of free loading chickens so I turned the light on 2 weeks ago
First egg from the French Maran.
"The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath." W. C. Fields
Arklatex (01-20-2017),mlodell07 (01-20-2017),RubberDuck (01-19-2017)
About time
mlodell07 (01-20-2017)
No kidding been waiting since October.
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