| Title: | Captive Breeding for Conservation--and FUN! |
| Notice: | INTROS 6.X / FOR SALE 13.X / Buying a Bird 900.* |
| Moderator: | VIDEO::PULSIFER |
| Created: | Mon Oct 10 1988 |
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Just curious - does anyone out there have chickens?
We have 25 egg-laying hens (no roosters ;-) ), 10 Rhode Island
Red/Leghorn mixes, 11 Leghorns, 1 Japanese, 1 Plymouth Rock and 2 black
and tan ones (don't know what the breed name is). We have them in a
10'x20' shed and keep them for egg production.
If there are any other "chicken people" out there, maybe we can
use this note for "chicken info" 8-) .
- Andrea
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| 477.1 | try small animal conference | ALLVAX::CHIASSON | Mon Feb 04 1991 15:04 | 6 | |
there use to a note for small_animals and some other people with
chickens have responded now for some reason it show up a file not found
can anybody help
ED
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| 477.2 | ? | ROYALT::PULSIFER | Doug @235-8128 | Mon Feb 04 1991 16:21 | 5 |
I sent a message to one of the morderators (Kristy) and got a auto
reply that she was away for about a month. I don't know who the other
moderators are. I hope it comes back up soon.
Doug
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| 477.3 | Future Chicken Lady!! | HYEND::ARUSSAU | Mon Mar 23 1992 18:06 | 28 | |
Hello to all chicken people out there!!
I am about to become the *proud* owner of 40 chicks. We are purchasing
them from Agway in Grafton along with 10 or 12 ducks (both Mallard and
Peking Whites). We are interested in keeping our hens for egg
production only as I wouldn't be able to eat Henrietta Hen!!
My SO would like to get a couple roosters so we could hatch eggs if we
wanted. This thing might grow depending on the stability of jobs in
the future.
Question: Does anyone know if you can have more than 1 rooster? Will
they fight? Is there a ratio of rooster to hen for fertilized eggs?
I am also looking for a brooder for the chicks. Am planning on keeping
the chicks and ducklings together as youngsters, then the ducks go to
our pond and the chickens to a new 12'x24' chicken house with run.
The breeds we're getting are 20 Riech Amber Cross and 20 Rhode Island
Reds. The Crosses are supposed to be crossed from White Leghorns and
Reds. All our will be brown egg hens.
Just for fun we are planning on having a little farm as a
hobby/possible future business. Presently we have 2 horses and are
building a very nice 6 stall barn. We would like to get some pygmy
goats and a dozen or so sheep this Spring. Sound like heaven to me...
-- Anna
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| 477.4 | killer roosters | ROYALT::PULSIFER | UNHAMPERED BY FACTS AND INFORMATION | Tue Mar 24 1992 11:16 | 12 |
Hi F.C.L,
Everyone I have known with chickens said one rooster is best, as with 2
or more one will be dominate, sometimes to the extent of killing the
weaker one.
Good Luck,
Doug
P.S. you might want to consider some exotic farm animals,LLamas,
ostrich, vietnamese Pot belly pigs, highlander cows.....
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| 477.5 | Here a Chick - ther a Chick | CSOA1::DIRRMAN | Tue Mar 24 1992 16:11 | 23 | |
Question: Does anyone know if you can have more than 1 rooster? Will
they fight? Is there a ratio of rooster to hen for fertilized eggs?
<< You can have more than one - but not for long. One will eventually
kill the other.
<< You will be surprised at how a rooster can perform!!
I am also looking for a brooder for the chicks. Am planning on keeping
the chicks and ducklings together as youngsters, then the ducks go to
our pond and the chickens to a new 12'x24' chicken house with run.
<< You can make one out of old windows (if you have them )
and a heat lamp. We used a plywood floor with 4 windows for the
sides and one for the top (hinged).
We had goats - which was great fun - for awhile!
Good luck and have Lots of fun!
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