Ukroosterman 548 Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 Ok well the normal rule for me is a hen should only mate to one cock per season and if wish to change brood cock.... the hen should be given moult to be clear....... But the reason I ask this qwestioned is..... And I hope not sound like duckwing..... But I was looking thought an old herbert ackinson book where he stated that he borrowed an old english black breasted red hen to a freined. Who bred this hen to a cold blooded spangled cock...... He got this hen back the following year and bred to black red cock...... But for the next six year a percentage off the spring would come spangled..... Evan tho it was less every year..... It was not till the last year of her life that she thought all black reds like her self........ She never bred a spangle be for she was mated to the spangle cock....... And the famley had been bred for 40 plus years and never produced a spangle...... Intreasted to hear what you fellas make of this....... Uk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
off the tether 277 Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 Personally speaking I have got a Albany hen that last year had a brood of chicks about one month old that she started killing I took them away from her and she went missing I thought she had got killed by something three weeks latter she came back with another brood identical to the ones I had to take away from her and 100 present she had not been with any other cock or the same cock strange but true a,t,b, O,T,T Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MoChara 1,632 Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 I find routine is the best thing for my lot. After the early feed they get to roam free on around an acre an half for as long as possible, weather permitting. Although they can get in to their keep whenever they want they sometimes act silly beggars and stand in wind and rain lol. I handle them all the time, easier done indoors though. Ever try catching a rooster in an open field......... NO SUCH THING 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dusk til dawn 169 Posted February 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 never underestimate the importance of grit, always understated. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bullx100% 681 Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 Well seen as tho I'm purity new to fowl I'll put up what I feed my fowl and if any one sees anything wrong pleas let me no....my fowl are kept on sand in there pens where they have access to feed and water 24/7 there feed is a mix of growers mixed corn....they are let out everyday to feed on grass. I also give them boiled rice once a week and they also have vegg off my s missus......in there water they have clove of garlic.( a tip my old man gave me..he's a pigeon man ) they are handled every day by me and my kids all tho I don't hold the hens to much due to my stagg not liking me messing with his birds lol ... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ukroosterman 548 Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 My feed 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
off the tether 277 Posted February 25, 2014 Report Share Posted February 25, 2014 Verity it works for me a,t,b, O,T,T Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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