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 Post subject: Chooks heat
PostPosted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 9:04 pm 
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Do Chooks come on heat like other animals do eg Horses Cattle ect :?: :?: :?:

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More of a breeding season in the warmer months. As the days get shorter and the weather gets colder they'll usually slow down in egg production or go off the lay altogether. Fertilility aparently decreases as well. Usually about now they start slowing rite down and some go into their autumn moult.

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It's just i had the chooks running out today while i was constructing a new pen and i noticed one hen hanging around ont of the rooster pens so i out her in there and they whent fo it.

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She might be just a umm........over friendly gal lol :lol:

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Well this morning when i went to feed up i found she had layed hey FIRST egg during the night.

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Cool stuff Brad :) What type of hen is she and has she been running with a rooster? :-D

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She is a silke hen Black/Buff yeah she has been running with a rooster a white silkie but i put her in with the Buff rooster as she was hanging around him si i figured she wanted him. :lol:

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Goodstuff, sounds like they'd make pretty chicks :-D By buff rooster do you mean the gold one you bought off Ian at the markets?

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Yeah that's the one.

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