06-08-2008, 04:48 AM
I am currently setting up to breed RIR's.. have three nice pretty roosters about a year old that are breeding like there was no tomorrow.
Had some staff problems and had to hire a new guy to tear down a mess and rebuild my henhouse. Expect that done in a week, then we will be to breeding.
I let the RIR's Americaunas and Plymouth Barred Rock breed with the white jungle fowl and got some nice pullets going on. Will be interesting to see how they lay.
The PBRs lay bigger brown eggs, but I somehow think the RIR's are the ticket and they are where I am putting my interest. I have been freerangings all three and the PBR's seem to be disappearing. The RIR'sare going strong. Americauna's are doing well and the blue eggs are a novelty but everyone likes the brown eggs better so far.
Good luck. By next spring we should be both pumping those eggs into the market!
Pam
Had some staff problems and had to hire a new guy to tear down a mess and rebuild my henhouse. Expect that done in a week, then we will be to breeding.
I let the RIR's Americaunas and Plymouth Barred Rock breed with the white jungle fowl and got some nice pullets going on. Will be interesting to see how they lay.
The PBRs lay bigger brown eggs, but I somehow think the RIR's are the ticket and they are where I am putting my interest. I have been freerangings all three and the PBR's seem to be disappearing. The RIR'sare going strong. Americauna's are doing well and the blue eggs are a novelty but everyone likes the brown eggs better so far.
Good luck. By next spring we should be both pumping those eggs into the market!
Pam
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hit the floor each morning, the devil says
"Oh Crap, She's up!"
hit the floor each morning, the devil says
"Oh Crap, She's up!"