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TexasBlues
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Now the flock consists of 2 BCM pullets and 4 wtb pullets with 1 wtb cockerel.
The Marans and true blues have been co-mingling in the yard for a few months, but they use 2 separate coops at night. Iāve got them all together in the big coop today. I added some saw horses so the little ones can get away from the bigs.
I think Iāll try to keep them locked up for a day or 2 while I fix some areas in the backyard fence where the true blues have been getting into the neighborās yard. The cockerel is good about staying close so heās loose in the yard while the hens work out their social status in the coop/run.
Not long after I killed the big rooster, the true blue cockerel was grabbing and mounting the older marans hens.
Btw the rooster was delicious, I simmered him for 3 hours in the Dutch oven and made chicken noodle soup. Feet and all.
Iām collecting pretty much 2 eggs a day from the 2 marans so I will wait til I have 8-12 then fire up the incubator. Iād like to hatch another 4-6 BCM pullets to add to the flock.
Hopefully they will continue to lay eggs fertilized with the BCM roosterās sperm. The first 10 eggs Iāve eaten looked fertile to me, some were hard to see though.
The Marans and true blues have been co-mingling in the yard for a few months, but they use 2 separate coops at night. Iāve got them all together in the big coop today. I added some saw horses so the little ones can get away from the bigs.
I think Iāll try to keep them locked up for a day or 2 while I fix some areas in the backyard fence where the true blues have been getting into the neighborās yard. The cockerel is good about staying close so heās loose in the yard while the hens work out their social status in the coop/run.
Not long after I killed the big rooster, the true blue cockerel was grabbing and mounting the older marans hens.
Btw the rooster was delicious, I simmered him for 3 hours in the Dutch oven and made chicken noodle soup. Feet and all.
Iām collecting pretty much 2 eggs a day from the 2 marans so I will wait til I have 8-12 then fire up the incubator. Iād like to hatch another 4-6 BCM pullets to add to the flock.
Hopefully they will continue to lay eggs fertilized with the BCM roosterās sperm. The first 10 eggs Iāve eaten looked fertile to me, some were hard to see though.