OK I have 6 Standard Cornish and I'm trying to determine how many hens I have as the plan is to keep all the hens and 1 or 2 roosters to breed them. They are 18 1/2 weeks old, the first one is a rooster I"m trying to figure out if pictures 2-4 are hens.
So I just put a dozen white Cornish eggs in the incubator. My plan is to keep them true and not cross breed them. I want to keep what ever amount of hens that hatch as well as a rooster so that I can hatch more chicks in the future to replenish the flock as I consume the roosters and some hens...
So a month after having chickens I figured it was time to give incubating eggs a try :) I had picked up some second hand hens who were 20 months old and still laying well. ISA Browns and ISA Bovans. I found a RIR rooster at a shelter and we were ready to roll. The plan was to raise some hens...
So 4 weeks ago I decided I wanted 2 or 3 hens to supply me with a couple eggs per day. Well wasn't there an add for 10 hens for $25. How could I resist that price right? So I get them home that night settle them into the coop and the next day I count 9 hens lol he short changed me a hen but I...