We don't have a cockerel, Jan; we have too many close neighbours ...
On the other hand, there's a rather handsome cockerel up the road who
would "mix" well with our hens (Rhode Island Red derivatives, White
Star, Bluebell and Bovans Nera).
Chris
On 4 Feb 2008, at 05:58, Andrew Fildes wrote:
> It really doesn't matter what the question, someone around here will
> have an answer!
>
> Andrew Fildes
> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>
>
> On 04/02/2008, at 4:18 PM, Jan Steinman wrote:
>
>> If you have broody hens (and a rooster), and want to try hatching
>> naturally, that's the easiest way. A broody hen will defend her
>> chicks
>> quite well. But most modern egg and meat breeds have had raising a
>> family bred right out of them.
>
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