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 Post subject: How do I know when my young rooster is doing his job
PostPosted: Wed Sep 12, 2012 7:43 pm 
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I have 8 layer chooks (Isa Browns) and have introduced a rooster.How long should it take before all the eggs will be fertile.He seems to be doing the job with one or two girls but the rest don't seem interested.I have built a small incubator and would like to get into it .The rooster is about 6 or 7 months old.Can I test the eggs somehow ??


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 Post subject: Re: How do I know when my young rooster is doing his job
PostPosted: Wed Sep 12, 2012 7:58 pm 
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Do you know which girls that he is favouring? How old are those girls, are they more "mature" than the others? Can you separate him and them from the other girls so at least you will know that their eggs maybe fertile.

Here is a thread on candling eggs so you can check for viability of your fertile eggs once incubated
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 Post subject: Re: How do I know when my young rooster is doing his job
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Yes I didn't connect the dots,There are 3 about 2 weeks older than the rest and 2 of them are the ones he favours.
Once he starts servicing all of the others,would it be fair to assume they are fertile or perhaps 90% Thanks for the link and if I read it correctly it is not possible to candle successfully very early on in incubation.


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How are you going to store your fertile eggs before you incubate them? They will also need to be turned. Here are a couple of more threads to help you out.

viewtopic.php?f=39&t=11193&p=96462&hilit=storing+fertile+eggs#p96462
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 Post subject: Re: How do I know when my young rooster is doing his job
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If you take a rooster out for a time to improve fertility how long is best?


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Tooga wrote:
If you take a rooster out for a time to improve fertility how long is best?


This is from another thread.

IRhodesRed wrote:
Have you tried taking the rooster away for 14 days and them put him back, he should mate with the hen asap and make sure for the 14 days he is on his own


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 Post subject: Re: How do I know when my young rooster is doing his job
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Hi Bergy
You can break open a few eggs (for breakfast) and check for a germinal disc.
I am unable to post photos ATM so google it and see what they look like.
Of course then you cant put them in the incubator but they are still good to eat!

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Thanks petite I will have a read


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I take the roosters away for 2 months I find far better results with fertility that way almost 100% as they mate constantly


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