Mark r 208 Posted September 19, 2016 Report Share Posted September 19, 2016 Bought a few layers recently there hybrids two bluebells, 3 black rocks, 6 lohman Browns 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mark r 208 Posted September 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2016 Some of the lohman browns Quote Link to post Share on other sites
forest of dean redneck 11,606 Posted September 19, 2016 Report Share Posted September 19, 2016 I like lohmans calm Birds usually. An the bluebells are pretty looking. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ferret333 746 Posted September 20, 2016 Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 nice birds mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mark r 208 Posted September 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2016 I bought the bluebells and black rock Thinking of get a cockerel and breed them, and the discovers there hybrids as well lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Tibbs 14 Posted October 1, 2016 Report Share Posted October 1, 2016 Can't go wrong with the Lohmann brown, seen a lot of commercial flocks do 320 eggs per bird easy up to 72 weeks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jok 3,260 Posted October 1, 2016 Report Share Posted October 1, 2016 Flipping bluebells don't lay well. Calm but unproductive. Made the same mistake with Cheshire blues. Not a good replacement from when the red devil visited me. Jok. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
forest of dean redneck 11,606 Posted October 1, 2016 Report Share Posted October 1, 2016 The barnevelders I got had a blip in summer but I get nearly egg a day out of them now , they began laying last dec/jan. I only got them as off heat growers from a garden center ,but the young lady(think its owners daughter) had nice stock in grass pens think she had giot some that had blood from Netherlands . 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mark r 208 Posted October 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2016 Well the egg laying is ant going so well I'm getting one egg a day either they were younger than the seller said or there something really wrong give them a few more weeks then see what I feel like. Surely they should be laying like crazy . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jok 3,260 Posted October 23, 2016 Report Share Posted October 23, 2016 Probably due to the moult. The birds are getting ready for cold weather so laying is not paramount. Always a quiet time. Think about a timed lamp in the house. Daylight is another thing that drastically alters laying. A lamp helps. Rats are now looking for food and where better than a free supply of chicken food. The birds don't like this . I imagine there's lot's more reasons like clean water, lack of vitamins, red mite, shit it goes on and on. Jok. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rabid 1,936 Posted October 23, 2016 Report Share Posted October 23, 2016 Jok, bang on the money here, they will often slow down at this time, I have just over 200 birds, and lucky if I get 5 or 10 eggs a day at the moment, some days just one or two, but they are all in serious moult, happens every year as I use all natural light, I don't mess with the birds clocks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
forest of dean redneck 11,606 Posted October 23, 2016 Report Share Posted October 23, 2016 I sold my barnevelders yesterday , might keep the house over winter see how I feel after wifes op,might go back to bantams. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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