one dominant male has bred with 3 hens in the colony

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ush2611
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one dominant male has bred with 3 hens in the colony

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thought this may be interesting to other colony breeders...i have one stud in my aviary :lol: ...12 birds altogether but my mature blue male has mated with 3 hens and they are were all pregnant...i say were as i lost his partner to egg binding...something i hope i never have to see again as it was horrendous.. :cry: :cry: anyway..he nows his job as he mated with my green hen and lutino hen and they both have eggs (2 chicks so far ) BUT what is interesting is its the other males (one mature one immature) that are looking after the hens...so not sure if this is something other colony breeders have found...but i guess unless i seperate the pairs next year...at least 2 hens are going to be serviced by him again (total stud )..but id really like the other guys to get a chance too
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Re: one dominant male has bred with 3 hens in the colony

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This is really interesting. I'm not a colony breeder and keep my pairs separate, but please keep posting your observations. There is little info about colony breeding available.
ush2611
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Re: one dominant male has bred with 3 hens in the colony

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i will...as i say he does little feeding...but does all the mating.. :)
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