Out of interest I googled CCdR, my what pretty birds - how hardy are they? By that I mean some breeds will be out ranging (obviously not at the moment) whatever the weather and some will just stay inside and sulk!
very hardy never go in their coup although under cover happy to be outside especially in -1 temp this morning
so the plan, i weigh my the birds every 3 weeks and wont breed until they reach standard weight
i will be breeding to standard and hopefully create a good flock
i will put the females back to the sire and use the best male offspring according to weight at 16 week (rest go in freezer) to form a new smaller flock putting him back to the original females
ive played around with egg layers but feel this is a great opportunity to develope a flock that is pretty critical
towards end of the year i will be giving away a trio of birds to help distribute the breed
PR