Posts by cgmccary

    Quote: Delaware  New Hampshire Plymouth Rock Java Welsumer Australorp Maran   I'm looking very specifically at Rate of...

Quote: I just read on a web site that buckeyes are good mousers, almost as good as a barn cat. Is that true?   I have seen mine stalk and hunt mice. The summer of 2007 was an very hot one here. We had...

Quote: vmdanielson:   Could it be that because it is colder that they are using energy to keep warm, instead of in a brooder with a heat lamp?  You could be on to it here. Right now, I have all my...

crooked toes look like the kind that are an incubator issue (perhaps not enough humidity) & hatching took longer causing crooked toe(s) -- since he is a cross, likely not an inbreeding (genetic) issue.

      Quote: Canesisters: . . .  Ok - poster board to round off the corners of the box. This is only a concern if you have a good number of chicks. I have had smothering to happen...

  Quote: My girls don't have access to fresh grass, would it be a good idea to cut some to be feed to them in the pen enclosure?   Give to grass clippings to them in small quantities because if they...

Very nice bird, Joe! Congratulations to you and Sydney. Great win for you and for the breed.   Chris

You are correct Ridgerunner. We agree -- I was referring to chick bedding, more specifically, in a brooder. In the hen with chick pens, I will not change so frequently. I know what you are saying -- me too on my large coops.

  Quote: Hey everyone I dont have Buckeyes but I am interested in the breed. I am interested in raising them primarily for me as an alternative to the Cornish Cross. Can anyone tell me how long Buckeyes  take...

  Quote: Sleepy Owl: I am just saying there could be an issue with chicks according to some people, and it isn't worth the risk for me.   I don't go for the "I have always done it that way so it must...