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I saw my bourbon tom stomping for the first time yesterday. Very funny. I wasnt sure if it was aggressive either as he is in quarantine for bad behavior these days. He soon to be our first turkey to go to the roaster after attacking my 4yr old. I didnt think I was ready for that with him but its...

Thanks so much for the advice. Good to know about the spurs, I will pass it on to my DH. How about the Rhode Island Reds? They are a dual purpose but do they have much meat??

We have a rooster that is cochin/E.E. he has gotten very aggressive towards my other roos and and we will be processing a few roosters soon anyway, we are planning on doing him. Any thoughts on this? Will he be meaty at all? Hes built like a cochin more so than the E.E.. Looks big but I know...

BTW thanks for all the great info, this is fun!

He possibly is the father but not likely. Hes one of my youngest roos, his father is more likely to be the roo in question . Hes identicle but white where this one is black.

Here is another hen out of the same hen but an Easter Egger Roo. Note the "chubby cheeks" as I like to call them.

So for breeding purposes what color rooster would you breed her to?

So is her coloring correct? I honestly thought she my have been a cross with my easter eggers. I dont have any partridge. I have Blues, Blacks and I did have a Birchen for a short while.She would most likely have come from a Blue hen and a Black Roo if shes pure.

Please let me know what you think of this girl then I will tell you more about her and how she came about. Im really liking her. Shes very tiny and beautiful.

The handsome lads are the 2 new slate toms in my coop! Now to deide which one to keep and which one to pass on to Kris decisions, decisions

I have 2 bronze turkeys and Im not sure of the sex. I thought they were hens but they have started displaying. I have heard that a hen will diplay though and they arent gobbling, but my BBW never has displayed at all. They are around 4-5mnths old Can you help please?

How long can I keep my fresh butchered chicken resting in the fridge before cooking it? I want to eat it fresh, never frozen but my husband is a firefighter and is on duty so I want to wait until Sunday. The bird was processed Tuesday night, is this too long to wait? I plan to put it in the slow...

So we are new to the meat birds. We tried one of our Easter Eggers a few mnths ago and where not impressed to say the least. So, we have been thinking about getting cornish xs. We found an add for jumbo cornish xs ready to process and went and bought 2 to see how we like them. My husband...

I have put less and had great hatches, and I have filled them and had a problem with the last eggs getting stickey and not able to hatch. Ive only done a few hatches but the hatch that I only had 12 in did great. Good Luck! I say go for it.