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KlopKlop said:
Yes I know what you mean and agree. I would never make a good breeder as I could never cull like I would need to.

I also am too cheap to cough up fancy bird prices :)
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I wouldnt have an issue with culling. I would keep the good sell the not so good hens as layers or birds for beginning breeders and keep roos for butchering. I have thought about just having show quality BAs in a flock but have not decided...
 
A larding needle was not at all what I thought it was!

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I need one of these!
 
Ralphie and all who may be interested. My experience with Buckeyes is that the hens are very good layers and have a temperament that is more docile than any other breed I have come in contact with. They have a comb which works well in our northern climate, and the excess cockerels can be quite meaty for those who butcher their own birds. I have complete help with butchering and eating excess cockerels from the Asian community in close proximity.
 
ejb3810 said:
Ralphie and all who may be interested. My experience with Buckeyes is that the hens are very good layers and have a temperament that is more docile than any other breed I have come in contact with. They have a comb which works well in our northern climate, and the excess cockerels can be quite meaty for those who butcher their own birds. I have complete help with butchering and eating excess cockerels from the Asian community in close proximity.
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You have buckeyes?

What color eggs do they lay? ( I am still not getting them until they are 100 years old as a breed!!)

How do they do against predators?
 
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duluthralphie said:
A larding needle was not at all what I thought it was!

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I need one of these!
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me too!

ejb3810 said:
Ralphie and all who may be interested. My experience with Buckeyes is that the hens are very good layers and have a temperament that is more docile than any other breed I have come in contact with. They have a comb which works well in our northern climate, and the excess cockerels can be quite meaty for those who butcher their own birds. I have complete help with butchering and eating excess cockerels from the Asian community in close proximity.
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I definitely want buckeyes someday!
 
duluthralphie said:
You have buckeyes?

What color eggs do they lay?   ( I am still not getting them until they are 100 years old as a breed!!)

How do they do against predators?
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Brown eggs from Buckeyes. Also they may be over a hundred years old already depending when you start counting. They were developed in the 1890s and are actually an older breed than RIRs. MCM told me that Buckeyes were actually used in developing RIRs.

I can attest to his claim about meaty roosters. Buck has full breasts. I'm hoping that breeding him over my Cornish will garner good results. He is probably 2 years old and probably weighs 12+ lbs
 

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