Norwegian Jaerhon - Page 40

I will be getting my first Jaerhon this week from Ideal.  They do sell them sexed. I am also of Norwegian heritage which started my interest.  Can't wait to have this breed. 

Many thanks, will try Ideal.  Maybe will consider buying some hatching eggs from you at a later date.

I have some nice jaers from sand hill

Here are my jaers that arrived from Ideal this morning.

 

I have bunches of healthy dark variety chicks I hatch to fill orders. Local pick up only though. And I don't ship eggs or chicks.

When do NJs start laying?  My two Ideal boy chicks, at 9 1/2 weeks, are now crowing.  I have baby crowers!

Baby crowers, lol! That sounds about right. Pretty squeaky? One of mine did that early on and I looked around for a mouse. Not kidding!

 

My girls started laying around 7 months, BUT they hatched late last summer and were growing during winter. I expect the ones I hatch this month to be laying by fall.

At first I thought maybe a wild bird because I did't recognize it as a crow, but just an unusual birdy sound.  When it kept repeating, I had to watch all the youngsters until I saw which one was doing it.  Then today I saw the other one do it, too.  They sound like squeeky gates.  Happy little squeeky crowers!    Chickens are hilarious.  I have a young bantam roo that started off sounding like coughing, a young showgirl roo that currently sounds like he's screaming (thankfully he's very quiet), and now two squeeky gates.  lol!

I bought a magazine called Chicken Breeds by the editors of Hobby Farms Magazine.  The Norwegian Jaerhon is described as a good layer of large, white eggs.  It has a small comb and is a good flyer.  I ordered 10 pullets from Ideal Poultry in Texas--they arrive today or tomorrow.  I will be free ranging these birds in northern Vermont and expect them to do well with the climate, given their heritage.  I hope their flying ability will give them an edge over any daytime predators.  Hope this helps.

 

Dave 

Love this breed! But unfortunately I don't have the room to keep them. I have discovered that in my local area people don't preffer white eggs as the majority. I will be selling my entire flock in a couple weeks. These are the best of the best that I kept. I started out with about 30 birds. I now have 10 hens and 3 roosters dark variety. Disease and pest free, very healthy, laying a TON of eggs. They will be one year old in august. 350.00 inbox me if you want them.