4-H-er thread!

[LilJoe]

Just a tip. But a pullets first eggs usually are not somethig you want to hatch. They often are small or not formed correctly. There are also a few other factors but my rule is to give it a month of them laying to set their eggs

That's why I am planning more toward February to give the pullets over a month to get their eggs a good size & shape.

 

[LilJoe]

@I Love Layers , how do the judges judge trios? I had someone from my school show a quad, the fair had her fill out 4 different cards and the judge judged them separately.

 

[LilJoe]

I have another question.... how do you cope with the pine chips in the cages at shows? Do you go around with a paper towel and pick poop out of all the cages every 2 minutes?

 

[I Love Layers]

@I Love Layers , how do the judges judge trios? I had someone from my school show a quad, the fair had her fill out 4 different cards and the judge judged them separately.

There are old and young trios. Trios are judged by 50% is on the male and the other 50% is on both females. The females should look lile identical twins. The trio with the highest scoring male will be given Best Trio From there if they are placed first in breed or variety they can go to compete individually for BV, RV etc. Personally I would not enter a trio if they aren't going to be judged properly

I have another question.... how do you cope with the pine chips in the cages at shows? Do you go around with a paper towel and pick poop out of all the cages every 2 minutes?

I usually just go through every other hour with a plastic bag and a cat liter scooper and clean everything up

 

[I Love Layers]

Thats off the top of my head so I will look in the SOP

 

[I Love Layers]

Ok so I edited the post to include everything.

 

[I Love Layers]

Rearranged my ribbons and plaques today as I usually just throw them in a drawer. Its pretty cool to see that the 4 plaques, and all but 3 of the large ribbons, are from animals. Most of the blues and reds are from eggs and photos

 

[I Love Layers]

This spring I am most likely getting a relatives of mine 10×30 garage.
Currently I am drawing up plans for what I want to do with the building! I am really excited

 

[I Love Layers]

I took these pictures of my black pullet, not the best pictures. One thing I don't like is the earlobe color. However my black cock should fix that

 

[I Love Layers]

Picture of BM-1 head, he is a year and 3 months. He does have a little bit of frostbite right now