Black Jersey Giant thread!!!!!

[ChickenChaser9]

Never too late to post! Good golly he is 'Uge isnt he? Wow. Sounds like a really great Rooster. Thanks for sharing!

 

[DaniMomma]

Hope its not to late to post Heres my favorite rooster Jerry the Jersey Giant! hes such a gentle giant and loves to be picked up and pet, hes about 31 in. tall and weighs over 16 lb! such a gorgeous thing

What a big, beautiful boy!

 

[MillersFarm]

Thank you! we were so surprised to see how big he had gotten just at 6 months old, at first i was going to butcher the thing but he was just so nice i fell right in love with him

 

[BirdieBirdie]

He's a gorgeous boy!!!!

 

[MillersFarm]

Isn't he? its a shame we have two many roos, so i'm giving himd and his brother away to someone. we're all going to miss him
im just glad we dont have to put the two down :/

 

[BirdieBirdie]

Isn't he? its a shame we have two many roos, so i'm giving himd and his brother away to someone. we're all going to miss him
im just glad we dont have to put the two down :/

oh wow! I'd love to take him if we lived closer!

 

[kelsieann124]

Okay I have a question! Are JG hens really that much bigger than other gen breeds? As I have looked at pictures it doesn't seem that they are huge, but my girl i have has grown really really fast. She will be 5 weeks on Friday. Is she going to be huge?! I saw that they stop growing at about 2 years. She's only 5 weeks and this big!

 

[BirdieBirdie]

Hi kelsieann124,

Yes! My JG girls are noticeably larger than their flockmates. This holds true with my other mixed breeds that are half JG (I have a JG roo that is 13lbs and stands at over 25"). They are all very good sized. I love my jersey girls and can't get enough of them.

 

[MillersFarm]

So just about a day or two ago i noticed that one of my jersey giant hens has been acting funny lately and she was missing all day today until i found her dust bathing with the other hens

And so after that i decided to follow the lil' thing and found her in our goat house all puffed up!

So i lifted her up and saw 8 chicken eggs under her and most of her chest feathers were missing.
This is her first spring and what luck! shes gone broody. i find it very funny that she went broody before my light brahmas but im not complaining

i'm going to wait a couple more days to see if she gets really broody (hopefully) and let her hatch some chickies!

 

[ChickenChaser9]

So just about a day or two ago i noticed that one of my jersey giant hens has been acting funny lately and she was missing all day today until i found her dust bathing with the other hens

And so after that i decided to follow the lil' thing and found her in our goat house all puffed up!

So i lifted her up and saw 8 chicken eggs under her and most of her chest feathers were missing.
This is her first spring and what luck! shes gone broody. i find it very funny that she went broody before my light brahmas but im not complaining

i'm going to wait a couple more days to see if she gets really broody (hopefully) and let her hatch some chickies!

Oh how very exciting!!!