Norwegian Jaerhon

[chicharomirinda]

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.

 

[Eliassen Karmoy]

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

 

[1muttsfan]

I have some nice jaers from sand hill

 

[chicharomirinda]

Here are my jaers that arrived from Ideal this morning.

 

[Roosterfry]

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.

 

[cjwaldon]

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

 

[Amyable]

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.

 

[cjwaldon]

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!

 

[Eliassen Karmoy]

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

 

[Roosterfry]

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.