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Thanks for posting, NateD! Interestingly, mine are not nearly as large as the description you posted states. It says cocks are 8.3 lbs.! Goodness, my boy is more like half that, and the pullets smaller than him. I wonder if they are just extremely slow growers (they are 25 weeks now) or if they've been bred smaller? It will be fun to watch them mature.
So, big developments in that breeder pen! The cockerel began to crow last week! I have to say I was equally as excited & disappointed; it is getting a tiny bit longer each time he crows, and it's most definitely a longer crow than any of my other breeds, but...not as long as I was hoping for. OH well, it's definitely interesting, and I'm sure will get a bit longer since he has just started. I have to stop & listen each time he crows! I have not been able to get it taped yet. He's still being shy about crowing, and I have a radio playing in my barn that would likely drown in out. But, I'll continue trying to get a recording of it to post.
And - yesterday, I got my first egg from the girls! One had been acting irritated all morning yesterday...the cockerel was hanging out in the nest box and she kept hopping in & out, obvioulsy annoyed that he wouldn't leave. When I got home from work, there it was!
It's the one in front to the left; what impresses me is that all the rest of the eggs in the pic are from seasoned layers! This egg is quite big for a pullet and a first egg! I'm shocked at the size of the thing!
Alright - anyone interested in doing a test hatch once they are up & laying well?
92caddy? Come on, you know you want to! I'm near Flint, so not far from the border! I don't go to the Wolf Lake swaps, but how far are you from Cabelas? Maybe we could meet there?
So, big developments in that breeder pen! The cockerel began to crow last week! I have to say I was equally as excited & disappointed; it is getting a tiny bit longer each time he crows, and it's most definitely a longer crow than any of my other breeds, but...not as long as I was hoping for. OH well, it's definitely interesting, and I'm sure will get a bit longer since he has just started. I have to stop & listen each time he crows! I have not been able to get it taped yet. He's still being shy about crowing, and I have a radio playing in my barn that would likely drown in out. But, I'll continue trying to get a recording of it to post.
And - yesterday, I got my first egg from the girls! One had been acting irritated all morning yesterday...the cockerel was hanging out in the nest box and she kept hopping in & out, obvioulsy annoyed that he wouldn't leave. When I got home from work, there it was!
It's the one in front to the left; what impresses me is that all the rest of the eggs in the pic are from seasoned layers! This egg is quite big for a pullet and a first egg! I'm shocked at the size of the thing!
Alright - anyone interested in doing a test hatch once they are up & laying well?
92caddy? Come on, you know you want to! I'm near Flint, so not far from the border! I don't go to the Wolf Lake swaps, but how far are you from Cabelas? Maybe we could meet there?