Stromberg's their show birds don't hatch sell till January and are oly hatched every 2 weeks. Our show is in March..... I was told our birds need to be at least 6mo. old. Their RIR say not usable even for 4-h. Not sure on buff.
Ideal is out. And they don't have quality stock.
They over all...
I need to order some chicks for my daughter to grow our for our county show. I was hoping to use Murray McMurray or Cackle but hey are out. I was thinking about Orpingtons or even Rhode Island Reds. But none of the hatcheries I looked at have any. A week ago many placed did., but i just got my...
thanks everyone. Sad thing is I was told when I bought my lavender rooster that if i breed him to buffs I would get Lav's. Oh well. I guess live and learn expensively. Lots to learn and not like rabbits. We started those last year.
I have 2 lavender roo's (one looks more like a lemon blue), 3 buff hens, one Uk blue hen (My daughter got her for a dollar!) and 2 buff roos. How bad would it be crossing some of these? Would I do more damage and create a messy colored chick or could I use buff hens to breed lavender chicks. I...
So you think that the other birds are getting to his feather. Hmm.... that would make sense. I will let him know.
Does this mean that you would only put them together with other turkeys or any other poultry? And would that mean you would put them together for a short time for breeding?
thanks...
I have a student who attends my church who is a poultry lover. He has been raising his own birds since he was six.he is now just barely 13. When we were talking he other day about the other turkeys that were at the local county livestock show a couple of months back he commented about how he did...