Well people, how are you all?
I've not been on recently because I've been busy going back to school!
Troyer that's a nice looking bird, would his colour nearly be a dark red?
Do you guys remember the game cross chicks I hatched, I said that they were quite chunky even from a day old, well they...
I'll ask my dad to get a picture of the wing for you.
The cockerel who won the show is getting old and his fertility is low, so this coming year(2015) I'm going to hatch a load of chicks from him and two hens. The hens the old cockerel will be breeding with would be aunts to the two cockerels...
The hen below is looking like a good enough hen, She will be used for breeding in 2016.What are your thoughts on her?
The cockerels above and below are brothers to the hens in the first and fourth picture. Which cockerel do you think looks best?
I like the one below because he is darker in...
Current British SUMATRA Standard
LARGE FOWL
Origin: Asia
Classification: Light/Rare
Egg colour: White
The Sumatra, which comes from the island of Sumatra or the Malay Archipelago, was admitted to the American standard in 1883. With the help of Lewis Wright and Frederick R. Eaton the British...
Thanks, I put the chicks back with their mum yesterday. I'm pleased with the result, we got 6 chicks out of 8 eggs.
I was wondering what do you guys think of my young cockerel?
Ill see if I can get some better pictures of him.
The game cockerel had a single comb, From the first three chicks i hatched we have one single comb and two pea combs. From this hatch now we have five chicks so far and i can hear one more in a egg. We have four single comb chicks and one pea comb chick.
My brother has helped me put it up and...
This is one of the gamex chicks that hatched on the 19th of July
My coop is getting there
This is one of the chicks that hatched yesterday, all of these chicks have single combs!
I must have got my dates wrong for the Sumatra x game eggs. This morning I went out and let out all of the chicken and then I came back up to the coop where I have my broody Sumatra hen. So I went to lift her of the nest and I heard chirping. We have one little chick and one more is pipping, so...
The chicks are doing very well! Do you guys remember the chicks I hatched in April? They were Sussex, they are quite big now, I'm pleased with their progress. The chicks a hen hatched on the 9th of July are growing well but not as good as my most recent hatch.
I've noticed that two of my Sumatra...
I quite like the bruge hens, but then i like the leige stags. To be honest i wouldn't mind what type i get i would just love to own some of them.
Here's two leige stags, Which one do you guys prefer top or bottom?
He is a good looking bird.
I've recently been looking at Belgium game, and i was wondering if any of you have ever kept them. I think the Belgium game are very nice birds!
And my chicks which are now about a 11 days old are doing very well.