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    Ideal's Black Shamos

    Some are mixed in here in the first image center is a big Jersey Giant who has taken one of the Shamos under wing at his left elbow. We got the Shamos in April so they are right about 5 months now. Third photo shows a slender one front bottom right you can see the longer than normal legs on...
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    Ideal's Black Shamos

    I got a batch a few months back. Their Shamo's are very impressive birds. I was also slightly perturbed by the barred rock looking birds added for warmth - never been a fan of the barred striped look and they like to peck at my feet which annoys me but who am I to complain about added "free...
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    Texas wild turkey laws

    My understanding is that selling chickens or eggs in Texas has three requirement categories. (1) Selling directly from your farm where customers come to you has very little restriction I believe PT testing "may be" required for the birds but def not req for the eggs. (2) Selling off your...
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    Australorps breed Thread

    Hmm crossing BJerseyGiants with BA does have some risks - I mean a 12 pound bird with skinny little legs would not be a happy bird for very long. Most of the other combinations seem like they would be good even fewer eggs is not a deal breaker for most people so really the only attribute to...
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    Jersey Giants thread for pictures and discussion

    I keep all my chickens together - I have leghorns and lafleche chickens maybe 4-5 pounds right in there with Jersey roosters that are 12+ pounds at only 1 year of age (pretty sure I have three or four) BJG roos I named them all BigBoy because I can't tell them apart because they all look like an...
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    Jersey Giants thread for pictures and discussion

    yes AND if you can source the roo and hen from two different sources you are another step ahead in the game of getting better chicks out of hatched eggs
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    Australorps breed Thread

    Well I have tasted them (BJG) and after over a year they get a lot of dark meat with a real "steak-like" flavor and texture. If you aren't locked in to the expectation that it is going to taste like store white meat chicken it's actually quite good and makes a wonderful soup. Eggs have always...
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    *Buff Orpington Thread!*

    I have a rogue layer keeps laying in the back of my truck. Looked back there today there were two eggs next to two gas cans.
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    Australorps breed Thread

    So what would you estimate is the downside of simply throwing all the BA Australorps and BJG Jersey Giants into one pen and letting them cross breed? Aside from the obvious loss of purity it should help the BJG egg production and help the overall size and beast leg strength of the Australorps...
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    Langshan Thread!!!

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    Australorps breed Thread

    I've not found a good way to keep their oyster shell from being wasted or ignored, but have a way to keep them limited in interest which is by saving and grinding and adding their own egg shells back to their feed.
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    Black Australorp or Black Jersey Giant?

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    Mareks Vaccine

    I hold the chick in my palm of my offhand (left is off for me as a righty) fingers spread and with the neck draped through the index and thumb. This allows me to use the (other three) pinky, ring and middle fingers to grasp the bird (a few are squirmers who flap a lot so be sure to grasp the...
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    can adult chickens be vaccinated for marek's?

    I also did a ton of research on this and the most likely scenario is your chickens would be "most likely" to get this between 4-10 weeks of age. Not sure why babies generally don't die of it very young but it may also be partly because the "acute mareks" has an incubation period of like 10 days...
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    Top 5 Backyard Chicken Breeds

    Here are my five favorites. 1. Jersey Giant - best chicken in the world - wonderful regular huge egg laying - great table bird - docile but rugged and self-assured - hardy all day long 2. Croad Langshan - same as Jersey Giant in many ways but even taller and a bit faster growing and a little...
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    Dorking or La Fleche

    I got mine from Ideal hatchery in Texas - good birds very durable and low maintenance because they can free range scrounge for part of their food more safely than say orpingtons that roll over and say "eat me!" every time a predator takes an interest
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    Dorking or La Fleche

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    Comment by 'informative' in item 'La Fleche'

    Excellent free range predator resistance. That flight ability translates into extremely fast run-fly at about 1 foot above ground escaping predators. So yeah maybe not the most cuddly but they lay big white eggs and refuse to cuddle the local predators and don't get eaten on you plus some...
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    Black Australorp or Black Jersey Giant?

    I find the yellow bottoms tend to bleed through making the Giant upper legs more Greenish/Black while the BA's are more Slate black from the lack of hint of yellow.
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    Austra White Chickens....a good choice for white eggs in a mixed flock?

    Would be very interested to hear an update on how those White leghorn crosses turned out two years later?
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