Hi Tom yes they got everything. It was winter/spring of 2019/2020 I had not had any problems free ranging just at night if I forgot to lock something up that happened once but never in the day time. Then all of a sudden on day they got torn up took probably 2/3 of the birds one afternoon. So I...
I bet that blue Marans is beautiful. I am excited about these Bresse if these cockerels are excellent eating it will be a lot nicer to raise them rather that the Cornish X for meat. Those home grown Cornish X are hard to beat though. Only time will tell, I’m going to fry one of these cockerels...
I’m sure these 4 month old Bresse cockerels are at least 6 pounds maybe more. At 3 months when I separated them from the others they were round and meaty not lanky like a normal cockerel.
Pictures are a little dark but the Bresse have slate blue legs. It’s kind of nifty to have red, white and blue chickens.
I will give a report on how good of eating those 4 extra cockerels are I’m thinking they my be an excellent duel purpose breed. They grow super fast and are supposed to have...
Hi so are you just looking for private breeders of Orloff or are hatchery Orloff ok? Looks like stormberg hatchery has them. I have no idea of quality though. I thought Greenfire Farms had them but doesn’t look like they do anymore.
Hi Penny haven’t been on here for quite a while. All my birds got wiped out last year by coyotes they just came out of the wood work. There are to many houses around anymore to start blazing away with a shot gun and to many domestic animals for traps so no more free ranging for me dang it.
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I went to the local pumpkin patch the other day and got 18 big pumpkins for the girls they love them. I picked out the big crummy ones that wouldn’t stand up for jack o lantern use got them for next to nothing. I do this every year and go back after Halloween and load up on free ones. Not for a...