I'm still waiting on my order of Sand Hill IBs from last year. Got a call in Sept and was told they had gone broody most of the summer. I'm on the list for May now.
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Hurley, how long ago did you order our chicks from Sand Hill? Have they booked them yet? I ordered almost a month ago and haven't heard anything.
Statix, Excellent job, thanks for the pics.
Caponizing is one of those things I've always wanted to do but haven't found the time / timing, but it just moved a notch or two higher on my 'must do' list.
Keep us posted on the progress. Did you leave any 'baseline birds' for comparrison?
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Brewed, you must be familiar with Alexandria.
LOL... sorry about that, I know it was "cold". Yeah, I've been ice fishing on New Found a few times. The way this winter has been, school might be out before the ice.
We're heading into mud season down here with all this rain...
Double mating to maintain the barring in the two sexes. Lamon and Slocum go on for 12 pages (with pictures) on Cockerel and Pullet matings in "The Mating and Breeding of Poultry".
Here is my understanding:
Originally, New Hampshires were bred as dual purpose birds. At some point in the 40s and 50s they were primarily used as broilers so their egg laying ability stopped being a real consideration in their genetics. After the Cornish / Rock Cross became the dominant meat...
Here are the most recent H5N1 figures as reported by the World Healt Organization:
Cumulative Number of Confirmed Human Cases of Avian Influenza A/(H5N1) Reported to WHO
http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/country/cases_table_2008_04_30/en/index.html
Folks, there are 9510 members on this BB. If the people who oppose NAIS (I'm betting a large majority) write their elected officials, we will get their attention.