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  1. Sherene

    Jersey Giants thread for pictures and discussion

    My Giants lay large and XL eggs, the only ones that lay small eggs are the pullets when they start out. The other breeders I work with also have Giants that lay L & XL eggs. Perhaps your girls are just young?
  2. Sherene

    Jersey Giants thread for pictures and discussion

    It depends on the bloodline, the care & feed, and the climate severity. Some males pass by the time they're 3 years old.......usually in extreme climates with hot (high protein) feed. In the perfect world, he'll live to be 6 to 8 years old.
  3. Sherene

    Jersey Giants thread for pictures and discussion

    You're not going to get the legs from one and the wings from the other etc etc. Likely, you'll get mostly a bird that will be built to handle whatever size it gets to, and the rest will be the partridge bleeding through (partridge cochins were also used to produce Giants if you read the old...
  4. Sherene

    Jersey Giants thread for pictures and discussion

    [pasty butts are usually caused by needing more heat (too cold). In larger areas it's easy for the outside of the perimeter to be cooler than the inner central part.] Anyone who is interested in learning more about the Jersey Giant breed as well as the Standard of Perfection, send me a pm. I...
  5. Sherene

    Jersey Giants thread for pictures and discussion

    Previous post referencing the link to the Jersey Giants SOP facebook group site is: ~~Anyone who is interested in learning more about the Jersey Giant breed as well as the Standard of Perfection is welcome to join the "Jersey Giant SOP" facebook group site (SOP stands for Standard of...
  6. Sherene

    Jersey Giants thread for pictures and discussion

    ~~HEADS UP IF YOU WANT HUGE BLUE GIANTS from a breeder that breeds to the S.O.P. and ONLY uses her best birds in her breeding pens: Go to the Jersey Giants SOP group site to read up on the hatching egg auctions with the Pacific Northwest Poultry Association. PNPA will start a new auction on the...
  7. Sherene

    Jersey Giants thread for pictures and discussion

    Anyone who is interested in learning more about the Jersey Giant breed as well as the Standard of Perfection is welcome to join the "Jersey Giant SOP" facebook group site (SOP stands for Standard of Perfection). It is an excellent educational resource on Jersey Giants. Once you join, please...
  8. Sherene

    Jersey Giants thread for pictures and discussion

    Glass, before you spend money on hatchery grade Giants (which frequently don't tend to be much like real Giants), I'd spend the $15 to join the breed club (NJGC). They'll send you a backlog of newsletters as well as a membership directory that turns out to be pages of Giant folk contacts, many...
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