Thank YOU! I will get it read eventually. It keeps locking up on me every two or three minutes. What I have read so far is hilarious.
Very Borat-esque.
@Drieslag These are off of some adults that I raised.
@abbevilleoz I really wish you were closer and we were not under restrictions. I have some really nice birds that are going to the table and I would give them to you if I could.
Oh, M, I would kill for some of these. I am dumbfounded. I almost can't breathe looking at those birds. If this is what you have available now, you don't need my eggs. I only wish there were some way to get some of those here............. dang....................
You will know.... the cockerels sometimes start crowing in a week or less. The combs on the cockerels will be sticking up above the feathers within the first three weeks. They do better if you segregate by gender and what I do is set up two brooders. I put them all in the same brooder to...
Okay, don't mean to be bragging, here, but I wanted to share some exciting news (it was exciting news to me, anyway.) I took one pair of Silver Campines and one pair of Ameraucanas to a show in Columbia, MS. There were only 8 birds in the Continental class, two Campines, two Salmon Favs, and...
I also found a reference to "wheat ear" feather markings on the Kippenjungle site under "Basics" then "Complex Patterns" described as bars that are pinched at the edges and nerve (shaft?) and says that it occurrs when there is not enough black present for the proper transverse pelling.
All good questions!
Yes, your idea would work. You would need a pen for each hen and a pen for the cock. They would likely all benefit from some "no pressure" time. I would start with having him in with each hen one day a week and if fertility is off, increase the time of the visits. You...
That's a loaded question. I have WAY too many chickens right now, it's beyond time to cull. Normally (what's normal?) I will have four cocks, and ten hens in my breeder barn, but I think I will change that this year......still contemplating that one.
If you are trying to decide how to set up...
Hello and welcome, Wyandotte13.
The pics are not sufficient for an indepthe critique, but I can offer a few observations. I would guess that these are his extra/cull birds and were not kept for breeders because he has others that are better.
The price ($35) is a good price, I don't see any...
I changed the plan on tracking after this post and did keep up with which ones these were, but I didn't take pics and eventually lost track. I will do better with the next group.
I have a hard time believing it has been that long. I need to go over that stuff with you. Some of it I understand completely, some I think I get, and some is
Greek to me.
Tara, there are many, many pics of day (or three) old Campine chicks in this thread from several breeders. We have...