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  1. raph

    Sumatra Thread!

    Well people, how are you all? I've not been on recently because I've been busy going back to school! Troyer that's a nice looking bird, would his colour nearly be a dark red? Do you guys remember the game cross chicks I hatched, I said that they were quite chunky even from a day old, well they...
  2. raph

    Sumatra Thread!

    I'll ask my dad to get a picture of the wing for you. The cockerel who won the show is getting old and his fertility is low, so this coming year(2015) I'm going to hatch a load of chicks from him and two hens. The hens the old cockerel will be breeding with would be aunts to the two cockerels...
  3. raph

    Sumatra Thread!

    The hen below is looking like a good enough hen, She will be used for breeding in 2016.What are your thoughts on her? The cockerels above and below are brothers to the hens in the first and fourth picture. Which cockerel do you think looks best? I like the one below because he is darker in...
  4. raph

    Sumatra Thread!

    Thanks, I plan to put my Sumatra's in it next spring for breeding. In the meantime it is going to house about 15 growers.
  5. raph

    Sumatra Thread!

    My coop is nearly done now and I'm pretty pleased with how its looking.
  6. raph

    Sumatra Thread!

    Current British SUMATRA Standard LARGE FOWL Origin: Asia Classification: Light/Rare Egg colour: White The Sumatra, which comes from the island of Sumatra or the Malay Archipelago, was admitted to the American standard in 1883. With the help of Lewis Wright and Frederick R. Eaton the British...
  7. raph

    Sumatra Thread!

    Thanks, I put the chicks back with their mum yesterday. I'm pleased with the result, we got 6 chicks out of 8 eggs. I was wondering what do you guys think of my young cockerel? Ill see if I can get some better pictures of him.
  8. raph

    Sumatra Thread!

    The game cockerel had a single comb, From the first three chicks i hatched we have one single comb and two pea combs. From this hatch now we have five chicks so far and i can hear one more in a egg. We have four single comb chicks and one pea comb chick. My brother has helped me put it up and...
  9. raph

    Sumatra Thread!

    This is one of the gamex chicks that hatched on the 19th of July My coop is getting there This is one of the chicks that hatched yesterday, all of these chicks have single combs!
  10. raph

    Sumatra Thread!

    I must have got my dates wrong for the Sumatra x game eggs. This morning I went out and let out all of the chicken and then I came back up to the coop where I have my broody Sumatra hen. So I went to lift her of the nest and I heard chirping. We have one little chick and one more is pipping, so...
  11. raph

    Sumatra Thread!

    The chicks are doing very well! Do you guys remember the chicks I hatched in April? They were Sussex, they are quite big now, I'm pleased with their progress. The chicks a hen hatched on the 9th of July are growing well but not as good as my most recent hatch. I've noticed that two of my Sumatra...
  12. raph

    Sumatra Thread!

    I quite like the bruge hens, but then i like the leige stags. To be honest i wouldn't mind what type i get i would just love to own some of them. Here's two leige stags, Which one do you guys prefer top or bottom?
  13. raph

    Sumatra Thread!

    I used The link below, and learned a bit about them. http://www.asilclub.spruz.com/forums/?page=post&id=895F182E-C67A-4E91-836E-A4D3216D789E
  14. raph

    Sumatra Thread!

    He is a good looking bird. I've recently been looking at Belgium game, and i was wondering if any of you have ever kept them. I think the Belgium game are very nice birds! And my chicks which are now about a 11 days old are doing very well.
  15. raph

    Sumatra Thread!

    It had straw in it from when we took some birds to a show last weekend, so i had to clean it out and take off the make shift roof. Here's some pictures of the chicks now they are a bit fluffier. I've put some peat in the brooder for the chicks to sleep on, because we have no shavings left...
  16. raph

    Sumatra Thread!

    Thanks, it must be one of the funnest and most interesting hobbies having chicken. There is always something to do when you have chicken, talking of things to do i need to go and sort out the brooder!
  17. raph

    Sumatra Thread!

    They is still a couple of Pekin eggs in their, I'm going to leave them in for a day or two more. That bantam Sumatra who went broody the other day is now sitting tight, so might move her into the broody coop tonight. She is covering 8 eggs so ill leave them all under her.
  18. raph

    Sumatra Thread!

    The black chick in the top photo is a game cross Sumatra and the other chick is a leghorn. I'm hoping it is a light brown leghorn but only time will tell. 17 out of 30 eggs have hatched, unfortunately a leghorn and a Rhode island red got stuck and died in the shell. I could have tried harder to...
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  20. raph

    Sumatra Thread!

    There is no worries with wild fires here, i woke up at 4am because of the rain last night. I don't know if its because of the bad weather or not, but this morning i had a crow in one coop and finch in another coop. Just so i know, should i increase the humidity and stop turning the eggs in...
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