Hellbender your Chantecler are very pretty so are the rest but you have great leg color in your Chanties. My first birds did not have the correct leg color but the chicks they threw had perfect leg color. You also have a nice looking place.
That is a beautiful bird hellbender. I bought some JG my first year in poultry from a breeder and they grew out to the same size as my BA. I was very disappointed. They Chanties and Buckeyes were very nice size birds for us.
I agree. But here in Alabama there are so many people that do not practice bio security or have any testing done. They go to the auctions and bring home birds they know nothing about and put them in their flock the start asking why are my birds dying?
Most of the birds being hit the hardest are the turkey. I only have my turkey and layer flock now. My NPIP Agent was just out last week and I have my turkey pens covered so I am hoping that I will not have any problems here. Butter Ball has flocks in many countries so they will get hit but not...
This will be my first year hatching off my birds so I have the parents with either a yellow or red zip tie on their ankle the chicks will be marked with a red or yellow and a blue zip tie to tell me what their parents are and what generation they are. I have a notebook with colored binder...
@LindaB220 I am in SW AL. and my summers are like yours over 100 in the summer and my pens are in the shade. I do go out and spray my birds with the hose about 2-3 pm or give them a puddle or pan to cool their feet in and that is all I do. Mostly my Turkey love the water but they have showed...
Thanks Ron. I have really enjoyed watching them grow they are huge birds. The first time I picked up the Buckeye cockerel I had never held a bird that heavy before he is solid and beautiful! I have been trying to wait on the pens to dry out on a weekend for pics but it is raining nearly every...