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Very nice looking bird KenK. I have a few candidates I might try that with here. Never had spatchcock but I'm sure it tastes like chicken!

Quote: I also have noticed those terms being very widely used, often it appears as a marketing ploy which is disappointing but not surprising. I think it's mostly a mindset thing. I admire the urban homesteader ideas. Sure they can't grow as much as someone with acreage but many of them grow...

Beautiful birds! Thanks for that link YHF. I sure wish I had that setup

Quote: Now that is interesting. I've been getting a more than a little worried lately because DH is complaining about the crowing here and I only have 4 cockerels at the moment. If I'm going to grow out Dorkings to 24 -25 weeks there will be a LOT more crowing. I don't mind at all but he...

Quote: I really like the part in bold, that really is what a homesteader is looking at when it all boils down and the SOP is the easiest way to compare birds and hopefully find something that fits your needs and your eye. I know some people don't care what they look like as long as they...

Quote: Punky this is first post. Yellowhouse Farm started this thread. Just refreshing everyone on topic. Which reminds me of a question. Does anyone harvest feathers to sell? Where I live we have alot of craft stores as well as fly fishermen. I have seen feathers for sell for both here...

Very nice birds! I'll have to upload some pics of my boy to the Rock thread to get opinions on him. He has something weird going on with his wing and saddle feathers. Could be just sun damage but whatever it is really detracts from his appearance.

Quote: OH, yes, that's right.... in Australia you have both light and dark catagories. I recall reading about that. Interesting that the USA no longer has that, even though many continue to believe the best results come from double matings. Yes, odd isn't it. I'd hate for them to just...

Quote: Wow! I have Rock envy! I wish my boy looked like that! You are in Australia. Don't you have the old E. B. Thompson strain of Barred Rocks there? I believe you are right, I'm sure I've seen birds advertised as from that line. I truly love the look of the barred Rocks. They have a...

Quote: Thanks, I will try again. I may just have not been looking in the right spot. Quote: I assume your culling for toes straight out of the 'bator? Anything else you look for? I'm going to test hatch some this fall as soon as they are laying and culls are going on meat grower so I can...

Thank you all. For some reason I can't find where I can read the whole book off those links but I shall keep trying. I do love the old poultry books, a wealth if information that would otherwise not be available. I think I will be penning the two pullets separately and alternating the...

Thank you again Bob! Can you link me to that chart you mentioned please? I would love to look at it. Unfortunately my birds aren't super examples of their breed but I have to start somewhere. I will keep trying to find better, especially a male, he has more faults than the females. I will...

Thank you Bob! That breeding pen info is brilliant! So simple too. I have read about similar systems but none I liked as much as that. The small numbers of females I think is good. Many things I've read talk about around a dozen females in a pen and it would really make sense to cull down to...

Quote: Hmmm... I have one of these. Not only stupid but aggressive too. Of course it's the one DH likes "Because he's pretty". I was actually telling the roo the other day if he was too dumb to work out how to get out of the pen with everyone else he probably should be put in the pot because...

Quote: Very, very interesting idea. I am interested in Brahmas which I've been told take forever to mature and will look quite different at 2yo than they did at 1yo but in reality few people wait till 2yo to breed them. I was told the same is true for several heritage breeds. It would be a...

Quote: I've been reading this thread with interest and this really stuck out to me. I simply can't find quality SG Dorking chicks here. The breeders simply don't sell chicks. Most only sell adult birds because they want to see what they will be like once grown. I am currently hunting for a...