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This is super neat. And it's always a cause for celebration to have more Buckeyes in California!

Susan, this thread is fantastic with a lot of knowledgable posts, pictures, and links. It's definitely worth taking the time to start from page 1. The people here have been very generous with their knowledge and expertise.

It would be wonderful to collect images like that on the Buckeye club website, if that's possible for the various parties to arrange. I appreciate the wonder of the SOP and its role as the final say, but expecting people to breed and select the right birds from the SOP alone (especially without...

Oh, cool, thank you, for taking the time to show that so clearly for people.

It came up when my daughter was studying for showmanship this week, which she does with a bantam Sussex. (Showmanship continues to perform an important function. :D ) Naturally, of course, we then checked out other breeds we keep. :) All her work on that was somewhat for naught when the judge...

This week, my daughter and I realized that the ABA and APA standards are not consistent with each other for some of the less common breeds we spot checked. This included bantam Buckeyes. APA 2010: Cock: 34 oz Cockerel: 30 oz Hen: 28 oz Pullet: 26 oz ABA 2011: Cock: 34 oz Cockerel: 32 oz...

We have Buckeyes and Wyandottes and I would suggest Buckeyes of those two for your operation. Buckeyes are larger and I think will be more suitable for your meat bird needs. The Buckeyes are more friendly and more people-oriented. The Wyandottes seem to be slightly better layers. Both have...

I have a question about identification. We normally have used the spiral leg bands, the plastic ones with numbers... and on every other breed of chicken, that works great. The Buckeye hens take theirs off. Originally I thought it was one hen or maybe the cock taking them off all the...

On baby chicks and gender, when they're young and awkward, you just can't tell. But, I'll tell you that my best guesses are by looking at the legs. I can't be certain that I always had the right chicks matched to the right gender, but I can say that usually however many chicks I see with a...

I haven't seen my Buckeyes do that but I have seen a chick from another breed give us some OH NO moments on a split wing when it was young. She grew out of it with the next set of feathers and became a very successful show chicken. So I would wait and see, personally.

I recall that several of the Buckeye breeders in this thread like to feed an extra high protein diet to the chicks when starting them. Do you like the higher protein diet for the older birds too? I've got several roos separated out from the girls now, and I realized that they probably don't need...

An APA judge mentioned to me that he's seeing a lot more Buckeyes around lately and that they're looking good.

I started doing the pan of water too a couple of years back, and the birds all seem far more comfortable when this is available. I like to have it in addition to drinking water. Of course they drink from both, but this ensures that they don't spill all the drinking water with their waterplay.

Bobbi-j, I'd say he's looking like a young golden laced wyandotte. Might let him grow out a bit and see how he turns out. Urch has a pretty nice line of GLW.

The heritage broiler project is very interesting. There is a group here that is trying to sponsor kids who want to raise their meat projects using organic techniques this year. My experience with the County Fair is that they're generally willing to add new events when they come with a sponsor.

All the Buckeyes - girls and boys - come running to see me whenever I go out. It's quite striking, really. I don't let them free range all the time, only when we're home and someone is able to keep an eye out for them. At first I worried that they'd be a pain to round up when I needed to go do...

There was only the one lonely Buckeye at Stockton Pacific Poultry Breeder's Assn show - if I had realized that the whole American group was going to be so thinly attended, we might have made the effort to bring some of my daughter's birds. There were only 4 large Wyandottes, too. Last weekend...

In addition to what cgmccary wrote, I would say that Buckeyes are a nice egg laying choice for a free range setup. They love to free range and are very friendly, personable birds. If you will be feeding them out of a bag exclusively, and if you are trying to have a large flock for egg...

This year, I have one of my 3 year old buckeye hens showing some white-tipped feathers. She never had any white before. I am seeing white tipped feathers in a couple of other pens of chickens of different breeds this year, all ages (older and younger), when I've never had any, and I'm wondering...

Quote: Frankly, I would go with now if that works for you. You really want them to be at least 6 months old for the fair, and the closer they are to a year the more competitive they will be. Housing and shipping baby chicks in January is always a bit more problematic than fall - which in my...