➡I accidentally bought Balut eggs: 2 live ducks! Now a Chat Thread!

[R2elk]

Is Big Moose a variety? And is Big Doris? Where did you get the seed? Would like to grow those!!!

Big Moose is available from Johnny Seeds and is said to be able to get to 200 lbs. I originally got Big Doris from Johnny Seeds but they no longer carry them. Big Doris is said to be able to get to 40 lbs. and I have had 30+ lb. ones in the past. Both should do very well for you in Oklahoma.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Big Moose is available from Johnny Seeds and is said to be able to get to 200 lbs. I originally got Big Doris from Johnny Seeds but they no longer carry them. Big Doris is said to be able to get to 40 lbs. and I have had 30+ lb. ones in the past. Both should do very well for you in Oklahoma.

I got one that was supposed to get to 300 and I don't think it's very big

 

[R2elk]

I got one that was supposed to get to 300 and I don't think it's very big

To get the huge pumpkins, you have to feed and water them very well and limit them to one pumpkin per vine. Of course you also have to have a much longer growing season than I have.

 

[ShrekDawg]

To get the huge pumpkins, you have to feed and water them very well and limit them to one pumpkin per vine. Of course you also have to have a much longer growing season than I have.

I was bad about watering them and we had a dry spell but they were in the old chicken pen with lots of nutrients i thought lol they really took off. But the drought started killing them. Also didn't limit them but I don't see others growing

 

[Sara L]

The blue "brahmas" are Cochins

I really hope you are wrong, I didn't want cochins. I like my chickens to have a tail that looks like a tail. Time will tell and I'm going to try and take weekly photos to show how they are growing. If they turn out to be cochins I will either sell them or put them in my parent's flock.

 

[Cyprus]

I really hope you are wrong, I didn't want cochins. I like my chickens to have a tail that looks like a tail. Time will tell and I'm going to try and take weekly photos to show how they are growing. If they turn out to be cochins I will either sell them or put them in my parent's flock.

Can you get a close up picture of their combs?

 

[littleprairieheartsfarm]

Can you get a close up picture of their combs?

x2

 

[NanaKat]

@KikisGirls auto corrects made it books instead of broods and I didn't catch it. One hen has six chicks and the other has three.

Big Moose is available from Johnny Seeds and is said to be able to get to 200 lbs. I originally got Big Doris from Johnny Seeds but they no longer carry them. Big Doris is said to be able to get to 40 lbs. and I have had 30+ lb. ones in the past. Both should do very well for you in Oklahoma.

Thank you. I get that catalog.

I really hope you are wrong, I didn't want cochins. I like my chickens to have a tail that looks like a tail. Time will tell and I'm going to try and take weekly photos to show how they are growing. If they turn out to be cochins I will either sell them or put them in my parent's flock.

My Cochin have tails...note the big bulky Blues.

 

[ShrekDawg]

I really want Cochin or Brahma but I'm sure they eat like horses lol and probably don't lay as much for as much as they eat? Plus the broodiness but that's part of why I want them so they can raise chicks for me lol but I'm not sure I'll be able to raise many chicks. I think if I'm gonna get more chickens, my parents would probably prefer I get good/efficient layers. We already have 7 pets lol well, they were pets and egg layers and still lay pretty well but they're almost 3

 

[CSAchook]

I really want Cochin or Brahma but I'm sure they eat like horses lol and probably don't lay as much for as much as they eat? Plus the broodiness but that's part of why I want them so they can raise chicks for me lol but I'm not sure I'll be able to raise many chicks. I think if I'm gonna get more chickens, my parents would probably prefer I get good/efficient layers. We already have 7 pets lol well, they were pets and egg layers and still lay pretty well but they're almost 3

I have a couple hatchery cochins. They lay pretty well although their eggs are rather small considering what big birds they are. As for the broodiness, mine have not been too bad. The worst of them only went broody twice this year and she was easy to break. Just make sure if you do get some that you have the resources and space necessary to set up a broody-buster when the time comes.