I know what you mean cashdl. About your Polish. I have two Houdan roos who I just let run around. They serve no purpose and I will not bother eating them. These two are very Polish like. At least they are cute!
Araucana thread anyone?
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I'm sorry but hatchery quality Houdans and Polish are not worth eating. True to type Houdans were originally a dual purpose, meaty bird. The hens would reach 7-8 1/2 lbs. Polish are also, in good quality, much heavier and meatier than hatchery types. Yes, I agree, my hatchery Polish girls are little wafers, but my Tolbunt Boys are actually pretty meaty and as heavy as an Ameraucana.
I would love to have quality standard size Houdans. When I bought my Houdan hatching eggs I was hopeful. They are not what a Houdan should be. I have not found anyone with quality Houdans. I will keep looking.
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You, my dear, need to eat your entire flock of Marans and start over with chicks from my guys.
My mother was horrified when I began having roosters on our property; she had developed an intense fear of chickens after growing up with nasty roosters on her childhood farm. One time when she and my father were visiting us, my great big Marans rooster lead his flock of girls through a weak part of the fence and around the property until they were all surrounding my parents camper, where my mother just happened to be alone outside eating spaghetti on the pick nick table. She was so freaked out that she jumped up, spilling her bowl of noodles, and ran into the camper. As she tells the story, that great big rooster started dancing around, bobbing his head up and down while clucking this bizarre song, never taking a bite of the food, but circling around and around his hens, gathering up any stray girls and herding them over to the food. She called me to tell me that she was too afraid to come out of her camper, but please don't come over and interupt because she was throwing food out her window and having so much fun watching the rooster taking such good care of his chickens. That rooster began bringing his girls to the camper daily to see if "grandma" was home with treats. Mom got to the point where she would sit outside and wait for them with food. She LOVES my Marans now.
My Araucana roosters are all good guys as well, but I think that they may be the most variable in temperament of all my breeds. Some are good watchers over their flock of girls, but my absolute favorite boy, that blue/red rooster, couldn't care less about the girls unless he's, at that moment, feeling "needy", He's an absolutely hysterical bird though; tons of personality and always in the way, just needs to see what's going on at all times. I so adore that guy! I have not had any Araucana roosters show aggression yet, to me, my family, or the other birds.
You, my dear, need to eat your entire flock of Marans and start over with chicks from my guys.
My Araucana roosters are all good guys as well, but I think that they may be the most variable in temperament of all my breeds. Some are good watchers over their flock of girls, but my absolute favorite boy, that blue/red rooster, couldn't care less about the girls unless he's, at that moment, feeling "needy", He's an absolutely hysterical bird though; tons of personality and always in the way, just needs to see what's going on at all times. I so adore that guy! I have not had any Araucana roosters show aggression yet, to me, my family, or the other birds.
I had one aggressive Araucana. It was the Splash that ended up being a LF instead of a bantam. Got rid of him real quick. I am on Coumadin for life due to blood clotting disease and don't plan on bleeding to death from a chicken attack
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Yep. I've heard of aggressive Marans too. It isn't common, in fact it is on the uncommon side, but I too have had a cockerel that tried sneaking a spurring whenever I turned my back.
Never had an aggressive Araucana, but have heard of one case of such.
In my opinion roosters that show aggression toward people consistently should be used for breeding no matter what their positive qualities. I cull against man fighters (people aggressive roosters) in every breed as an unforgiving fault. Especially with how tasty a Marans could be.
Yep. I've heard of aggressive Marans too. It isn't common, in fact it is on the uncommon side, but I too have had a cockerel that tried sneaking a spurring whenever I turned my back.
Never had an aggressive Araucana, but have heard of one case of such.
In my opinion roosters that show aggression toward people consistently should be used for breeding no matter what their positive qualities. I cull against man fighters (people aggressive roosters) in every breed as an unforgiving fault. Especially with how tasty a Marans could be.
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Seriously funny stuff. I wonder how far that kid ran.
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In my opinion roosters that show aggression toward people consistently should not be used for breeding no matter what their positive qualities. I cull against man fighters (people aggressive roosters) in every breed as an unforgiving fault. Especially with how tasty a Marans could be.
Here here!!!!! I've long spouted this philosophy on chicken breeding and then cam the day when my most expensive, long sought after Ameraucana boy grew up to be a nasty rooster and all my big talk was put to the test. It was really, really hard to get rid of him - he was so handsome and just right for what I was after at that point. As soon as he was gone, though, I felt great - I knew it was the right thing to do and of course I did eventually find a replacement rooster who had everything that first guy did plus an awesome temperament.
In my opinion roosters that show aggression toward people consistently should not be used for breeding no matter what their positive qualities. I cull against man fighters (people aggressive roosters) in every breed as an unforgiving fault. Especially with how tasty a Marans could be.
Here here!!!!! I've long spouted this philosophy on chicken breeding and then cam the day when my most expensive, long sought after Ameraucana boy grew up to be a nasty rooster and all my big talk was put to the test. It was really, really hard to get rid of him - he was so handsome and just right for what I was after at that point. As soon as he was gone, though, I felt great - I knew it was the right thing to do and of course I did eventually find a replacement rooster who had everything that first guy did plus an awesome temperament.
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Here here!!!!! I've long spouted this philosophy on chicken breeding and then cam the day when my most expensive, long sought after Ameraucana boy grew up to be a nasty rooster and all my big talk was put to the test. It was really, really hard to get rid of him - he was so handsome and just right for what I was after at that point. As soon as he was gone, though, I felt great - I knew it was the right thing to do and of course I did eventually find a replacement rooster who had everything that first guy did plus an awesome temperament.
a lot to be said for sticking to your guns
Here here!!!!! I've long spouted this philosophy on chicken breeding and then cam the day when my most expensive, long sought after Ameraucana boy grew up to be a nasty rooster and all my big talk was put to the test. It was really, really hard to get rid of him - he was so handsome and just right for what I was after at that point. As soon as he was gone, though, I felt great - I knew it was the right thing to do and of course I did eventually find a replacement rooster who had everything that first guy did plus an awesome temperament.
a lot to be said for sticking to your guns
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