Barnevelder breeders lets work together and improve the breed

[mountainvieworchards]

Hi Peeka

I will have Barnevelder chicks this spring, if you don't mind driving down to Corvallis.

Andy

 

[BlueCamas]

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I will possibly be messaging you this spring then

 

[chickchicks]

thank you very much andy and tail feathers

i am happy for the information., as i said i am new to this sort of thing, i can understand freezer camp and happy they are dual purposes my idea when i first hear cull is to kill and throw away which imo is wrong if your gonna eat it or give it away i think thats fine i like to make sure the bird is used and not gone to waste!

thankfully( for the roosters!) i have not got a freezercamp im still trying to get to terms with the idea and how to do it all when it becomes necessary im a wimp at the idea of killing and eating my own - yet i eat chicken !

and no my little boy rooster will not be bread or shown as i have no idea on how to do either and believe i should if iwanted to do either read upthoughrully so i do not diverge from the breeds strenghts and wants in that bird

thank you vey much

 

[Happy Chooks]

chickchicks.......The key for me is to remember how long (6 to 8 weeks) and what kind of life the grocery store chickens have. It helps if you don't name them either. My birds have a much better life, even if only for 6 months. We haven't put many in the freezer, but we have done a handful. The first time is the hardest of course, since you don't know what to expect. (it's easier if you come from a hunting family - unfortunately neither DH or I did) DH usually does the killing part, as I raise them and he's more detached. The flapping did really bother him the first time, so I would suggest a 5 gallon bucket handy to put them in for that part. I do everything after that - my step dad was raised on a chicken farm and he came and showed me how to gut them.

I have had to put a couple chicks down myself and that's the hardest of all. But I didn't want them suffering, so it had to be done.

I've given several cockerels away too. Hens that I'm not keeping have gone to friends also.

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

No one has Barnie eggs available right now?

 

[pinkchick]

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I haven't seen a Barnie egg in like forever, another couple weeks and it will be 2 months since my last Barnie egg.

 

[Happy Chooks]

I might have some in a month or so. I only have 2 girls laying though, so I wouldn't be able to do a full dozen.

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

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I haven't seen a Barnie egg in like forever, another couple weeks and it will be 2 months since my last Barnie egg.

Awww!

 

[tls_ranch]

Kim your Johan boy is looking really good

My pullets have been slow to start this year, but I am still getting eggs and I just had two pullets start laying this week. Now I'm just waiting for the rest of the pullets to start up.

I have my blue roo in with my Barnevelder hens/pullets and my best Barnevelder cockerel from this year in with the blue hens/pullets and "cornevelders".

I get some eggs in the bator so they will hatch sometime around the first week in Jan.

Here's my best cockerel from this year's hatches (3/4 vB and 1/4 Johan). He hatched the begining of June (still growing) and he also doesn't have much white fluff showing.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Pretty boy Trisha! He's certainly beefy.