Black Jersey Giant or Not???

[Chickndaddy]

And sometimes it isn't the sellers intentional fault. They bought birds as Black Jersey Giants and that's what they sold them as. However, as a responsible breeder and seller I think you should at least no what your birds should look like so you can breed towards the approved Standard.

I can buy what someones sells are Salmon Faverolles which in reality are Sicilian Buttercups. That doesn't change the fact that they are still Buttercups. By looking at the APA/ABA Standards that's how we know what to breed for and for what our birds are supposed to look like.

 

[hungryhensfarm]

I stopped purchasing from him. The only thing I buy from him now is feed and other supplies. No chicks. I have an order of Ameraucanas coming next week from Ideal Poultry. That's how I will be purchasing chicks from now on. From Ideal or another reputable hatchery.

I must say though that I still love my blacks even if they are not pure. The two hens I have lay eggs much bigger than those my red sex links lay. I'm thinking of phasing out my reds and focusing on getting more (pure) black giants.

We live and we learn.

I forgot to mention that this guy does this all the time. He sold me red sex links while telling me they were ameraucanas. The blacks I bought from him the day they hatched. In his incubator. They were offspring of chickens he owned. I don't know what to think except that otherwise I like the guy.

 

[NYREDS]

When you go to school you have to pay tuition-right?

 

[hungryhensfarm]

Quote:
So true!

 

[Chickndaddy]

I have an order of Ameraucanas coming next week from Ideal Poultry. That's how I will be purchasing chicks from now on. From Ideal or another reputable hatchery.

As reputable as Ideal may be I wanted to let you know you will be receiving Easter Eggers, not Ameraucanas from them. Not major hatchery carries Ameraucanas or Araucanas. So if that is what you wanted I would suggest you cantact a breeder like Pips&Peeps or PasoFino Farms or the like.​