Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

[punky rooster]

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Do Jersey Giants

I would recomend doing faster growing breeds like Reds or Rocks.

Jersey Giants are dual purpose chickens, but they excel as a meat bird with their great body size. They are well-suited to producing very fine and large capons. The young birds grow relatively quickly but take time to fill out their hefty frame to produce a marketable bird

ALBC​

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

ALBC may have that on their site, but a true Jersey Giant bird will not be anywhere near marketable weight until 9 months old or more. Production strains will reach their full size around 6 or 7 months.

 

[punky rooster]

It does not say how Long it takes for them to grow out. But. That is what I would guess too. I'm just saying they make good Capons

 

[Chickielady]

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There is a thread here on BYC with step by step graphic pics of how to caponize...do not have the link close at hand, but surf the how to area & you should find it..
edited to add: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=2489274
This is the caponizing link

 

[OSUman]

i think la fleche, Javas, and dorkings would be cool to try too.

 

[Barred Rocks forever]

thank you ive done lots of reasearch already i read that thread a couple of times before i think im gonna order a bunch of roo chicks of a bunch of different breeds and try them out and if i like how that certain breed turned out i will go to a breeder to get them i wish i could just only buy from breeders but that would be to exspensive
Quote:
There is a thread here on BYC with step by step graphic pics of how to caponize...do not have the link close at hand, but surf the how to area & you should find it..
edited to add: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=2489274
This is the caponizing link

 

[outback hatcher]

Check out these little reds I got the other day. What do you think of them?

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[Chickielady]

so, where did you get them ?

 

[outback hatcher]

They came from a lady in S. Ga. that Pine Grove referred me to. So I guess you could say they are some of his line. He spoke highly of the parent birds

 

[Chickielady]

So far, they look like they are very healthy and alert babies !