They look great! Gotta love Buckeyes!!!Some of myBuckeye and Buckeye x Dark Cornish chicks. Two weeks old. They are very calm, quiet chicks, so far I'm extremely pleased especially with the cross.Buckeye x Cornish chick.
BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.
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Awwwwww... I think NN chicks are just SO cute. I love watching them drape their little tiny necks across each others' backs in a pile in the brooder.
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^^^^^^ I'm with her! I LOVE my adorable NNs. And I never stop seeing them as being beautiful.
Well, after hatching 3 of 5 eggs I gave her, I had to remove the remaining eggs from under the Dolly Mama. One was a Bielefelder egg and the other an EE. The Biel chick had begun developing but stopped probably halfway through the process. The EE was fully developed in the egg but had died prior to hatching...I'm not sure why. I'm glad I removed the eggs, but Dolly Mama is NOT happy with me. She's the fiercest mother hen I've had and has now taken to charging the pen door, fluffed up to the max and growling like a rabid dog when I try to top off food and water. She typically backs down and ushers her three babies away once she realizes I'm not a threat, but WOW! She's a whole lot crankier than her sister, Mama Lily, was.
Ironically, her chicks are super curious and friendly with me, and she has to keep calling them away from me, which seems to make her even crankier.
Ironically, her chicks are super curious and friendly with me, and she has to keep calling them away from me, which seems to make her even crankier.
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Well...no longer raising Coturnix quail. Processed 57 today with the help of hubby and his brother. It took 4 hours to butcher, skin and gut them and then 3 more hours for me to finish cleaning and packaging them. We can now enjoy the fruits of our labor. The 11 packages are resting in the fridge before going into the freezer....many meals for roasting and the grill...five to a 1/2 gallon bag with each bag averaging 1 lb 10 ounces. The livers and hearts weight 1 lb 4 ounces...the gizzards will make great bait..because I'm not cleaning the nickle sized tidbits. Decided to keep them whole rather than part out...we like them stuffed.
We have had geese and turkey in the past and have decided that it is far less costly to pick one up at the grocery store. The quail and pheasant have been recent attempts at growing other meat birds. The Ringneck pheasant will be released to procreate on our farm since they are still very wild natured and will forage well.
On the other hand, the quail have less natural smarts. They waste food, dirty their water, lay eggs whereever they squat making them hard to find in the fly pen, dont seek cover from the elements even when shelter is provided. The eggs laying is prolific, but they are are hard to use in the kitchen. Hatch rates vary...but the hens begin laying at 7 - 8 weeks. The little carcass weigh in at about 3 - 4 ounces each.
I think we will simply stick with our chickens...love the behaviors and interaction, great farm fresh eggs and love them cooked in a variety of dishes.
We have had geese and turkey in the past and have decided that it is far less costly to pick one up at the grocery store. The quail and pheasant have been recent attempts at growing other meat birds. The Ringneck pheasant will be released to procreate on our farm since they are still very wild natured and will forage well.
On the other hand, the quail have less natural smarts. They waste food, dirty their water, lay eggs whereever they squat making them hard to find in the fly pen, dont seek cover from the elements even when shelter is provided. The eggs laying is prolific, but they are are hard to use in the kitchen. Hatch rates vary...but the hens begin laying at 7 - 8 weeks. The little carcass weigh in at about 3 - 4 ounces each.
I think we will simply stick with our chickens...love the behaviors and interaction, great farm fresh eggs and love them cooked in a variety of dishes.
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Not sure if this means anything to any of us.
On May 19, 2016, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and the Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc. entered into a settlement agreement, otherwise known as a consent decision, to resolve alleged violations of the Animal Welfare Act (AWA). APHIS is issuing this notice to announce the conclusion of this matter.
APHIS filed complaints against Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc. on July 19, 2012; November 4, 2014; and August 7, 2015 for allegedly failing to maintain the basic standards of the AWA on multiple occasions. This consent decision resolves the allegations in all three complaints. Copies of the complaints can be found at APHIS Enforcement Actions.
The consent decision provides that Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc. is not admitting or denying that it has violated the AWA, and contains an order that includes a provision to cease and desist from violating the AWA, assessment of a $3.5 million civil penalty, revocation of its dealer’s license effective December 31, 2016, and agreement to submit a letter to cancel its research registration by May 31, 2016. Although the order permits Santa Cruz Biotechnology Inc. to use its dealer’s license until December 31, 2016, it will not sell or use any blood, serum, antibodies or certain other products derived from live animals other than what was in its inventory on August 21, 2015, and must cease all sales when the revocation takes effect.
Passed by Congress in 1966, the AWA sets general standards for humane care and treatment that must be provided for certain animals that are bred for commercial sale, sold sight unseen (internet sales), exhibited to the public, used in biomedical research, or transported commercially. The AWA does not apply to coldblooded animals or to farm animals used or exhibited for agricultural purposes. People licensed and registered under the AWA must provide their animals with adequate housing, sanitation, nutrition, water, and veterinary care. They must also protect their animals from extreme weather and temperatures.
On May 19, 2016, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and the Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc. entered into a settlement agreement, otherwise known as a consent decision, to resolve alleged violations of the Animal Welfare Act (AWA). APHIS is issuing this notice to announce the conclusion of this matter.
APHIS filed complaints against Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc. on July 19, 2012; November 4, 2014; and August 7, 2015 for allegedly failing to maintain the basic standards of the AWA on multiple occasions. This consent decision resolves the allegations in all three complaints. Copies of the complaints can be found at APHIS Enforcement Actions.
The consent decision provides that Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc. is not admitting or denying that it has violated the AWA, and contains an order that includes a provision to cease and desist from violating the AWA, assessment of a $3.5 million civil penalty, revocation of its dealer’s license effective December 31, 2016, and agreement to submit a letter to cancel its research registration by May 31, 2016. Although the order permits Santa Cruz Biotechnology Inc. to use its dealer’s license until December 31, 2016, it will not sell or use any blood, serum, antibodies or certain other products derived from live animals other than what was in its inventory on August 21, 2015, and must cease all sales when the revocation takes effect.
Passed by Congress in 1966, the AWA sets general standards for humane care and treatment that must be provided for certain animals that are bred for commercial sale, sold sight unseen (internet sales), exhibited to the public, used in biomedical research, or transported commercially. The AWA does not apply to coldblooded animals or to farm animals used or exhibited for agricultural purposes. People licensed and registered under the AWA must provide their animals with adequate housing, sanitation, nutrition, water, and veterinary care. They must also protect their animals from extreme weather and temperatures.
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X4 I don't see anything unattractive about NNs. They have far more to recommend them than anything their essentially featherless necks might detract according to some. Much easier to process than most other breeds and the NNs, when penned and finished properly, are as good as any and better than most.
If one goes so far as to caponize them as youngsters, no finer fowl meat can be found anywhere and the hens are more than passable as layers.
Jason
Fire Ant Farm
Get off my lawn
Lol! I always thought naked necks were super ugly also, their growing on me though, think there super cute now..Lol!
Question, many of you have had dark cornish, they threw in a extra chick. It's a chipmunk chick, I've had both Welsummers and brownleghorns, looks like a cockerel welsummer to me, didn't realize dark cornish are chipmunks also..what's the visual difference between the two?
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