BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

[DesertChic]

That's funny.And, I've been listening to my cockerels crowing, and they have very different crows. I wonder if the hens find certain crows attractive? My biggest red rooster has a lovely sexy deep Barry White crow, my runty little Barred Holland has a high pitched Girly crow. I know which one I'd prefer if I was a hen!!!!

Mad stampede for the red rooster................

LOL! I know what you mean! My breeding boy, Monty, has a beautiful, deep and slightly raspy crow....and he gets almost all of the girls. I love his crow, and then there's the screaming banshee crowers that I just don't love so much. I actually culled one rooster because his crow was so awful. I just couldn't take it anymore.

 

[Beer can]

Naked necks do taste good :-D one with skin (roasted up nice and crispy) and one without. Garlic herb marinaded them overnight. Nice, juicy, and tender. Bear loin roast on the side in bbq sauce, and fresh from the garden zucchini, squash and green tomatoes. Mmmm

 

[Kusanar]

Naked necks do taste good :-D one with skin (roasted up nice and crispy) and one without. Garlic herb marinaded them overnight. Nice, juicy, and tender. Bear loin roast on the side in bbq sauce, and fresh from the garden zucchini, squash and green tomatoes. Mmmm

So... where's my plate?????

 

[Turk Raphael]

That's funny.And, I've been listening to my cockerels crowing, and they have very different crows. I wonder if the hens find certain crows attractive? My biggest red rooster has a lovely sexy deep Barry White crow, my runty little Barred Holland has a high pitched Girly crow. I know which one I'd prefer if I was a hen!!!!

Mad stampede for the red rooster................

This is interesting and seems to have some credence but let me tell you why I dislike bantam 'anything' to this day.

I was about 14 when my grand dad brought a young but mature bantam of some stripe (likely English Game) and just flung him out into the chicken lot. I think he did it to teach me a lesson for being over-proud of my big red NN cock that had ruled the yard for a couple years. Yes, you know what happened. That little f#%YTr beat the tar and all out of my cock bird (named Michael lolol) and that night I laid the bantam low with a one good thump of a broom handle.

Michael'd beautiful "sexy'' crow continued to be heard over the barn yard for a few more years, and no other 'ringers' were brought into play. I guess I committed murder? At least delicious revenge.

 

[CanadianBuckeye]

This is interesting and seems to have some credence but let me tell you why I dislike bantam 'anything' to this day.

I was about 14 when my grand dad brought a young but mature bantam of some stripe (likely English Game) and just flung him out into the chicken lot. I think he did it to teach me a lesson for being over-proud of my big red NN cock that had ruled the yard for a couple years. Yes, you know what happened. That little f#%YTr beat the tar and all out of my cock bird (named Michael lolol) and that night I laid the bantam low with a one good thump of a broom handle.

Michael'd beautiful "sexy'' crow continued to be heard over the barn yard for a few more years, and no other 'ringers' were brought into play. I guess I committed murder? At least delicious revenge.

Ahh... I guess your big rooster was a lover not a fighter. Too bad you didn't keep the game cock around, it would have been interesting to see what the hens thought of him. Me personally I can't stand the sound of those high pitched bantam crows....... fingernails on chalkboards!

 

[CanadianBuckeye]

Naked necks do taste good :-D one with skin (roasted up nice and crispy) and one without. Garlic herb marinaded them overnight. Nice, juicy, and tender. Bear loin roast on the side in bbq sauce, and fresh from the garden zucchini, squash and green tomatoes. Mmmm

OMG LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THOSE CHICKENS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And that's some monster BBQ too.

 

[NanaKat]

@DesertChic Thought you might get a kick out of these photos.
Had to add another early hatcher chick to the brooder because its Serama mom was still sitting on four eggs..
The Serama are even smaller than the Delaware Bantam....then you add the big chicks! Won't be roasting the tinies.






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[Turk Raphael]

Ahh... I guess your big rooster was a lover not a fighter. Too bad you didn't keep the game cock around, it would have been interesting to see what the hens thought of him. Me personally I can't stand the sound of those high pitched bantam crows....... fingernails on chalkboards!

My pet wouldn't have lived more than another day or two with that kind of drubbing, if that long. I think knocking his head off was the best course of action. The little cocky thing didn't weigh much more than two pounds and I know my NN weighed at least 9 or so pounds but the Bantam didn't get tired and the big bird couldn't get a good hold of him. For me, bantams are totally useless. Their not as meaty as a Leghorn and their eggs are about the size of a large robin and I'm happy for the folks get any joy out of owning and breeding them for pets but there will not be any live here, at least for long.

 

[NanaKat]

I suppose most folks who have bantam breeds raise them for show.
But the variety of bantams I have are great egg layers...2 Bantam eggs = 1 med or large egg from a LF hen. And they will lay thru the winter here.
Granted the meat is not as large a portion, but breasts and leg quarters can make a meal for two with broth for gravy from the rest of the carcass.
The hens make great broody mothers and protect their chicks with a passion. They will raise large fowl chicks if they get them when their clutch hatches. ...a comical picture.
The roosters are diligent guardians yet people tolerant.
AND they eat less feed than the same number of big birds.
My biggest Bantams are the Delaware Bantam...nice chunky birds.

I have Columbian Wyandotte and Cochin with a variety of other large fowl...each has a purpose in the flock.

 

[Turk Raphael]

I suppose most folks who have bantam breeds raise them for show.
But the variety of bantams I have are great egg layers...2 Bantam eggs = 1 med or large egg from a LF hen. And they will lay thru the winter here.
Granted the meat is not as large a portion, but breasts and leg quarters can make a meal for two with broth for gravy from the rest of the carcass.
The hens make great broody mothers and protect their chicks with a passion. They will raise large fowl chicks if they get them when their clutch hatches. ...a comical picture.
The roosters are diligent guardians yet people tolerant.
AND they eat less feed than the same number of big birds.
My biggest Bantams are the Delaware Bantam...nice chunky birds.

I have Columbian Wyandotte and Cochin with a variety of other large fowl...each has a purpose in the flock.

I know...Just venting over getting my feelings hurt so badly when I was a kid. In truth, it was a valuable lesson for me and my pet. While I do find bantams more useless than teats on a boar hog, I'll admit some of them are quite beautiful. And I'll walk back a bit farther on my original statement...I have looked very hard at Dark Cornish Bantams. Likely wont pull the trigger any time soon but perhaps in my old age...