BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

[Kev]

Picture of menopausal peahen we talked about in here a little bit ago..

She is a white eyed, the hens are silvery grey with random white feathers. The cocks get white spots in middle of their tail feather eyes, hence the name. Unfortunately the camera has problems with overexposure so forgive the quality, please:

 

[holm25]

Really like how meaty these Buckeye pullets are! Cant wait to see some babies in a few weeks!

 

[GabrielBane]

Kev, she's stunning! I love her white patches.




Holm, you and @CanadianBuckeye make me want to dive into the Buckeyes so bad, but I hear they aren't great in super extreme heat, that's always been the thing stopping me.

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

Really like how meaty these Buckeye pullets are! Cant wait to see some babies in a few weeks!

Wow - GREAT looking birds!!!!!

Picture of menopausal peahen we talked about in here a little bit ago..

She is a white eyed, the hens are silvery grey with random white feathers. The cocks get white spots in middle of their tail feather eyes, hence the name. Unfortunately the camera has problems with overexposure so forgive the quality, please:

Interesting!

Kev, she's stunning! I love her white patches.




Holm, you and @CanadianBuckeye make me want to dive into the Buckeyes so bad, but I hear they aren't great in super extreme heat, that's always been the thing stopping me.

Yup - me, too. I'll stick with Naked Necks as my primary focus, and just look at your pretty pictures.

- Ant Farm

 

[holm25]

Kev, she's stunning! I love her white patches.




Holm, you and @CanadianBuckeye
 make me want to dive into the Buckeyes so bad, but I hear they aren't great in super extreme heat, that's always been the thing stopping me.

Who said that? They did just fine here but it was only in the upper 80's this summer? If they have shade a water I am sure they would do just fine!

 

[DesertChic]

Kev, she's stunning! I love her white patches.




Holm, you and @CanadianBuckeye make me want to dive into the Buckeyes so bad, but I hear they aren't great in super extreme heat, that's always been the thing stopping me.

Who said that? They did just fine here but it was only in the upper 80's this summer? If they have shade a water I am sure they would do just fine!

Yeah, I've wondered about that heat tolerance issue. I grew up in Ohio and the summers were miserable...87* with 87% humidity. Here it may reach 105, but at least the air is dry and you can breathe. I don't know about FL, but maybe one day I'll test some out here in AZ.

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

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[DesertChic]

LOL! You're gonna be eating a lot of popcorn waiting for this new project to begin.

 

[NanaKat]

Territorial has some awesome stuff. They also had the multiplier onions but were sold out. Only other place that had them was I think southern exposure seed exchange, they only had yellow left and were sold out of red and white. A place on ebay in Canada has all three colors in greater quantities a lot cheaper but evened out with the xtra cost of shipping. I went with Jung's who only have yellow and got the smaller package. Figured I better try them first and see how they do anyway. Same with the mangels, wanted a half lb, went with one package, see how I grow them first. Those multiplier onions if they grow good I'll have more than we need in a few yrs anyway. Like to try those Egyptian walking onions some day also.
That's funny on the garlic. We can only grow hard neck successfully and it must be planted in late fall. I've heard conflicting info on these onions, most say fall planting, also saw spring in extreme cold...??
So I planted half and will plant other half in spring.
Someday I'd like to try the real wasabi plants Territorial has (only place I've ever saw them), expensive though. Best planted in old creek beds, and we have plenty of old spring run beds on the hill behind us.

Pm me your address. I'll share some Egyptian onions. These will be sprouted bulblets pulled from my Oklahoma garden and mailed.

 
Kev, she's stunning! I love her white patches.

Holm, you and @CanadianBuckeye
 make me want to dive into the Buckeyes so bad, but I hear they aren't great in super extreme heat, that's always been the thing stopping me.

Who said that? They did just fine here but it was only in the upper 80's this summer? If they have shade a water I am sure they would do just fine!

Yeah, I've wondered about that heat tolerance issue. I grew up in Ohio and the summers were miserable...87* with 87% humidity. Here it may reach 105, but at least the air is dry and you can breathe. I don't know about FL, but maybe one day I'll test some out here in AZ. 

My Buckeye hens stopped laying when the temps reached 100 and have not laid since. I hoped they would begin after molt, but no luck.

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

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But, you ONLY have 75 chickens!!!!! I'm SURE you have plenty of room for another project!!!!

- Ant Farm