BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

[Lauravonsmurf]

Ahh I got you. Well yeah some folks know not how to maintain breeds... same thing happen to a guy in Europe with quality Sumatra, he had to give birds to another person cause of his job. When he did get back to home country he was shocked at how degraded the line had become. At least the farmer who had them had kept them pure, but that was it... so the quality to SOP was all messed up.

 

[3riverschick]

Well I think he he did his best. but he's really a Penciled Rock breeder and older person. next year will be better.
I am just so disappointed I didn't get that male I was looking for

Karen

 

[holm25]

Okni have a question... Why ferment feed? I don't get the point of it? I was told by a great breeder not to do it because it causes crop issues?

 

[holm25]

3riverschick I feel ya... I couldn't sell a dozen hatching eggs this year... Nobody was looking for them this year... Lastvyear I couldn't keep up and this year I had to hatch them all myself...

 

[DesertChic]

Okni have a question... Why ferment feed? I don't get the point of it? I was told by a great breeder not to do it because it causes crop issues?

I've been soaking or fermenting my chicken's feed for three years now and have never had any crop issues. The idea behind fermenting is to increase nutrition and encourage proper gut flora, and in my case to also increase hydration (I live in the desert). I've never heard of it causing crop issues.

 

[3riverschick]

Well I'm going to stay out of this discussion cuz everybody here knows my opinion of fermented feed. so I just feed my birds nice fresh dry feed and Nutri drench in their Water.
And everybody's here is happy.
Karen

 

[holm25]

Karen I do the same thing. Except for I only do well water. I hate to add stuff into the water.

 

[NanaKat]

Getting rain in August...way out of norm...but the grass is getting green. Birds are free ranging and loving the break in temps. Several hens are broody and sitting on eggs I've given them. And the juvenile Columbian Wyandotte are growing nicely with more ready to go to the grow out pens.

We successfully rid ourselves of 11 raiding raccoons, one coyote, a skunk and a possum.

 

[NorthTexasWink]

@NanaKat This weather around here has been soooo unusual, hasn't it? We might be getting showers from the north today, probably will tomorrow. The coolest roll cloud ran thru this morning. Didn't have my phone with me, so no pics, but saw some online of the same cloud. Everything here is pretty green, and I've barely touched my rainwater stores! Need to empty a barrel today into the few jugs I have empty.

 

[lpatelski]

Just loads of pictures of my project birds for 2017. The oldest Dark Cornish are 16-17 weeks. The Oldest White CX/Cornish are 14 weeks. I have whittled the whites down to two cockerels and six pullets. I still have quite a few Dark Cornish to select. The More SOP pullets have the clear pencil pattern. The Dark Cornish pullets I am keeping for crossbreeding have a better body, but a muddy pencil pattern.