Buckeye Breed Thread

[flowerchild59]

Can you all give me an idea of egg sizes with the buckeye. I have read anything from medium to large and was wondering what you get "in the real world".
I still continue to read and go thru threads. Why can't I make a decision on what to order?

 

[BuckeyeDave]

Now that I actually put it down and read it I am even more depressed than before, I'm going to eat a whole bunch of ice cream right from the box.

Eggs are a nice medium to large, compare to the supermarket sized eggs.

 

[Sparklee]

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If I ever read you mentioning it, I didn't catch on.

What a horrible experience you've had. Just miserable. What a struggle.

But it does look like you've come out on the other side into the sunshine, with a container of ice cream by your side.

I am glad to hear, though, that it's not a case of the Buckeyes being that difficult to get a hold of like some of the other rare breeds where people have to wait over a year.

 

[Sparklee]

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What I've seen is medium. I think it's what nature intended for this style of chicken.

What other breeds besides the Buckeye are you thinking about ordering?

 

[flowerchild59]

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What I've seen is medium. I think it's what nature intended for this style of chicken.

What other breeds besides the Buckeye are you thinking about ordering?

I am seriously thinking about the heritage RIR's, and favorelles, marans, sussex and dorkings all catch my fancy.
I keep tossing around in my head my intermittently bitter cold winters and don't want to get a huge comb that gets frost bitten. That is one reason that the buckeyes catch my attention.
I am wanting to get birds that do lay but are good table birds too. We are a small farm, raise our own beef, and I am looking at heritage pork breeds too for sustainability.

 

[BuckeyeDave]

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If I ever read you mentioning it, I didn't catch on.

What a horrible experience you've had. Just miserable. What a struggle.

But it does look like you've come out on the other side into the sunshine, with a container of ice cream by your side.

Thus far. I am literally going to change out all parts on the incubator every off season. The heating elements and temp sensors weren't more than $150 for everything but the cost of customer satisfaction and hatch rate were astronomical.



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If you want chicks there are many people on here that ship them, just say the word and I am sure someone would be able to get some really nice buckeye chicks shipped to you. Pathfinders, cgmccary, jenjscott, JimsFarmStand just to name a few.

My ultimate goal is to be able to ship chicks the week after they are ordered, if only the chickens, incubator, hatcher and weather would cooperate.

 

[SlowMoneyFarm]

Several hatcheries do seem to be sold out - had a long wait for my buckeyes - they didn't get the entire # I wanted but figured 9 was better than 0. Now one of those died.

Added to it egg hatching issues (other breeds) and a teenager helping and I'm not sure if any will make it.

Buckeyes and Delawares are hot this year - long waits and unavailable or hatching eggs which may or may not do anything due to shipping, incubating and a long list of other things. Very frustrated with chickens this morning - 10 chicks hatched, 3 died in shell, 1 live died overnight and 1 has legs not working properly.

Then the teen wants blue silkies.

 

[capayvalleychick]

Have any of you had your birds' leg color change? All my yellow legged chickens' legs have faded to more of a pink.

I did just eliminate corn from their diet, but this happened before the diet change. They all do free range. On another thread, this is being discussed and it was suggested that sun exposure could be causing it. Any experience with this?

All their chicks that recently hatched have yellow legs. I have photos of the now pink legged chickens, last year, with bright yellow legs. They are all healthy.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Kim

 

[punky rooster]

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Strange. I know age can do it. Eggs, too. What age are they?

 

[punky rooster]

Dave,

That stinks! At least its working now. I hate in 'bator I have. Its a cheap LG. I need a better one. The temp. Doesn't stay were I want it. At least I can hatch from it.