Buckeye Breed Thread

[pdavin]

Mousers to the max. I found a little tiny field mouse in our garage last year when my peeps were about 10 wks old. I walked out in the drive and not thinking tossed the little thing right in the middle of four girls. After a three second pause they jumped on that poor thing like a well like a chicken on a june bug. But it was a mouse. In a year I to a point where I don't see any mice anywhere. (Accept in our garage.)

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Yes, Bill still has Buckeyes, and I'm pretty sure we'd call them the Braden strain.

 

[BuckeyeDave]

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I hatched out a little more than 2000 chicks last year, shipped most of them sold many for local pickup.
This year I am gearing up for a bit more than that. I have 32 buckeye hens, 28 black copper marans hens and 2 partridge chanteclers all filling up 3 sportsmans and soon to be a dickey hatcher.
I have the space and the ability, I might as well have a hobby that pays for itself and then some.

I tell my wife it takes as much effort to water and feed 10 chickens as it does 230 and 2 guard dogs right????????? RIGHT!?!?!?!?!?

I'm a bit chicken crazy but I love it.

 

[BuckeyeDave]

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Definitely a classic.

 

[heritagebirds]

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I hatched out a little more than 2000 chicks last year, shipped most of them sold many for local pickup.
This year I am gearing up for a bit more than that. I have 32 buckeye hens, 28 black copper marans hens and 2 partridge chanteclers all filling up 3 sportsmans and soon to be a dickey hatcher.
I have the space and the ability, I might as well have a hobby that pays for itself and then some.

I tell my wife it takes as much effort to water and feed 10 chickens as it does 230 and 2 guard dogs right????????? RIGHT!?!?!?!?!?

I'm a bit chicken crazy but I love it.

If I could, I would...you are right, and if I had my place straight, maybe I could. That is awesome, I guess you can't hear the jealousy in my key-tapping.

I don't know if I can swing a sportsman...I'll probably have to go with the fridgeman. LOL

 

[BuckeyeDave]

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Last spring I tried to "rig" a hatcher and it cost me 4 weeks of hatching last spring, it isn't worth it. I paid between 250-350 for the sportsmans, craigslist about this time of the year is when you want to get 'em. It is worth it, I promise!!

 

[Germaine_11.20]

Picture time!! First Bigredfeathers and then Laura's AKA Pathfinder on the next post

These are the babies from Bigredfeather:

 

[Germaine_11.20]

Now Laura's: They were getting cold so I only took a few. Aren't they sweet?!

 

[kathyinmo]

OH, I love baby pictures!

Those make me so excited ... I can hardly wait for my Buckeye hatch!

Thanks for sharing your pictures!

 

[Germaine_11.20]

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I love the baby pictures too, but I am really enjoying watching the progression from chick to bigger chick. Next comes JamesA's What a fun group picture those are going to make!!

I have been bad Kathy. I candled.

 

[Chipper]

They are all very sweet and good pictures too.Thank you for sharing them with us.