Buckeye Breed Thread

[Germaine_11.20]

Thank you, that helped alot.

 

[JamesA]

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I can not wait to see a picture of him

 

[bluebird]

Yep...I am hoping to get one of those extra, unwanted pet quality pullets..

 

[mrandmrschicken]

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Thanks for the offer, but my electric bill is high enough

I wait until April/May to start brooding chicks!
One of these days all of us that go to local swaps are going to have to go out for coffee (or whatever) after a swap to get to know eachother. So far, I've only met a few BYCer's and have yet to be disappointed.

Keep an eye on the weather. This could be a good one

Our plans to drive an hour to my Mothers on Christmas Eve day may have to be changed?

What we really need is a Chickenstock type event. I know there are a few folks down this way that would be interested.
And while were on the subject... I have a 1948 Packard for sale if you have an interested customer.

Like the way I sneaked that in there?

How about if I hatch the chicks for you? One of my Serama just tipped over and went broody. She'll be that way for a month.

 

[purelypoultry]

Buckeye chickens are one of my favorite breeds. http://www.purelypoultry.com/buckeye-chickens-p-242.html There are some very nice Buckeye bantams around here at the county fairs and such that I see as a county fair judge. I really think that the Buckeye is certainly not one that will die out. Too many diehard Buckeye breeders and it is way too great of a bird.

Check out mine.

 

[cgmccary]

Hello Tyler (PurelyPoultry),

Very nice website. You have a lot of nice breeds available. If you don't mind me asking & if you know their history, what is the source of your Buckeyes?

Chris

 

[Tailfeathers]

Hi Y'all, no one replied to my question and I'm thinking that I got so long winded with the last post that it must've got missed. Hope you don't mind if I ask it again...

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God Bless,

 

[cgmccary]

I have not given any thought of darkening the egg color & have not really been concerned about egg color. I will leave that to the breeders of the dark egg laying breeds: Marans, Welsummers, Barnevelders, Penedesencas.

I have noticed that most of my Buckeye eggs are a nice, sufficient brown color but as they lay further in their cycle (i.e. later in their laying cycle) (or the older the hen), the eggs lighten up to a light brown & yes, one here or there, an almost off-white. A new pullet lays a nice medium-dark colored brown egg.

 

[Tailfeathers]

Thanks Chris. As a Welsummer breeder and now Barnevelder too, that was just my natural curiosity popping up. The Barnie eggs need a LOT of work to get them back to where they were so I was also thinking I might learn a thing or two from y'all that might help in that area too if you had.

God Bless,

 

[Pathfinders]

I will say that egg color is pretty far down on my list of things I breed for. Egg size is more important to me, but before that even is frequency of lay (and before egg related issues come type and color!)