Buckeye Breed Thread

[CARS]

Is anyone going to the Saint James, MN sale on Sunday the 7th? I recently "cleaned house" and have room for some Buckeyes!!!

 

[smithzoo100]

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Laura, That is my current favorite picture of a Buckeye to date!!! Great shot!! Now I am going to feel just a little bad that mine won't have snow

. If nothing else, for the lack of photo opps like these!!

The Stockton PPBA show was my first poultry show, too (I got to meet up with capayvalleychick there

& a couple other BYCers). What an experience!! My ears were tired for days from all the little, tiny Call ducks with ENORMOUS voices and a seemingly endless supply of oxygen in the same building with the Guineas!! They made all the roos seem quiet in comparison!! Bummer that there weren't more Buckeyes to be seen, but I have an idea that will be changing. I said that I wasn't looking to show, but now you never know.... Never thought that I would go to a show either!! LOL!!

Okay, so here is my Buckeye question for you guys.... Since Buckeyes are such wonderful mousers, will they pose a risk to my Bantam Cochins that free range my barnyard once they hatch babies? Everyone has about an acre to spread out with many hiding places and plenty of room to avoid one another. I have a zoo that hangs out by the house and the barn as well as supervises all outdoor activities. We are working on more pens so that everyone has their own place for breeding. However, experience has taught me that I will miss a broody hen and I am bound to have one or two clutches of Bantams wandering the yard. I have taken too long to locate duck and goose clutches in the past, so can't imagine that I will find the Banty nests any easier!!

Keep up the great work, Everyone!! I love getting to read about everyone's Buckeye experiences

 

[Pathfinders]

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Laura, That is my current favorite picture of a Buckeye to date!!! Great shot!! Now I am going to feel just a little bad that mine won't have snow

. If nothing else, for the lack of photo opps like these!!

The Stockton PPBA show was my first poultry show, too (I got to meet up with capayvalleychick there

& a couple other BYCers). What an experience!! My ears were tired for days from all the little, tiny Call ducks with ENORMOUS voices and a seemingly endless supply of oxygen in the same building with the Guineas!! They made all the roos seem quiet in comparison!! Bummer that there weren't more Buckeyes to be seen, but I have an idea that will be changing. I said that I wasn't looking to show, but now you never know.... Never thought that I would go to a show either!! LOL!!

Okay, so here is my Buckeye question for you guys.... Since Buckeyes are such wonderful mousers, will they pose a risk to my Bantam Cochins that free range my barnyard once they hatch babies? Everyone has about an acre to spread out with many hiding places and plenty of room to avoid one another. I have a zoo that hangs out by the house and the barn as well as supervises all outdoor activities. We are working on more pens so that everyone has their own place for breeding. However, experience has taught me that I will miss a broody hen and I am bound to have one or two clutches of Bantams wandering the yard. I have taken too long to locate duck and goose clutches in the past, so can't imagine that I will find the Banty nests any easier!!

Keep up the great work, Everyone!! I love getting to read about everyone's Buckeye experiences

Glad to hear you liked the show, be careful, before you know it you'll be hitting the show circuit and having fun!

I just don't know about keeping bantam babies in the same area as adult Buckeyes, but I think you might be right to be a bit concerned. I don't think Buckeyes will care that Mama Cochin doesn't want her babies eaten.

The other issue about keeping bantams and large fowl together is the risk a large fowl cock bird poses to a bantam hen. They will try to breed them, and the smaller hen can get hurt or killed in the process.

 

[Pathfinders]

So anyone hatch any chicks over the weekend? I want baby pics!

 

[Chipper]

Well,I have not hatched anything yet but,today starts day 10 for me and I will be candling a little later on.

I have Buckeye eggs from 2 different sources and I could not believe the difference in size and shape with
the eggs.

Are your Buckeye eggs rounder,kind of like a modified golf ball,than many of the other breeds?

 

[BuckeyeDave]

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I just hatched about 110 buckeyes and 55 BCMs, all but two have been boxed and shipped. Dangit!!!!
My birds are laying like champs!!! I put in 172 more to hatch on the 28th, and that's with shipping 2 dozen on Monday.
Gotta love the spring.

 

[BuckeyeDave]

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Many of my breeding stock just started laying, some of the eggs may be pewedly but they should get you a chick.
Keep your fingers crossed so they can't get in the 'bator and they should be fine!

 

[americana-chick]

I am strongly debating if i should get Buckeyes or not.. The fact that they have a pea comb, endangered, and that they have that whole old barnyard look to them makes me want some bad.. Are buckeyes very agressive? How well do they lay eggs and what color?
Thanks

 

[Pathfinders]

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Nope. Mine are oval (for the most part) like regular breeds.

 

[BuckeyeDave]

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Very docile, down right mellow and friendly, they lay eggs well, light brown, 180-200 a year, very low maintenance, great foragers. All around a great bird.