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[ronott1]

Thank you. The broody is a hatchery BA with an excellent temperament. We have fertile Serama eggs and want to hatch some, but so far, no broody Seramas (nor bantam Cochins nor Silkie nor incubator). Am I dooming the chicks if I try this?


Back in the 70s, you could buy rabbit at our local Safeway, priced close to chicken. We use to have it quite frequently. yum. There's a fancy restaurant in Forrestville that has a rabbit dish on the menu; it's their exotic meat option!

Costco had rabbit in the meat section last summer. I hope they have it again. We really liked eating it. I may need to stock up the freezer with it.

 

[Kaylish]

I may be wrong but I believe that the Cornish X is a closely guarded hatchery secret and there are no breeders outside of the hatchery setting. Another factor in that is that they get so big...the males in partiucular can not mate naturally. If you don't want to go the hatchery route a lot of us hatch boys that make good eating though they take longer to mature they are more tastey.

Good to know about the Cornish X. Raising our own is definitely in the future, just have to wait for my little roo(s) to grow up and make us babies!

I bought mine at Wilbur's in Chico. I don't know if they have any now though.

Thanx! I always forget about Wilburs; usually got to Northern Star. I'll check them out.

 

[Kaylish]

And some Friday morning cuteness...

My 2 1/2 year old and her 1 week Bantam Cochin.

 

[ronott1]

Good to know about the Cornish X. Raising our own is definitely in the future, just have to wait for my little roo(s) to grow up and make us babies!

Crossing cornish and Barred Rocks will not get you the monster that the hatcheries sell. Those are three and 4 way crosses with their special versions of each.

Try to get nice big breeder versions of Barred Rocks and Buff Cornish. @debs_flock has very nice big Barred Rocks. I do not know who has nice Buff Cornish but if you can find some you will be much closer to getting nice meat birds. They will not be ready in 6 weeks though.

 

[juststruttin]

Costco had rabbit in the meat section last summer. I hope they have it again. We really liked eating it. I may need to stock up the freezer with it.

Let us know if you see it again. I bet they will have a good price on it.

 

[ronott1]

And some Friday morning cuteness...

My 2 1/2 year old and her 1 week Bantam Cochin.

Nice!

 

[juststruttin]

This boy is going to replace the one that died at @CackleJoy 's place!

I may need to get some hatching eggs from her later.....

Love this thread. It is so nice to know that one can find a replacement so quickly. Congrats Rebecca! Kudos Ron

 

[juststruttin]

And some Friday morning cuteness...

My 2 1/2 year old and her 1 week Bantam Cochin.

So adorable. I am impressed by how gentle she is being.

 

[chiqita]

The Eco has a red POT under the cover. That would be easy. I need to take the top off of mine and see if it has one too.

So far, mine is in perfect shape. I do not hatch in it though.

ok, report back? ( and what is a POT? <<)

Thank you. The broody is a hatchery BA with an excellent temperament. We have fertile Serama eggs and want to hatch some, but so far, no broody Seramas (nor bantam Cochins nor Silkie nor incubator). Am I dooming the chicks if I try this?


Back in the 70s, you could buy rabbit at our local Safeway, priced close to chicken. We use to have it quite frequently. yum. There's a fancy restaurant in Forrestville that has a rabbit dish on the menu; it's their exotic meat option!

hrm... I would do it with some cavets. If you are hatching chicks that are likely to be under 1.2 lbs when adults I would keep her inside for a while while they are babies, and put a LOT of shavings under her so she cant crush the chicks. She might not be able to raise them all the way, they stay cold suspetable fro a LONG time. I have my serema with her babies in a bathroom now that she has hatched, i will leave them inside for 2 weeks i think. if they are bigger seremas i would be less worried. With the weather getting warmer, they may be ok outside too by the time she hatches. I would have a spot to bring them if she gets up too much however. And for sure sepreate her once they have hatched. You can always evaluate and decide it is fine too. I was just loosing 1 -3 week olds with mothers since the chicks also tend to think they are fine, and then get TOO cold to warm up. But, Nutmeg = terribad mother anyway.

 

[juststruttin]

Here is an updated photo of the rabbit babies I posted back in March. I think they were 3.5 weeks in this photo. There are 3 boys and 2 girls. I was really hoping the white was a girl but its a boy so he's gotta go. Its gonna be hard cuz he is the kids favorite. If we had all white babies and 1 blue I am sure the blue would have been the favorite.

I decided to raise them colony style so there were two bred females in an 8 x 8 corner of the stall. Unfortunately, only one of the females turned out to be pregnant. The one that was not the mom helped co-parent these babies. It really was quit sweet. I am planning to dedicate an entire stall to them once the chicks in the opposite corner are old enough to go outside.