Consolidated Kansas

[Dani4Hedgies]

Lol Prairie sorry to hear that if we are ever headed to CO we will let you know

 

[chicken danz]

I will be going to visit Danz in a month or two so if Kansas City is closer to anyone needing chicks let me know I may have room (Grin)

Ok so my flock is all tagged so now time for everyone favorite game what breed and gender is this chicken?

1st Bird "Phoenix" believe EE Rooster

I agree 100%. EE rooster

2nd Bird "Wendi-Bird" who has a Emerald Green Color to its tail

EE and I'm thinking might be a pullet

3rd Bird "Sweetey" believe EE poss Rooster

I agree. EE rooster

4th Bird "Lit Bit" Barred Rock?
Not a barred rock. Comb is wrong. I'd say it's a cockerel as well. I haven't a clue. Mixed breed bantam I think.
5th Bird
EE pullet I think.
6th Bird "Sunshine" Bluff Orphent Hen?
She looks like a pullet buff Orpington other than the tail is curved down. Could just be not bred for correct form or she could be mixed with something else. Leg color and comb look Orpington.
7th Bird Bluff Orphent Hen?
Same as above. Orpington pullet. The back should have a soft u shape rather than a down sloping tail. Might just be hatchery stock though.
8th Bird
Possibly a Wellsummer or Red pheonix pullet. The markings are right. However at current, the tail feathers are looking a little boyish. That pattern wouldn't be present on a cockerel of those two kinds so I'm not positive.
9th Bird "Spunky" EE
Either an Araucana or an EE crossed from an Araucana. I can't determine feather shape on these white feathers so I can't tell sex for sure. I'm leaning toward pullet. Comb and legs are right for an araucana as well as the tufts and the curved back.
10th Bird "Goldie" Cackoo Golden Marans
Could be a a golden Marans or a mix. I think it's a cockerel.
11th Bird "Stew" Barred Rock
Could be a barred rock. Legs aren't quite right but that could be hatchery stock.Shape looks like a pullet but I can't see feather detail to be sure.

Hope you all enjoyed seeing our flock

I can't be 100% sure on a lot of these. These are just my guesses in this stage of the game.
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Hate to see the weather cooling back down this week. I still have so much I want to do outside. I guess I should be thankful it won't be totally miserable out there. Just the end of these wonderful 70's.

 

[Trish44]

@Prairie Fleur I only had one Campine but she was the total opposite of what sharol described with her Scout. She was flightier than my Leghorns even, I couldn't get within 5 feet of her or she would fly off squawking all the way. She was the first out of the run when I opened up the door, flying out over the gate. If you want calm IMO I wouldn't get that breed. Sorry sharol, I know you like them but I prefer much calmer birds as well. I only have the leghorns in my laying flock to add some white eggs.

@Dani4Hedgies I'm not totally sold on bird #2 being a pullet, it's kind of looking rooish to me. I agree with danz on #4 bird, it's not a barred rock. I don't think #11 or 13 are barred rocks either, the legs are wrong, unless they're crossed with something else. I agree with danz on #10, it looks like a cockerel to me as well & probably a golden marans. On number 8 it could be a Welsummer, the pattern is somewhat right, it would be a pullet if it is, the cockerels are totally colored differently & don't have that pattern. #9 has green legs & a tail, I vote EE on that one, I can't tell sex for sure but it's comb is pretty pink depending on age could be a cockerel. Of course the EEs can really fool you right up till they start crowing or laying, that's one of the hardest with the pea combs either on EEs or true Ameraucanas to sex till later. Anyway now you have two opinions for what it's worth.

It was such a gorgeous day out yesterday, we really enjoyed being outside. We got the boy lambs banded, much to their dismay, it was a rodeo trying to catch them, they get pretty darned fast quickly. They can run & jump quite a ways off the ground when they need to. My DH also got the last gate done at the south end of our new paddock for the sheep & goats, I was really glad to have that done. Now we have decided we need a gate between the two paddocks so he is not very happy with me because he has to put in another big wood post. I wish I had planned that when we were doing the fence but we didn't. It's always something around here it seems that needs to be done. We have one more paddock to fence yet to have all of the area fenced in so I can rotate grazing. I can't wait to have it all done but it probably won't be till the end of the year again, hopefully.

My chickens are all ramping up with laying for spring & I'm glad to see that since I have orders to fill & will need to start incubating soon. I can't wait to start seeing little chicks again.

 

[Prairie Fleur]

@Dani4Hedgies thanks a mill!! Would love to meet you if you ever do come this way!
@Trish44 thanks for the additional input on the Campines!! That's what I love about this thread. Everyone puts in their personal experiences to help everyone else out!!!! I'm looking at the Isabell leghorns but I'm not totally settled on that either yet.

 

[squirtsmomma]

Hi all, checking in from southeast Kansas. Just spent the better part of 2 hours catching up on this thread from all that I missed over the winter. Sick for the last 4 months.
Husband finished a chicken tractor he made from an old trampoline frame and we moved what we thought were all of our new pullets in there along with one young but beautiful RIR roo named Elvis. Turns out 2 are also roos, have to come out.
Still recuperating but planning a small coop for one BR roo we have. How many hens should he have to be happy. I'm new at this. Only raised chickens when I was young for meat.

 

[chicken danz]

@Dani4Hedgies thanks a mill!! Would love to meet you if you ever do come this way!
@Trish44 thanks for the additional input on the Campines!! That's what I love about this thread. Everyone puts in their personal experiences to help everyone else out!!!! I'm looking at the Isabell leghorns but I'm not totally settled on that either yet.

I had campines as well and they were super hyper but I sold them before they were laying age so I have no idea how they were as adults. They acted like typical bantams to me. Almost very bantam bird I've had has been pretty high strung except for D'uccle's.

Hi all, checking in from southeast Kansas. Just spent the better part of 2 hours catching up on this thread from all that I missed over the winter. Sick for the last 4 months.
Husband finished a chicken tractor he made from an old trampoline frame and we moved what we thought were all of our new pullets in there along with one young but beautiful RIR roo named Elvis. Turns out 2 are also roos, have to come out.
Still recuperating but planning a small coop for one BR roo we have. How many hens should he have to be happy. I'm new at this. Only raised chickens when I was young for meat.

Sorry to hear you've been sick. The average for a rooster if you want fertility is one roo for each 10 hens. If you just want a flock protector you can have up to 30 hens per roo easily.

 

[Trish44]

Hi all, checking in from southeast Kansas. Just spent the better part of 2 hours catching up on this thread from all that I missed over the winter. Sick for the last 4 months.
Husband finished a chicken tractor he made from an old trampoline frame and we moved what we thought were all of our new pullets in there along with one young but beautiful RIR roo named Elvis. Turns out 2 are also roos, have to come out.
Still recuperating but planning a small coop for one BR roo we have. How many hens should he have to be happy. I'm new at this. Only raised chickens when I was young for meat.

Welcome back, I'm sorry you were sick, hopefully you're on the mend now. It kind of depends on if you free range. I like to have more than one rooster for my laying flock because he can't watch over them all at one time. I'm short a rooster right now but I'm sure I will get some with hatching to replace the one I lost. If you keep them all confined & want to raise chicks I definitely would have one for each 10 hens.

I collected quite a few eggs today from my breeding pens, but unfortunately the ones I really need to get with it aren't all laying yet.

 

[Ralph Moyer]

I would like some opinions on the Cream Legbar breed. I am curious if they all lay a true blue egg. I have crossed a Barred Rock rooster with an Ameraucana hen. Their off-spring were all barred and laid an olive-colored egg. The off-spring of this cross are laying a light blue egg. I would like to try a cross of this group, with Cream Legbar, and see what results. Open to suggestions.

 

[chicken danz]

I would like some opinions on the Cream Legbar breed. I am curious if they all lay a true blue egg. I have crossed a Barred Rock rooster with an Ameraucana hen. Their off-spring were all barred and laid an olive-colored egg. The off-spring of this cross are laying a light blue egg. I would like to try a cross of this group, with Cream Legbar, and see what results. Open to suggestions.

Ralph I had cream legbars and they were a huge disappointment especially considering I paid $50 for each pullet and $10 for the roosters. Yes they laid a beautiful blue eggs but in my experience they got sick very easily and their laying was sporadic at best. I sold mine and was glad they were still something reasonably new so I could move them easily.
I know Trish raises them and I'm sure she has had a totally different experience. They were just not the bird for me.
If you do cross the two you might end up with a much nicer blue egg. My advise would be to find some from the older line of legbars before the color corrected ones were brought in so you won't spend so much money on them. Just because you are using them for a egg color project.

 

[Ralph Moyer]

Ralph I had cream legbars and they were a huge disappointment especially considering I paid $50 for each pullet and $10 for the roosters. Yes they laid a beautiful blue eggs but in my experience they got sick very easily and their laying was sporadic at best. I sold mine and was glad they were still something reasonably new so I could move them easily.
I know Trish raises them and I'm sure she has had a totally different experience. They were just not the bird for me.
If you do cross the two you might end up with a much nicer blue egg. My advise would be to find some from the older line of legbars before the color corrected ones were brought in so you won't spend so much money on them. Just because you are using them for a egg color project.

Thanks for the advice, Danz. I'm not very good at picture taking but this is some of my last fall group and eggs.