EDUCATIONAL INCUBATION & HATCHING CHAT THREAD, w/ Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs

[meltel]

Just a few pics

 

[minihorse927]

How big is the beast?!?!???

I'm going with 12 to 14lbs? About the same size as my English orps

 

[duluthralphie]

How big is the beast?!?!???

He is around 20-25 pounds.

I have showed this picture a lot to show just how big my toads are:



It is the best way for me to show it.

The bird on the left is a turkey (heritage) at 11lbs and 1 ounce. The one on the right is Bert's son at 15 lbs 4 ounces. Both are dressed with no giblets inside them.

When we piece these my wife and I get 5 meals out of them. We like to roast them because of the juice it retains when roasted. A drumstick or thigh is a full meal. The breast are 4 servings for us. 2 on each half.

 

[duluthralphie]

I'm going with 12 to 14lbs? About the same size as my English orps

These will dwarf a English Orp.

Here is one of his kids alongside a 6 gallon waterer.




These pictures were taken at around 10 weeks, they have not filled out yet.

 

[dan26552]

He is around 20-25 pounds. I have showed this picture a lot to show just how big my toads are: It is the best way for me to show it. The bird on the left is a turkey (heritage) at 11lbs and 1 ounce. The one on the right is Bert's son at 15 lbs 4 ounces. Both are dressed with no giblets inside them. When we piece these my wife and I get 5 meals out of them. We like to roast them because of the juice it retains when roasted. A drumstick or thigh is a full meal. The breast are 4 servings for us. 2 on each half.

Whst is he?

 

[dan26552]

#3!!!!

 

[duluthralphie]

Whst is he?

He is a toad, my own "breed". I wanted a bird with longevity and more health than a CX. I also wanted larger legs and thighs. So I mixed breeds and birds from those breeds and crosses to get these.

I thought it was a dead end last spring the. Like magic I got 12 of these to hatch. They lay huge eggs and are good layers too. A very mellow active bird. The egg that is hatching was 3.1 ounces nearly the size of a turkey egg.

 

[duluthralphie]

#3!!!!

Grats

 

[lovechicks1293]

#3!!!!

awwwwww cute! Congrats also

 

[dan26552]

He is a toad, my own "breed". I wanted a bird with longevity and more health than a CX. I also wanted larger legs and thighs. So I mixed breeds and birds from those breeds and crosses to get these.

I thought it was a dead end last spring the. Like magic I got 12 of these to hatch. They lay huge eggs and are good layers too. A very mellow active bird. The egg that is hatching was 3.1 ounces nearly the size of a turkey egg.

Ah. Nice

Ah. Sweet!