First Flock Downsizing Event!

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We purchased 3 sexed pullets and 1 sexed male BA from Eagles Nest. We got the 3+1 correctly sexed. They start to hatch eggs in Feb each year, but you need to order ahead of setting the eggs, so they incubate for your order. We called about a week ahead of picking up our order and asked to have 2 BJG added to our order, if they had any extra. They did, and that is how we got our straight run Black Jersey Giants.
http://eaglenestohio.com/

Here is the BA male at 5 months age:
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Eagle Nest Poultry has been in business for 90+ years. They put in large incubators sometime during the 50's. You can't walk past the very small area inside the door, and cannot visit their flock or any other part of their business (bio-security), but I took a pic of some of their incubators from the 50's - and obviously they were not going in or out of the ones in the pic, since they were blocked off the day I picked up some meat chickens. But interesting to see. Not sure if they have newer incubators or not, as you can't walk anywhere but just inside the door!

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Wow he is beautiful!
No wonder people were in a bit of a bidding war over him lol.