Hello! and welcome to the OEGB thread.

[FarmGirl01]

I learn something new every day, lol. The way their combs look and feel I just figured that they would bleed like crazy.

I know it sounds crazy to do this to a bird. Its the breed I like and will most likely always have.

 

[WallabyOfChaos]

I know it sounds crazy to do this to a bird. Its the breed I like and will most likely always have.

I don't think it sounds all that crazy. I just assumed that it had something to do with the breed being a "game" so to speak. I really like the OEGBs and every time I end up with one rooster that wants to be a pet. This time it's the Ginger Red rooster I posted on this thread a while back. He is such a character and is always vying for my attention. When I was in high school I had a BB Red named Rocky. He would come when called by name, liked to be toted around the barn, and was semi leash trained.

Ladies and gentlemen... I present to you the one and only Rocky.

 

[bantiesrule]

LOVE IT!!!!!

Gotta love them roosters.

 

[somadlyinlove]

Very cute!

 

[Aylas Angels]

Now that I've found this thread.... could any of you maybe help answer my plight of: OEGB or Japanese Bantam....

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/697192/help-unidentified-bantam-hen-bought-auction

Thanks!!

 

[WallabyOfChaos]

Aylas Angels - I threw in my two cents on the thread you posted. I hope you can figure out what she is.

In other news, I think my little Ginger Red hen may be barren. I had her in with my Ginger Red rooster for about two weeks a little over a month ago and didn't get a single egg the whole time. She is 7 months old, fat as a tick, and as far as I know she has never laid an egg. My other OEGB hens started laying at just over 4 months old are all in healthy and in good shape (not obese). They have been on a mix of layer ration and scratch grains since they were about 3 months old and the only reason I can think of for her chubby condition is that she isn't "doing her job." Has anyone else had a barren hen?

 

[Aylas Angels]

I haven't dealt with a true "barren" hen, but I do know that obese hens wont lay.

Think of the size comparison: The extra weight on her is like ten fold compared to a human. Obese women no longer "cycle" bc fat cells secrete hormones. Those mix up their natural balance, stopping their ovulation cycle. Only difference: a hen ovulates every 24hrs....

I'd cut out the scratch & let her have a layer only, maybe some veggie scraps (as long as the layer says "complete" ration).....

[Thanks for helping me with my lil auction princess!]

 

[WallabyOfChaos]

Here is the label to the layer ration we are using right now: http://aghost.net/images/e0123701/101473_101483.pdf

Please don't yell at me if it's wrong.

It's the only thing I can get from our local feed store right now.

And here is the label for the scratch grains: http://aghost.net/images/e0123701/101371_101441.pdf
Both are being mixed according to the label to make a 17% feed.

They do get all of our fruit and vegetable trimmings from the kitchen as well as some grass tossed in everyday. I wish I could let them all free range, but I think our dog may make short work of most of them. The whole reason I'm coming around to the thought that she is barren is because she is the fattest thing in the pen and they are all on the same ration. Usually when you find a barren cow or ewe in a flock or herd she is the fattest thing in there because her body has never had to expend the energy to make and raise babies, so everything she eats just goes to her own fat rear end. I just couldn't believe how chunky she was when I picked her up the other day! The exact words that came out of my mouth were "Oh look how fat you've gotten!" So now I have a chubby chicken with hurt feelings, lol.

 

[LR Gamefarm]

this acouple different one's i have the 3 smaller one's are OEG BANTAMS and the cockeral on top is a standard OEG

 

[Aylas Angels]

Here is the label to the layer ration we are using right now: http://aghost.net/images/e0123701/101473_101483.pdf

Please don't yell at me if it's wrong.

It's the only thing I can get from our local feed store right now.

And here is the label for the scratch grains: http://aghost.net/images/e0123701/101371_101441.pdf
Both are being mixed according to the label to make a 17% feed.

They do get all of our fruit and vegetable trimmings from the kitchen as well as some grass tossed in everyday. I wish I could let them all free range, but I think our dog may make short work of most of them. The whole reason I'm coming around to the thought that she is barren is because she is the fattest thing in the pen and they are all on the same ration. Usually when you find a barren cow or ewe in a flock or herd she is the fattest thing in there because her body has never had to expend the energy to make and raise babies, so everything she eats just goes to her own fat rear end. I just couldn't believe how chunky she was when I picked her up the other day! The exact words that came out of my mouth were "Oh look how fat you've gotten!" So now I have a chubby chicken with hurt feelings, lol.

It is said that a layer should eat a 16% & breeders a 20% protein ration..... I did the math with the Pearson's or Dairyman's square, but then made not of fat content..... alot of people let the layer ration be available 24/7 & feed the scratch in small supplemental meals: A) for the nutrition B) to keep the birds busy & entertained

Here's how I mix. I do 2 separate mixes, then mix them together for a 20% ration. The big gals are molting & I have some juveniles in the flock... (note, I feed standards, have 1 OEGB)

Start with a square.... put the % you want to achieve in the center.... write the % of the 1st feed at the top left.... write the % of the 2nd feed at the bottom left.... take the top left # & center # and write the difference at the bottom right... take the bottom left # & the center # & write the difference at the top right... your "parts" can be 1cup, 1 bucket whatever you want..... mix accordingly.... the top "part" is how many of the top feed, bottom "part" is how many of the bottom feed.... you can adjust the center # for however much % your birds need

Hope that helps!!