HERE is where we are going to talk about a sustainable meat bird flock

[pepper48_98]

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Are you breeding them again for more hatches??

Yes.... This is the first leg of my project. I also have Standard Cornish X Marans and Standard Cornish X Jeresy Giant in the incubator now. I plan to breed the best of them next. It will take a while but I am having fun doing it.

I have about 150 eggs in the incubator now. Pure blood Cornish, Marans, and Jeresy Giants as well as the Xs.

 

[pepper48_98]

I am looking to get some good Buckeyes as well to blend in but haven't found what I want yet.

 

[CARS]

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Are you involved in this thread? https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=271644

I found my Buckeye breeder there.

 

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

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Do you work for the beef industry? Or for Monsanto?

Or was this a joke? Good one.

 

[Buster52]

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All of the above, I think.

 

[Bossroo]

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All of the above, I think.

I never worked for any beef industry group or Monsanto for that matter. I have eaten BarBQued donkey (burro) @30 years ago.

 

[Buster52]

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Oh. So you're an unpaid volunteer, then?

 

[Buster52]

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Are you breeding them again for more hatches??

Yes.... This is the first leg of my project. I also have Standard Cornish X Marans and Standard Cornish X Jeresy Giant in the incubator now. I plan to breed the best of them next. It will take a while but I am having fun doing it.

I have about 150 eggs in the incubator now. Pure blood Cornish, Marans, and Jeresy Giants as well as the Xs.

Wow. That's some project. You have to let us know how it goes.

I haven't had much luck finding Buckeyes here in OK, either. Are you planning to mix them in with your project, or are you just planning to raise them apart from it?

 

[pepper48_98]

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Yes.... This is the first leg of my project. I also have Standard Cornish X Marans and Standard Cornish X Jeresy Giant in the incubator now. I plan to breed the best of them next. It will take a while but I am having fun doing it.

I have about 150 eggs in the incubator now. Pure blood Cornish, Marans, and Jeresy Giants as well as the Xs.

Wow. That's some project. You have to let us know how it goes.

I haven't had much luck finding Buckeyes here in OK, either. Are you planning to mix them in with your project, or are you just planning to raise them apart from it?

I will do both at first and see which I like the best. From what I have seen in pics of them dresses, I may be happy without trying to cross them.

There is a guy not too far from here I have heard that has some nice Buckeyes but I haven't gone up to see him yet. He gets $60/doz for the eggs but they won't have to be shipped. He always seems to have a waiting list. That is a little more than I want to pay right now but if I don't fine any good ones cheaper, I will pay it.

 

[CARS]

$60.00 a dozen

I think you should troll through that thread I posted and contact one of the BYC breeders. I'm getting 25 day-old chicks for $100.00 shipped. At least I know my 2 dozen are fertile