Heritage Large Fowl - Phase II

[Extra Java]

I saw a lady on BYC practicing caponizing skills on already dead chickens. Can't remember which thread but it was interesting.

 

[MagicChicken]

I saw a lady on BYC practicing caponizing skills on already dead chickens. Can't remember which thread but it was interesting.

Maybe this thread? It's an informative thread, worth reading from beginning to end, but I still want a live mentor with me when I try my first bird.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/675898/graphic-pics-of-my-day-learning-to-caponize

 

[MagicChicken]

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Yes, there will be no sterility here. I like having them run around the yard too much. It was the showing aspect I was most concerned about. Maybe I'll wait a generation or two before showing them, and successive generations will be more resistant. With skill and luck the next generations will look even better than these

That nasty grey liver was an eye-opener, though. It made it clear to me there is a lot more to Mycoplasma than a respiratory infection. If there is a next time I will try to get a photo. Hope there is not a next time.

Sarah

 

[MagicChicken]

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I agree! My chickens are expected to live the lives of chickens, not lab rats. There will be no sterile isolation here. All birds are required to go outside. Germs are good for building the immune system. But show exhibitors might have a different perspective, especially if they're going to be in the same show as my birds, so I figured I would ask.

Sarah

 

[Yard full o' rocks]

Hi,
I'm not looking for them, I am looking to sell these 7 pullets. Their dam is my best layer and I am looking to place them in an egg flock. Someone who just wants eye candy and lots of eggs. No breeding. being inbred, they will not throw better than themselves, being narrower in the rear.. which is good for laying but not for proper "Roaster" Sussex breed type.
Best,
Karen

Karen

I use craiglist to sell my "layers" locally....normally have people beating down my door to get them. Have you tried that?

 

[Fred's Hens]

Karen

I use craiglist to sell my "layers" locally....normally have people beating down my door to get them. Have you tried that?

x2.

I got up before sunrise and boxed up three layers this morning. Laying hens are about as easy to move as anything I can imagine, especially the new layers. I dust them, since they are in my hands anyhow and that way they'll be dusted as they arrive at their new home.

 

[armorfirelady]

Does anyone know how to find those folk who just want egg layers. no breeding, just egg layers?
I really don't want to butcher these pullets but I can't find anyone interested in just plain laying birds.
Pretty pullets for a simple backyard flock. They are near POL in Nov. and I need to downsize this flock.
Maybe a BYC thread?
Thanks,
karen

I certainly wish I was not limited to the number of birds I can have. I would love some of your culls in my flock as egg layers.

May I share this on the NY & natural chicken keeping threads? I know a few people who are looking for hens.

 

[Pathfinders]

Does anyone know how to find those folk who just want egg layers. no breeding, just egg layers?
I really don't want to butcher these pullets but I can't find anyone interested in just plain laying birds.
Pretty pullets for a simple backyard flock. They are near POL in Nov. and I need to downsize this flock.
Maybe a BYC thread?
Thanks,
karen

No one in your area wants "laying hens" this time of year? Yikes. I find with holidays coming I could sell ten times as many as I have. Have you tried listing them on CraigsList, or checking with your local Extensions office?

 

[Arielle]

Quote: Karen, Basic question-- what do you have to loose by trying this cross??? If it fails, they are all culls and you will have learned the answer. Perhaps in chickens it is the opposite cross because of the sexlink genes and the reverse in male /female chromosomes.

You have tried this in dogs and were willing to take the risk on a high value dog-- what is holding you back from trying the cross??

PS-- when I wrote a giant step forward, I meant for ME, not you. IF you thoink you could get them to the BOston POultry show, I would take 1-2 in a heart beat.--PM me.

 

[thedragonlady]

I've never had either of those in my flocks and I'm thinking it's because of living in the mountains and such...but I would treat it in just that way. Exposure to such things can't be helped in some areas of the world, so let fly and gain built up antibodies...all part of life in the big bad world. Whoever survived would be my strong ones and all the better for it. I'd cull those with the worst symptoms, breed those who only had light symptoms and recovered well..and then, no worries.

There has never been a time in all my chickening life that I worried about exposure to run of the mill, common chicken pathogens like coccidia and such. I work from the other end and develop strong immune systems and those include antibodies built up for resistance, one cannot get antibodies without a vaccine or exposure, and I don't do vaccines. Biosecurity is just not in my wheelhouse.

So great to see you posting again Bee !