He is huge, hopefully he is friendly to you.
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He is huge, hopefully he is friendly to you.
Who says winter isn't the time of love for chickens? My Jubilee eggs are all fertile lately, and my four month old black/lav split Orp cockerel is having a blast keeping my general layer girls busy. I don't know how is he servicing them all, but every egg I've checked has been fertile (I'm sure some girls are avoiding him, but apparently not most).
I'll be glad when we get out of this crappy bitter cold and get back to freezing or above as a regular thing (hopefully by next month). I will have hatching eggs available for both Jubilees and black/lav x lav Orps (50/50 splits and pure lavs). Most will be for sale, though we just ordered a Brinsea 20 auto turner so we CAN hatch more than 7 chicks at a time. I'm going to hatch a few more purebreds plus some Orp hybrids with my RIRs and Australorps, just to have some replacements for our layer flock. The RIRs and Australorps have been my most prolific layers (though I like the Australorps a little better than the RIRs). Our remaining Australorps are going to be five years old in March. Most are still laying, but not like when they were young and we got 5-6 eggs/hen/week. As long as we get 3/hen/week, we're satisfied. We're getting 2-3 nice sized eggs per day from 4 Jubilee hens, so I'm pretty happy with that. Soon I'll have numbers on my lav pullets when we move them into breeding space with their boyfriend, Cogburn (we were watching old John Wayne movies over the holidays, so there ya go for inspiration for chicken names). I'll be happy when Cogburn's sisters start laying so my older lav roos can get busy, too. I know they are jealous of the Jubilees, though we give them some girls to play with from time to time.
On another note, we found some possibly useful heat bulbs for our smaller breeding "apartments." Right now, each only has a 25W red glass incandescent bulb in it, but that doesn't do much at all. Honestly, the unit with six Jubilees in it probably doesn't need ANY supplemental heat since they huddle into a single fluffy mass at bedtime. However, one of my lav roos with a giant comb got a touch of frostbite before we added any supplemental heat, so we're definitely going to try these 75W heat lamp bulbs for them. They are designed for use with amphibians, reptiles, and chickens specifically. They are not gigantic like the 125W and 250W heat lamps, nor do they need a safety grid or reflector. They are not much larger than a regular light bulb. We have the sockets mounted high and in a corner so that the chickens cannot get TOO close to them no matter where they stand. They arrive Tuesday, which isn't quite soon enough, but should help during the severe spell of cold that will last through Friday--at least this round. I think keeping thick chicken saddles on the girls helps a lot, too. My Jubilee girls are getting bred constantly by two roos (4 girls, 2 roos), but they look great with no feather loss at all. They all wear insulated chicken saddles (partly so I can tell two nearly identical girls apart--Thing 1 and Thing 2), but they also prevent back wear from the roos. If any of you have any half naked hens you're worried about, I highly recommend them. I don't think they will fit very small breeds, but most people/companies make two sizes for standard and large breeds.
I hope everyone will have a great 2015 in their lives and in the lives of their feathered friends!
I'll be glad when we get out of this crappy bitter cold and get back to freezing or above as a regular thing (hopefully by next month). I will have hatching eggs available for both Jubilees and black/lav x lav Orps (50/50 splits and pure lavs). Most will be for sale, though we just ordered a Brinsea 20 auto turner so we CAN hatch more than 7 chicks at a time. I'm going to hatch a few more purebreds plus some Orp hybrids with my RIRs and Australorps, just to have some replacements for our layer flock. The RIRs and Australorps have been my most prolific layers (though I like the Australorps a little better than the RIRs). Our remaining Australorps are going to be five years old in March. Most are still laying, but not like when they were young and we got 5-6 eggs/hen/week. As long as we get 3/hen/week, we're satisfied. We're getting 2-3 nice sized eggs per day from 4 Jubilee hens, so I'm pretty happy with that. Soon I'll have numbers on my lav pullets when we move them into breeding space with their boyfriend, Cogburn (we were watching old John Wayne movies over the holidays, so there ya go for inspiration for chicken names). I'll be happy when Cogburn's sisters start laying so my older lav roos can get busy, too. I know they are jealous of the Jubilees, though we give them some girls to play with from time to time.
On another note, we found some possibly useful heat bulbs for our smaller breeding "apartments." Right now, each only has a 25W red glass incandescent bulb in it, but that doesn't do much at all. Honestly, the unit with six Jubilees in it probably doesn't need ANY supplemental heat since they huddle into a single fluffy mass at bedtime. However, one of my lav roos with a giant comb got a touch of frostbite before we added any supplemental heat, so we're definitely going to try these 75W heat lamp bulbs for them. They are designed for use with amphibians, reptiles, and chickens specifically. They are not gigantic like the 125W and 250W heat lamps, nor do they need a safety grid or reflector. They are not much larger than a regular light bulb. We have the sockets mounted high and in a corner so that the chickens cannot get TOO close to them no matter where they stand. They arrive Tuesday, which isn't quite soon enough, but should help during the severe spell of cold that will last through Friday--at least this round. I think keeping thick chicken saddles on the girls helps a lot, too. My Jubilee girls are getting bred constantly by two roos (4 girls, 2 roos), but they look great with no feather loss at all. They all wear insulated chicken saddles (partly so I can tell two nearly identical girls apart--Thing 1 and Thing 2), but they also prevent back wear from the roos. If any of you have any half naked hens you're worried about, I highly recommend them. I don't think they will fit very small breeds, but most people/companies make two sizes for standard and large breeds.
I hope everyone will have a great 2015 in their lives and in the lives of their feathered friends!
You have to check out this video. This is chicken math gone mad!
I have had hens that crowed before but not when I had a rooster or did they hide to do it.
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It normally only happens of there isn't a rooster around, but they still can and will with a rooste around. Just not as common
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I love it!
WOW!!!
have forty chickens...and another 30 in the bator...and as soon as those hatch 30 more will be put in....Im just hoping that I can pick the warmest eggs so they have a better chance...if the egg feels cold to the touch I put it in the fridge if its warm they I will incubate it...hoping for the best...I am on a mission to triple my flock before the summer ...so I can have roughly fifty eggs a day...once that happens I will be very happy ...getting 15-24 eggs a day...so half way there...I have red golden, yellow golden, peach golden, silver golden, lady Amherst pheasants and five ringnecks and as soon as they produce eggs they will be in my fridge or someone elses...altogether I have about fifty pheasants, and ten peafowl...coming this weekend I might have five more peafowl...so well see what happens...and ofcourse two pitbulls
some of the pics I didn't want to get to many pics on here.....
just a little bit of a size difference!
Holy Toledo, Brad, is that an ostrich or a chicken? Lol
State 4-H Poultry Workshop: Saturday, January 10th, 2015, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
This is free and open to all youth and their parents/guardians that have an interest in poultry.
We will have a veterinarian speaking about poultry diseases, health and biosecurity, juding practice/ breed ID, showmanship clinic, presentation on caring for pigeons, waterfowl and other poultry.
Pass this on to others that may be interested! This info supposedly went out to all the 4-H poultry club leaders/superintendents in the state a few months ago from Purdue.
If you have questions, please feel free to conact me at my email or phone:
Matt John
812 603-7722
[email protected]
Community Building
Bartholomew County 4-H Fairgrounds, Columbus, Indiana
Location: 750 S 200 West Columbus, IN
On Hwy 11 South, about 3 miles from Exit #68, I-65
Go to www.bartholomewcountyfair.com for directionsBartholomew County 4-H Fairgrounds, Columbus, Indiana
Location: 750 S 200 West Columbus, IN
On Hwy 11 South, about 3 miles from Exit #68, I-65
This is free and open to all youth and their parents/guardians that have an interest in poultry.
We will have a veterinarian speaking about poultry diseases, health and biosecurity, juding practice/ breed ID, showmanship clinic, presentation on caring for pigeons, waterfowl and other poultry.
Pass this on to others that may be interested! This info supposedly went out to all the 4-H poultry club leaders/superintendents in the state a few months ago from Purdue.
If you have questions, please feel free to conact me at my email or phone:
Matt John
812 603-7722
[email protected]
Birdman55
Wow! That's a lot of birds. (& DH thinks we have a lot!) Love all the pics.
On testing eggs, I give mine a quick spin. (It's very hard to catch an egg while it's still warm when it's below zero!) If it wobbles like a raw egg, it's good. if it spins quickly like a hard-boiled egg (solid in center) then I know it's frozen. The frozen or cracked eggs I save for the chickens or dogs to eat. I'm sure your cute dogs would appreciate a snack.
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