International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[Tstraub]

Olive eggers do seem to be a rage/fad right now in my area. I've got 3 that are going on 8 weeks old. Another mix possibility is your Roo over a Barred Rock hen producing sex links. All your cockerels will be barred and your pullets will be Midnight Majesty Marans (that's just one name they are called by hatcheries)

I I didn’t even think about barred rock. I do have one bared rock pullet. I was just thinking about using my current Easter Eggers and olive eggers. I also have 3 Wyandotte 2 gold laced and one silver laced, one light brahama and a black jersey giant. Would and of those girls make anything more than just a barn yard mix?

 

[wrathsfarm]

I'm no expert but I believe they would be just backyard mixes. Here's a thread that might help...
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...on-but-keep-dark-eggs-is-it-possible.1568710/

 

[chickengr]

let the chooks out today in the small run to get used too to go in and out of they new hen coop ..I left the feed inside but put the water outside in the run .they looked happy and they where doing what I was expecting them to do ,go inside and get the feed and lay eggs in the nest boxes .
happy about that ,going up and down the rump was not a problem .
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chooks man

I guess you don't get snow in winter. when I make something for my poultry I have to consider snow first.

 

[chickengr]

Remember Creutzfeld-Jacobs disease?

We only ever eat absolutely healthy birds, deer, wild boar etc. that we bred, slaughtered or hunted ourselves.

never heard of that disease but googled it. it seems chickens don't get it but might get something else.

when my dogs killed my 17 chickens, ducks, guinea fowl and rabbits a good neighbor of mine (albanian) offered to help me to clean them. I was shocked to hear they eat deceased animals but didn't want to offend her. I said I could not eat them due to psychological pain and she took all of them. it happened 2 years ago and they are still alive. but I would never ever eat deceased animal.

 

[Chooks man]

I guess you don't get snow in winter. when I make something for my poultry I have to consider snow first.

Snow Australia doesn t add up .here we think about fire, flood and drought .land of extremes .
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

never heard of that disease but googled it. it seems chickens don't get it but might get something else.

when my dogs killed my 17 chickens, ducks, guinea fowl and rabbits a good neighbor of mine (albanian) offered to help me to clean them. I was shocked to hear they eat deceased animals but didn't want to offend her. I said I could not eat them due to psychological pain and she took all of them. it happened 2 years ago and they are still alive. but I would never ever eat deceased animal.

that is great news they still alive ,
chooks man

 

[BlueTheBrahma]

never heard of that disease but googled it. it seems chickens don't get it but might get something else.

when my dogs killed my 17 chickens, ducks, guinea fowl and rabbits a good neighbor of mine (albanian) offered to help me to clean them. I was shocked to hear they eat deceased animals but didn't want to offend her. I said I could not eat them due to psychological pain and she took all of them. it happened 2 years ago and they are still alive. but I would never ever eat deceased animal.

Yes I think the type we’re referencing is vCJD, originating from BSE (mad cow disease), I think it was mostly a British thing. I’m pretty sure the origins were feeding processed and infected beef and bone to cattle, giving them ‘mad cow disease’, which when fed to people could cause Jacobs’s. That’s why you don’t see any British beef or dairy anywhere outside of the isles, no one trusts it anymore, though there have been no cases in people for many years.

That’s also one reason why British farming regulations are so strict, for example it is now illegal to feed any animal product to any livestock intended for human consumption, including eggs and dairy. You can’t even feed mealworms to chickens.

The common theme is neurologically Ill livestock, so that’s why I think eating sick birds should be avoided. Actually, as I write this I become more against the idea of eating any ill bird.

 

[wrathsfarm]

Yes I think the type we’re referencing is vCJD, originating from BSE (mad cow disease), I think it was mostly a British thing. I’m pretty sure the origins were feeding processed and infected beef and bone to cattle, giving them ‘mad cow disease’, which when fed to people could cause Jacobs’s. That’s why you don’t see any British beef or dairy anywhere outside of the isles, no one trusts it anymore, though there have been no cases in people for many years.

That’s also one reason why British farming regulations are so strict, for example it is now illegal to feed any animal product to any livestock intended for human consumption, including eggs and dairy. You can’t even feed mealworms to chickens.

The common theme is neurologically Ill livestock, so that’s why I think eating sick birds should be avoided. Actually, as I write this I become more against the idea of eating any ill bird.

Great info, thanks.
Our family always goes on the cautious side especially with eggs, pork, poultry and milk. I've actually had a touch of salmonella a couple years ago and I'm very cautious of washing my hands even more now than I was before, which my kids think I was weird before. Working in construction for close to 30 yrs my hands were in some pretty nasty stuff on the day to day so even after washing there's a lot of fingers/hand foods like burgers, wings, fries I won't eat without a fork. My mindset is I just can't clean my hands enough to warrant shoving fingers in my mouth when I know where they've been.

 

[Chooks man]

some photos of the chooks from Sydney farm beed sent to me by troy .we are trying to organize a transport for some of them to bring up here ,plus the roosters .just need to build some pens for them first next couple of weeks .
they look healthy and good too .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

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