Jersey Giants thread for pictures and discussion

[Pleasantonchicks]

Thank you all for your help with what looks like my Jersey Giant rooster.

So sorry to hear of your loses Fluffy and 4-hmother. I hope things take a brighter turn for you both.

 

[Soaring Chicks]

Well I went and did it! I sent my membership fee for the NJG club .
My very first breed club. I look forward to all the info. I will get from them.
I can't wait for the first news letter.
Wynette I'm going to be at crossroads are you still plaining on going?
Who else is going from the thread?
I would like to meet my fellow JG friends.

 

[Wynette]

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I'm still not sure.....I want to, but I may have a family even that is a "must."

Glad you got your membership going! They sent me 2 or 3 of the recent newsletters when I joined. Took them to bed with me for reading....was up til at least 2 a.m. as I couldn't put them down!

 

[4-hmother]

We are a new NJG member ourselves.I really enjoyed all the info in the first pack. It was very very helpful.
We will also be going to the crossroads. And like you can;t wait to meet fellow JG friends.

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[technodoll]

OK please don't hurt me if this has been asked a zillion times before, i don't have the willpower to read through 200+ pages of posts!

if you cross-breed a JG roo to a regular sized hen (orpington, cochin, rock, production, etc) - will the resulting offspring normally inherit part of the JG size resulting in a larger-than-average mutt?

 

[Wynette]

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I'm sure it depends which genes are passed down - I've personally only done this a few times, using an Isa Brown (production breed hen) with a Jersey cock bird, and YES - at least in my experience, then hens are always much larger than their moms. I haven't kept any cockerels, though I have a gorgeous young boy growing out now - he's blue, with a bit of red in his breast. SO danged pretty...I'm hoping to find a home for him when he's older and more handsome - I don't think I can eat him!

I THINK I have a pic of mom/dad/pullet offspring all together, let me go see...

 

[Wynette]

Well, darnit! I DID have a pic of the three, but I guess I cropped out ma & pa. Here's daughter, though - of course, it's hard to tell, but she's at least 1/3 larger than her momma:

 

[Soaring Chicks]

I think you should cross these Wynette -

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Tomaru Longcrowers x JG
If the roo got the looks and deepness of the JG with the long crow ....

That would be one cool rooster!

 

[technodoll]

thank you wynette - and WHAT a gorgeous girl! look at those blue legs and long flat back - she looks big, too.

is she laying yet?

 

[Soaring Chicks]

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I Know I know- yes she is she has sold some of the eggs on here before.