Jersey Giants thread for pictures and discussion

[Soaring Chicks]

very nice chicks! great pictures too!

 

[theoldchick]

Beautiful! All of them!

 

[4-hmother]

my dad is a big BB RED OLD ENGLISH lover...I my self like a lg chicken Jersey Giant is my pick.. I hatch every wed keeping a ledger on all my poultry info good or bad. I keep track of feed, % fertility, % hatched, growth rate, and servival rate. I keep notes about all my poultry happens keeping in him informed daily...My dad is an elderly man with little mobility but loves to watch his BB's run around on the farm. He doesn't keep any ledgers only enjoyment in nature. For the last couple weeks you only see his roosters (2) out in the yard. He tells me his hens are setting..So I ask him do you think you will get any chicks... He tells me he got 100% hatch on his BB's yesterday. 100% how is that? I do every thing that I can think of and NEVER GET 100% hatch. Sometimes I wonder if the old timers go about raising chickens better...JUST ENJOY YOUR FLOCK!!! ok dad lesson learned....do not stress the small stuff..

 

[JerseyGiantfolk]

my dad is a big BB RED OLD ENGLISH lover...I my self like a lg chicken Jersey Giant is my pick.. I hatch every wed keeping a ledger on all my poultry info good or bad. I keep track of feed, % fertility, % hatched, growth rate, and servival rate. I keep notes about all my poultry happens keeping in him informed daily...My dad is an elderly man with little mobility but loves to watch his BB's run around on the farm. He doesn't keep any ledgers only enjoyment in nature. For the last couple weeks you only see his roosters (2) out in the yard. He tells me his hens are setting..So I ask him do you think you will get any chicks... He tells me he got 100% hatch on his BB's yesterday. 100% how is that? I do every thing that I can think of and NEVER GET 100% hatch. Sometimes I wonder if the old timers go about raising chickens better...JUST ENJOY YOUR FLOCK!!! ok dad lesson learned....do not stress the small stuff..

My grandpa used to be a poultry inspector for poultry shows. And he's in a elderly home, and we asked him what he wanted for his birthday, and he said " A pair of chickens." I'm getting a chicken diaper!

 

[Soaring Chicks]

24 more jg eggs to go into lock down next week!
Getting close and I can't wait!

 

[JerseyGiantfolk]

24 more jg eggs to go into lock down next week!
Getting close and I can't wait!

Get your camera ready again!

 

[silkiechicken]

They are growing up!

Group shot! (Don't mind the cockatiel. She's a big wuss stealing food from babies because the 30 gram parakeet scares her.)

I want boys!!!!!!

 

[4-hmother]

Has any one tried the feather sexing with good results on the GIANTS?

 

[JerseyGiantfolk]

Very adorable Silkiechicken!


I haven't tried it yet 4Hmother.

 

[truthfulkindnes]

I have four JG pre-sexed "female" chickens that are now 8weeks old. Questioning whether Pearl and Onyx are female.

Pearl and Onyx grew much faster than Snug and Jazz, but now Snug and Jazz are catching up. There always has been more skin showing around Pearl and Onyx combs, and they developed pinkish color much earlier. Snug & Jazz still don't have hardly any pink but Pearl & Onyx have showed color for 3weeks. I am attaching a couple pictures with groupings, but I also have an "album" photo folder in each name, with more pictures. I know some of these photos are blurry but that is the best I have (my tremors interfere with camera function).

Photo above shows size and color of combs at 5 weeks. Jazz is far left, then Snug, Pearl, and finally Onyx is far right.

Photo below shows Pearl in back on left, with large pink comb area (& pink teeny tiny wattle is not visible in photo) but the comb itself is still pretty yellow. Snug (with tiny comb) is center front and you can see that the center of Onyx' comb is further developing it's pink color, but the comb itself is still pretty yellow also. My depth & distance perception is poor due to neurological damage, so I don't know if there is a difference in leg size between them, but Pearl's leg shows in this photo.



6.5wks Prl Sng Onx 6345, ((Sorry for poor photo above. This camera also seems to wash colors out; the BROWN fabric to far right is deep rich brown, but the red is mostly removed in the photo.))

Should I send some individual pics? Thanks.