Jersey Giants thread for pictures and discussion

[202roosterlane]

Anyone selling Black Jersey Giants eggs please email me. Thank you so much.

 

[4-hmother]

This is the Champion Giant (A Cock) @ the national meet owned by another club member with awards in the background.The Sussex Co NJ poultry club gave out a nice plaque to go along w the club awards.

WOW!!!! I like!!!!

 

[Soaring Chicks]

Great Job with your wins!
Now that I'm in NC I'd (WE) would like to see some of your birds in person.( shows and such)
The pullet (hen) is very nice as well as the cock. You should be very proud!

 

[Framac]

Lets see if i can remember how to post a pic..............

This is me with the Reserve Breed Pullet at the NJGClub National Meet in Sussex NJ last month. (I'm the one on the right)

Could you ship her to NY???

 

[Wynette]

I like your hen, NC, over the cock personally, but the cock is VERY nice as well! I'd be proud for either to be on my farm! Congrats on the placing with your pullet.

 

[Framac]

Good morning, Giant friends! I was out yesterday & never logged on - had electric run to our new barn, and needed to be there to tell the electricians where I wanted the electrical box, lights, etc. This is a project we've been working on for over a year now, trying to do it all in cash, so it's been one thing at a time, and evrything is more expensive that we anticipate it will be. Sigh. Was REALLY hoping to have the barn completely done by this winter, but that's not going to happen. But, at least we have electric, so can build pens inside all winter.

Sounds like there are some NICE Giants out there growing out, and that folks are now making plans for 2013. Anyone care to share their plans? For me, I'll be doing a ton more hatching, but I may not be doing it until summer rather than spring, because of getting the new barn going and needing the space. I'm wanting to cocentrate on the blues, so will be planning to keep only the blues (yea, I say that now) out of the blue/black crosses. My blue cock bird is a super nice male. Crossed over the really good black hens, the blues should have fantastic lacing.

My plan for this upcoming year is to increase my JG numbers of good quality birds. I am hoping to hatch 50 JG birds for my own use this year. Out of that I hope to keep 2 or 3 good hens and an additional cock. I am hoping for a few nice blue birds. Right now I have a good hen, with my current cock I am hoping for some nice babies.

I am also thinking that I might get a dozen or two eggs from others to expand on my genetic pool.

Framac

 

[Wynette]

My plan for this upcoming year is to increase my JG numbers of good quality birds. I am hoping to hatch 50 JG birds for my own use this year. Out of that I hope to keep 2 or 3 good hens and an additional cock. I am hoping for a few nice blue birds. Right now I have a good hen, with my current cock I am hoping for some nice babies.

I am also thinking that I might get a dozen or two eggs from others to expand on my genetic pool.

Framac

Sounds like a great plan. I'm probably going to be hatching several hundred, and keeping only the very best few. The process of growing them out until they're old enough to REALLY know how good they'll be is a long one, especially for me, having only a few years of experience with this breed. The ones that are REALLY good do seem to stick out around 18 weeks for me, but I've also had some surprises...a few pullets that I'd planned to eat but just didn't get around to it ended up maturing out VERY nicely. That now has me a bit paranoid about making decisions too soon!

 

[Framac]

Sounds like a great plan. I'm probably going to be hatching several hundred, and keeping only the very best few. The process of growing them out until they're old enough to REALLY know how good they'll be is a long one, especially for me, having only a few years of experience with this breed. The ones that are REALLY good do seem to stick out around 18 weeks for me, but I've also had some surprises...a few pullets that I'd planned to eat but just didn't get around to it ended up maturing out VERY nicely. That now has me a bit paranoid about making decisions too soon!

I would love to follow closely with your plan, but I have a few technical difficulties with that.

First, I only have 3 hens, and with my luck on Shipped eggs, Hatching out Hundreds would be costly (Hundreds of chicks, for what I am sure would be many, many hundreds eggs).

Secondly, Growing out a few hundred takes a lot of space, which I don't know if I have (I could probably do 100-150 with the current set up).

Thirdly, and MOST importantly, I have to subscribe to the slow and consistent approach to increasing my poultry numbers in order to maintain Whole House Happiness. My Wife is amazing, but the only way I can get to hatching out 200 chicks, is to prove that I can move the extras when there is only 40 or 50. If October rolls around and there is 100+ birds on the property, the happiness level would decrease dramatically.

Framac

 

[JerseyGiantfolk]

I have to admit I had to stare at these pictures for a while to soak up the beauty of these birds.

This is the Champion Giant (A Cock) @ the national meet owned by another club member with awards in the background.The Sussex Co NJ poultry club gave out a nice plaque to go along w the club awards.

 

[4-hmother]

HE WON

HE WON

BLACK JERSEY GIANT HEN ON CHAMPION ROW

A PHOTO OF HER WILL BE IN THE POULTRY PRESS NEWSPAPER

OK HE WON RES AMERICAN ....THAT STILL PUT US ON CHAMPION ROW!!!!!

BOY WAS HE ONE HAPPY BOY!!! PHOTOS SOON TO COME! I got the wrong cord for down loading photos. TOMORROW

I took lots of photos of the Giants at the show ....You will have to forgive me for not taking a photo of the (1) white rock that beat us!

here is some info on the show

Central Indiana
Junior Poultry
Show Results
The Junior Show had 854 birds & 110 exhibitors. Junior Show judges were: Bud
Blankenship, Greg Chamness, Brad Jones,
Harry Kolacz, Shari McCollough, and
Jonathan Patterson.
Large Fowl
Champion American (66 birds) - White
Wyandotte pullet by Sam Klemme; Reserve
American - Black Jersey Giant hen by Austin Jones;
Champion Asiatic (24) - Black Langshan
pullet by Brandi Powell; Reserve AsiaticLight Brahma hen by Sam Klemme;
Champion English(21) - Buff Orpington
pullet by Brandi Powell; Reserve English -
Black Australorp pullet by Alex Klemme;
Champion Mediterranean (21) - Dark
Brown Leghorn pullet by KBS Show Chickens; Reserve Mediterranean - Light Brown
Leghorn pullet by Brittany DeWeese;
Champion Continental (33) - White
Crested Black Polish hen by Brittany
DeWeese; Reserve Continental - Beared
Buff Laced Polish hen by Dakotta Daviess;

also a link
http://www.exhibitionpoultry.net/