Jersey Giants thread for pictures and discussion

[edb]

This is the breed I got into all this for last year. As of now I still dont have any! Where is the best place to start. Is there just eggs for sell that I can hatch?

 

[cubalaya]

my black giant hens that i got in sept. have been laying for a couple of months but small eggs. darker than rir or br eggs just small. i had them in with 2 different cubalaya roosters and hatched some of the eggs and they were fertile and hatched. still looking for a splash or blue giant roo for them. i hope the eggs get bigger soon.

 

[seminolewind]

I love Jerseys for their personality. At first I thought it was just the 3 hens I already have. But now I have 4 that I hatched, now 9 weeks old, and they are just as inquisitive and chatty with me. Can't have enough.

As for my eggs from my hens, they got bigger and bigger as time went on. This past year or so I frequently get eggs that are 3 inches long. My friends tell me about all the double yolkers they get from me. And each hen has their own color egg as well as the shapes are a bit different.

 

[kathyinmo]

Just an FYI:
Double-yolk eggs occur when ovulation occurs too rapidly, or when one yolk becomes joined with another yolk. These eggs may be the result of a young hen's productive cycle not yet being synchronized. Some hybrid breeds of hens also produce double yolk eggs by default. Some hens will rarely lay double-yolked eggs as the result of unsynchronized production cycles. Although heredity causes some hens to have a higher propensity to lay double-yolked eggs, these occur more frequently as occasional abnormalities in young hens beginning to lay. Usually a double-yolked egg will be longer and thinner than an ordinary single-yolk egg.

Most often double yolk eggs are laid by new layers (pullets).

 

[bigstack]

I have ordered from B/B/S JG eggs from ebay! Most of The sellers on there are BYC members. I've had Great hatch rates and So far They are Looking GREAT! Just be sure that it says Jersey Giant! not just Giant eggs. LOL Several breeds are called giants. I could not believe some of the prices I woan at!!!! Great deals and Great peole to deal with so far! I just make sure to read the info and write and ask questions or for more pics. So far all are really getting big and looking like they are gonna be great quality!!!

Good Luck and God Bless!

 

[NellaBean]

Are Jersey Giants supposed to be broody? I have some White Leghorn/Giant crosses who have gone broody. Young pullets, born in fall 2009. The white leghorn hens that are their "moms" are hatchery aka production line birds. Not broody at all. Laid every darn day of winter. These leghorn/giant pullets are great layers but have also gone broody (and are sticking it out). Did I just get lucky or are Giants more broody?

 

[hunterland]

Sandhill perserve 563-246-2299, http://www.sandhillpreservation.com/ and Maria's Blue Jersey Giants 812-752-7825, http://www.mariasjerseygiants.com/ both have blue jersey giants day-olds, Maria has eggs and started stock as well

I would recommend both to do business with; all the day-olds have been healthy and vigorous. Maria's starters have been great adults, so beautiful that I chose to sale the rest of my breeders and focus only on Blue Jersey Giant and Blue laced Red Wyndottes.

I must make a disclaimer to be completely honest: one of Maria's blacks (male) showed red in hackles; I personally love the variety, so I kept him with three extra hens that are not pure (Cuckoo Maran x Blue Laced Red Wyndottes) but I will not let him breed with the Jersey Giants.

Hunterland Carr

 

[kathyinmo]

I have to say though, Maria's stock is outrageously expensive. She charges $25. to $35 for a chick ! I had bad luck with the SandHills Giants. They were just awful (for SOP) and I sold them as layers. I just hope that these eggs I have in the incubator turn out well. I really really really want to have some great Giants! I just love big birds!

 

[kathyinmo]

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Well, they are Heritage birds, so I am guessing that it is common that they do go broody. Dale-Ann Fox has a one year old broody Giant right now. She is BYC er DAFox from Missouri.

 

[slickchik]

I bought eggs from Maria's Jersey Giants and ended up with 1 hen and 4 roos.

I was hoping for at least 2 hens. I gave two roos away and kept two... Anyway, this particular bird was deformed at hatch. It was my first hatch and I think the humidity was too high. Everyone had really rough navels. (As a side note: when I hatched out other chicks, I had a lower humidity and everyone looked much better than the first batch I did.)

Anyway, this guy is deformed....see his tail? Is it a bad idea to try to breed him with my splash hen? I'd like to try to get more splash hens and a few blues. But if this is something that would be passed on to other chicks, I won't let them breed. I do have a black roo I can breed her with that is not deformed but I can only keep one roo. I really cannot have roos where I live so two crowing men isn't really an option.

What do you think?

ETA: He is going to be HUGE. His legs are almost 2x bigger than the black roo I kept and he is very sweet. I really want more splash. That is why I want to breed him...