Jersey Giants thread for pictures and discussion

[Babsicles]

OH. MY. LORD. I have just been reading this thread as I was curious about the breed. And then a funny thing happened: I saw photo after photo of blue/ lavender JGs and thought 'hmm, that looks like my brahma, Khan'. And then I had a lightbulb moment...

Khan is my biggest chicken, she is also the youngest. She is bigger than my other brahma, Ripley, by quite a bit. In my mind this didn't make sense, I though perhaps she had a thyroid problem or something like that! And then I remembered that the lady I bought her from also kept JG's. I'll put a photo of Khan here and you can give me your opinions if you don't mind? Is she a brahma x JG or what? Many thanks in advance!

 

[Framac]

thanks for the imput. what about the lack of orange eyes? would that put him out of contention as a marans? I might go to that what breed is this section of byc as well. thanks everybody

my only thought on the eyes would be a bird that is not 100% to standard

 

[silkiechicken]

Does she have a pea comb or feathers on her legs? I looked at getting some in the past and if I remember right, they have pea combs and some feathers on their legs, while JG's have single combs and clean legs.

 

[Babsicles]

Hi

Does she have a pea comb or feathers on her legs? I looked at getting some in the past and if I remember right, they have pea combs and some feathers on their legs, while JG's have single combs and clean legs.

Hi! Thanks for replying- yes she has feathers on her legs, but i think she has a pea comb also?! The pea comb is the ridged one isnt it? I wondered if she was a brahma x jersey cross. She is SO massive.

 

[canesisters]

Someone has offered me a couple of JGx girls (

) and I'm finishing up my quarantine/brooder pen. When I started the pen it was just going to be a brooder/grow pen for spring chicks, but now it's going to house a couple of BIG girls for a few weeks.
Question - how much space would 2 grown JG's (assuming that these grown girls are most likely not quite full JG size) need for a month? The crate I'm using as the coop is about 4' square - that should be plenty of space for a small roost and a little walking around room inside.
So - how much 'run' should I plan on - since they've only got to be in there for a month?
And - is it ok to use a tractor as a quarantine as long as I keep it on the far side of the yard from my original flock's coop?

 

[silkiechicken]

Hi
Hi! Thanks for replying- yes she has feathers on her legs, but i think she has a pea comb also?! The pea comb is the ridged one isnt it? I wondered if she was a brahma x jersey cross. She is SO massive.

Feathers on legs and pea comb sound like Barhama. JG's have neither, but crosses can have feathers on their legs and a pea comb. Do think Barhama's should be pretty large on their own though, but in a mixed running flock, any cross is possible.

 

[Babsicles]

This is her comb- is it a pea comb?

 

[txmel]

This is her comb- is it a pea comb?

yup, sure looks like pea comb to me

 

[Babsicles]

Well, thank you for your time in answering my quandary! She must just be massive then. I was really thrown off by her colouring- so like a JG.

 

[JerseyGiantfolk]

This is her comb- is it a pea comb?

Yes it is, JG's have a single comb (there's a good article on combs somewhere on the site). Does she have feathered legs? Brahmas have pea combs and have feathered legs. JG's have Brahma genes in them.