Jersey Giants thread for pictures and discussion

[reinvestment]

I might have been able to let a chick eat from my hand but now not-grown birds. I was biten twice by roosters and once by a hen. It hurts! and drew blood. It was Australorps that bit me. No way am I going to get my hand in the way again. Are these grown birds that eat from your hand?
I fed a sick Orpington from my hand once. She did not hurt me. Maybe it's just the breed.

 

[My Hens and Roo]

Our Jersey Giant Roo was a Black Australorp "Hen" from our farm store. But she kept growing and growing.... And Growing! Until she crowed so loud she was heard two neighborhoods over. All 19# of "her". We changed HIS name to Emu, because he ran like one.
Long story short. We had to re~home to a wonderful farm where he has his own flock of 8 Jersey Girls. We are located in NW Oregon. I will include a photo of this magnificent creature.
Note the table in the background and the good sized hen.

Also note. They don't live in the kitchen but do like to visit our coop every once in a while.

 

[feathers4fun]

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Our Jersey Giant Roo was a Black Australorp "Hen" from our farm store. But she kept growing and growing.... And Growing! Until she crowed so loud she was heard two neighborhoods over. All 19# of "her". We changed HIS name to Emu, because he ran like one.
Long story short. We had to re~home to a wonderful farm where he has his own flock of 8 Jersey Girls. We are located in NW Oregon. I will include a photo of this magnificent creature.
Note the table in the background and the good sized hen.

Also note. They don't live in the kitchen but do like to visit our coop every once in a while.[/quot

He's a big one! I'm also from NW OR

 

[clayb226]

Got my Jersey Giants yesterday, 2 breeding trios and 6 chicks, 5 pullets and a little roo. I also fired up the incubator, since I bought 2 dozen hatching eggs and am collecting the ones I get until Wednesday, when I set them. I will let you know how it turns out, and will try to get some pictures as soon as I can.

 

[ocap]

clayb226 made my day!!!!!

 

[Wynette]

i have raised Giants for 15 years. They are mostly quiet and lay well in the winter. There is less danger of a fox taking one but they have done it. :O)

Do you keep lights on them in the winter? I have not heard of anyone with Giants that lay in winter... I just got my very first egg of the season this past weekend - YES!

There is a fellow in South Dakota named Robert Rennolet he has good Giants. i do not know his phone but google him.

Yes, he breeds hundreds if not thousands each year and has very nice birds.

Got my Jersey Giants yesterday, 2 breeding trios and 6 chicks, 5 pullets and a little roo. I also fired up the incubator, since I bought 2 dozen hatching eggs and am collecting the ones I get until Wednesday, when I set them. I will let you know how it turns out, and will try to get some pictures as soon as I can.

CONGRATS!!!!

 

[JerseyGiantfolk]

Got my Jersey Giants yesterday, 2 breeding trios and 6 chicks, 5 pullets and a little roo. I also fired up the incubator, since I bought 2 dozen hatching eggs and am collecting the ones I get until Wednesday, when I set them. I will let you know how it turns out, and will try to get some pictures as soon as I can.

Congratulations and good luck!!

 

[clayb226]

Thanks everyone, I am excited to work on this breed. They are still young, but 1 trio is mating at this point. The incubator should be steady by this evening, and I will toss the eggs in by Wednesday. I am currently working on a well balanced diet for my Jersey Giants, so they get all they need, in way of nutrition. I will keep you all updated on my progress, and try to get some pictures up when I can. The birds all look good, but if you look really, really close, the rooster has just a very little purple sheen in it. It is mostly green, but you can see a little purple if you look close enough, and study the bird. The younger roo does not appear to have purple in his sheen, but is still young, just seen him try to mate for the first time yesterday, to a young pullet that is supposed to start laying in a month or two. Do you all think I should not breed the roo with the ever so slight purple sheen to it? He is still young also, as his spurs are not much bigger than a stub at this point. He also has a little frost bite on his comb, the lady I got him from said he would not roost inside on those really cold days, wanted to stay outside with his head under his wing. I have had no problem with him wanting to stay inside for me though. He may lose one spike on his comb. I got 3 roos all together, and 9 pullets. I will have to do some figuring, to get a program up, but I think it will be fun for me and the family to work on this breed. I am also looking forward to getting some food from them, even if it does take a while, we should be able to get some good amount of meat, and be able to feed my, somewhat, large family with one bird instead of two. I was wondering if anyone has tried caponizing the males at a young age, and trying to get them to sit and raise the chicks, so we do not lose the eggs from the broodies. Has anyone had good luck with this breed hatching out chicks on their own, I have read that they are so large that they sometime break the eggs from their size??

 

[Wynette]

I have a Blue Giant hen that I keep around because she's such a good broody:

 

[Herman63]

Cannot wait just got email saying my chicks will be shipped next week. Getting 15 chicks mixed colors of Black, Blue and Splash....

Going to be a long week waiting.

Herman