Hello all!!! Have 24 Jersey Giant eggs in the incubator with Hatch date June 13!!! I am so excited with starting a Jersey Giant flock!!!! This thread provides such wonderful and helpful info on the breed!!!! Can't wait for June 13!!!!
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Well "Shrek" has been with me about a month now.. so much improvement in his condition!! I'm blaming his poor wing carriage on account of it being +28C!Went back out for a 3rd attempt -- here they are.
Shrek, the Rooster.
Penny
Chicken Little (She's tiny..)
Jersey (Who I've had for almost a year, from a different breeder)
I had always been amazed at how my production reds and red stars and other smaller chickens lay such large and jumbo eggs. The Langshans, Brahmas and Giants lay medium eggs. it finally occurred to me why this is. Evolution. If there was a Jersey Giant that were to lay huge eggs and then sit on them they would crush more easily because the larger eggs are easier to crack open. The smaller eggs are more sturdy. That would explain why they would evolve to be such large birds that lay smaller eggs.
Please share any thoughts on this discussion?