Jersey Giants thread for pictures and discussion

[kathyinmo]

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I just sent out a dozen eggs to seminolewind, as a test hatch. I believe they all should be fertile, but will have to wait and see. If they are, then I will have some available.

 

[slickchik]

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PM'd you

 

[suzettex5]

Not sure if I mentioned this before, but, I have a dozen B/B/S JG eggs ont the way from Bobbi Porto this week! I bought another bator as a hatcher too !

I think I've caught the hatching virus thats going around, you know the one, it causes an inability to pass up fertile eggs, lack of sleep due to constant heat/humidity checks, ear strain from listening intently for cheeping from eggs, neck pain from bending over to watch the babies hatching and fluffing up? Yeah, I got it bad- not to mention my chicken addiction that drives me to need AT LEAST 2 of every breed! Somebody stop me!

I might have to get an increase in my monthly chicken budget from DH

Anyways, I cant wait to get my new eggy babies and pop them in. My first time with shipped eggs. I really hope I do this right! I already have a few home grown eggs in the egg turner, so I'm gonna have to figure this out quick! My last batch was 100% hatch, I'm not expecting to repeat that with shipped eggs though. Just have to make sure I time everything right.

Any advice for hatching shipped eggs would be great, and any pics of your chickens that came from Bobbi Porto would be really awesome!!!

Kathyinmo- I'm jealous!! I wish I could have had some test eggs too!!!

 

[seminolewind]

Suzette, I have the same symptoms!!!!!

eggy babies is the perfect word.

 

[suzettex5]

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ACK! ITS SPREADING!!!

 

[NateDomRIR]

My black younguns are 6 months old now!

About what age should they start laying?

 

[kathyinmo]

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My JGiants started laying at 6 1/2 months old.

 

[NateDomRIR]

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My JGiants started laying at 6 1/2 months old.

tHANKS kATHY

 

[suzettex5]

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My JGiants started laying at 6 1/2 months old.

Mine waited till they were almost 10 months old!! Stubborn girls...........

 

[cubalaya]

we found a nice pair of black jersey giants; pullet and cockerel. we will raise the blacks for now. maybe find a splash rooster later. our older black giant hens have gotten pretty large and are laying great.