Jersey Giants thread for pictures and discussion

[mame1616]

Hi - would all the folks here going to Crossroads please take this poll I've set up? If there's enough interest, BYC might host a meet & greet for us at a hotel after the show where we'd actually be able to find - and hear - each other. Thank you, and please tell others you know who are going.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=441963

 

[Billjr]

Illia,
I got them to open, Thanks. You have some nice birds. How old are they? I see some BIG combs on those pullets. I would have guessed that splash was a cockerel.
Bill

 

[fifelakelooper]

I love seeing all these pictures of Jersey Giants....they are so pretty! Thanks for sharing. I hope someone puts out some pictures of Jersey chicks when they get some eggs hatched. I'm getting Blue Orpingtons arriving with Blue Jersey chicks and want to be able to tell which is which.

 

[Billjr]

Here are some I hatched last Feb.

The light colored on grew into a splash pullet. The dark one grew into a blue pullet

 

[fifelakelooper]

Oh....they are so cute! Thanks! What did the first ones turn out to be? The black/yellow ones?

 

[Wynette]

Illia, the face on your molting blue girl is just beautiful! I wish she had a 6-point comb - but boy, she has that beautiful & intelligent look that I so love about Jerseys!

Here are a few chick pics from my last hatch:

Blues:

Blues & blacks:

Here are some blues at 5 weeks....love this pic!

 

[Billjr]

Fifelake, Mine are the splash and blue in the pics they are the same birds.

 

[Illia]

Yes, even the non-chicken guru people in my family always know the Jersey Giants from the others because of their prolific "doll-like eyes" - They have these very sweet, innocent looking round eyes.

 

[wilmothfarms]

guys I need some help. Is it possible this pullet (6 mo old) I got from Orshlens back in the fall (they get from Estes Hatchery) is a poorly crossed Jersey Giant?
Some think a Wyandotte because of the comb...but the size and legs/feet are telling me JG..she is nothing like my wyandotte.
Even the comb is completely diff than hers. And she is bigger
I'd appreciate your help!

Close up

 

[Soaring Chicks]

Quote:
That looks like a Blue Wyandotte to me.
Sometimes the Blue Wyandotte's have black,yellow/black ,yellow legs.
That is a rose comb that chicken has.