Jersey Giants thread for pictures and discussion

[ChicwannaB]

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this sounds fun, I will google it to see when it is. I don't breed them but I have 2 and would like to know more.

 

[Soaring Chicks]

yes it does I just want to go and learn and see what JG really should look like for I know first hand what i need to look for before I cull any of my birds and what I want them to look like.

 

[mame1616]

Here's the link:

http://web.mac.com/rbennett57/Crossroads_of_America/Crossroads_of_America.html


Make sure to turn your volume down first!

 

[technodoll]

oh my gosh - I just walked into the barn and heard this... Ford Model T horn on a low battery croaking kind of noise...

i approached the babies' pen...

waited a few seconds...

and there came that noise again, from a confused-looking Moose

he's not even 8 weeks yet!

he "crowed" a couple more times, until his voice ran out, and then he proceeded to clean his butt feathers.

man, I'm so in love with this little guy

 

[Klwright1122]

so funny....mine is just starting to crow too--he sounds like a kazoo!!

 

[ChicwannaB]

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[fifelakelooper]

My 7 wk. old Jersey roo's haven't started crowing yet but my 10 wk. old English Orps just started last week....it is a pitiful sound, eh? You have to laugh and yet are so proud of the youngsters attempts.

 

[Soaring Chicks]

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Thanks, but they are full.


I have 4 new jg's!

From the window it looks like a blk, 3 blues ( 1 maybe a blk) & the 6 am very big mouth is a light blue splash.
Bator & hatcher are in my room

so I have a nice alarm today.
There is 1 move eggs but I don't see any pip holes so not sure if it will hatch.
Sunday was hatch day.
This are sunangels jg's and are nice big chicks.
Pictures when I know the hatch is over and everyone is dry.

I will try to get pictures of they other 4 that are starting to feather in now too.

 

[theoldchick]

My mentally slow Little Joe didn't start crowing until he was 18 weeks.

Stan the Man started a 17 weeks.

Oddly, Little Joe does the most crowing and wing dancing while Stan the Man makes sure the gals gets the best morsels of food. Guess who is the most popular with the gals?

 

[technodoll]

Does an early-crowing (as in, not yet 8 weeks old) cockerel mean he has more testosterone than normal?

Does this indicate a possible aggressive roo in the future, or one that is dominant?

I've never had a roo crow at such a young age... and I really want to keep Moose, but if he crows too much or is aggressive in any way...