Jersey Giants thread for pictures and discussion

[Lightfoote]

Nobody wants to hazard a guess on any of my 3 fuzzy-butts shown in post #2481 of this thread?

*sniffle* *sniffle*... (bock bock...)

Lightfoote

 

[Carolynspeeps]

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If it helps, my SLWyandotte was black/silver chipmunk patterned, not yellow at all.....so maybe the yellow one is JG?

Nor sure about the blacks, but my Barred Rock had a spot on her head and she is definitely not a rooster! lol I think the size of the spot matters.

Wish I could be more help. Good luck!

 

[ChicwannaB]

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Kathyinmo and Wynette, which of you has the better JG's???? where did your stock come from??

 

[Lightfoote]

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If it helps, my SLWyandotte was black/silver chipmunk patterned, not yellow at all.....so maybe the yellow one is JG?

Nor sure about the blacks, but my Barred Rock had a spot on her head and she is definitely not a rooster! lol I think the size of the spot matters.

Wish I could be more help. Good luck!

That's what I'm hoping

...that the yellow is JG...white or black if so, would be my question, I guess!

I was told by another BYC-er that on a young pullet, the white spot is (comparatively) a pinprick, and is to be found on the forehead, whereas a smudged thumbprint going back onto the neck (like one of the two blacks has) is a marker for a BR or Sexlink cockerel...so that one is highly likely (99%) a cockerel, while the other black is equally likely a pullet...

That's as far as I have gotten so far, but regardless, the three of them seem to be thriving after the first ten days for which I am partially responsible (temperature, care and feeding and all that) and partially grateful. The next adventure will be "hardening" them off to outdoor temps gradually - our daytime highs have been mostly in the low to mid 90s for the last four weeks - and introducing them at some point to the six Black Australorps I have (aged 12 to 16 weeks or so)

Thanks for offering your info!

Lightfoote

 

[Wynette]

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Kathyinmo and Wynette, which of you has the better JG's???? where did your stock come from??

Seriously? Of course, Mine are better!

I'm just kidding. We both have very nice stock. How's that for an answer?

Kathy, here's an interesting thing that I've been wanting to post but keep forgetting about. In my last hatch, I ended up giving 4 chicks to a man that works at my work, he'd just moved to the area, and his kids had shown in 4-H and were ready to go on & show at poultry shows...he wanted JGs and hadn't been able to find any on the East coast that he was happy with, and since they were moving anyway not many months after the decision was made, I think he likely didn't look too awfully hard. Anyway. Because I'm a sucker for kids (and because he's a VP here), I gifted him 4 chicks. He ended up with 3 cockerels and a pullet.

Anyway. FF to 18 weeks. His family went on a three-week vacation about a month ago and asked me if I would chicken sit for their 4 birds. Of course I would! They had to stay in my quarantine stall, but it was a really neat way to compare his and mine. One thing I found was that the feet on HIS birds were MUCH MUCH MUCH more yellow than mine! The only thing I can attribute this to is different feed. He's actually finding out for me what they were on (his wife handles feeding) and I'll post when I find out. I wonder if there is something in your feed that's yellowing them up more?

Lightfoote - it's far too early to tell yet, but the one to the far right (1st pic), I would venture a guess is a cockerel due the leg thickness at this point. Sorry I can't be of more help!

 

[Soaring Chicks]

Wynette,
I would say it is in the food.
I have split a wyandotte order from a breeder before with another breeder.
His way is scratch feed in summer and scratch and winter the cheapest layer he can fine and acorns.
I feed blue seal game bird till they lay the first egg. Then I feed blue seal breeder pellets.
Spring/summer I feed wild bird seed and veggies,grass that we mow.
Winter I feed scratch and suet cakes or the feeder blocks inside the coops
By 6 month old his birds were smaller and the yellow on the legs was there just not much of a deep yellow.
Mine by the same age was twice the size and the legs are a deep rich yellow and the pullets and cockerels
Were twice the size of his.
So how you feed the birds and what you feed does have some to do with it.
If you feed alot of corn your bird will yellow up some in the feathers and legs.
The trick is to not over do it to the point it leaks onto the feathers.
Wildbird seed helps too I just can't put my finger on it. I have feed it to some and not the other and the ones that got it for a few months looked better then the ones with out.
It will be interesting to see what they are feeding.

 

[Wynette]

soaring - for sure, feed has a ton to do with the growth rate & condition! I don't mind a slow grower...so long as they get there eventually! And I did know about corn causing yellowing...but goodness, I wouldn't think to the point that it woudl cause it run up the legs...? You think?

Wait a minute - Kathy, you feed Kermit's feed, don't you? If so, that stuff his a good amount of Turmeric in it - I wonder if that would be causing the yellowing up the legs? I just can't think it's a breedline issue.

 

[kathyinmo]

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Darker or brighter yellow can be from feed, but yellow going up the legs can not be from feed. What I am seeing on these chicks is yellow in the legs developing. Per the SOP, the yellow can only be on the bottom of the feet. Kinda like all the Sandhill birds I culled.

I am guessing that the feed he had contained tagetes, or marigold extract. That is what it is added for, for nice bright yellow legs and for nice dark egg yolks in the layers. Purina Honor Show Chow has it. I bought that for quite some time, in an attempt to yellow up the legs of my Delaware grow outs. It works too, IF the bird has yellow legs; but it will not "cause" them to turn yellow if they are not. For instance, my Coronation Sussex have white legs, and they remained white. It is $20.75 per bag here. There are other brands that also contain tagetes. Of course corn does the same thing too, but not to the extent that tagetes do, I believe.

 

[Wynette]

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Darker or brighter yellow can be from feed, but yellow going up the legs can not be from feed. What I am seeing on these chicks is yellow in the legs developing. Per the SOP, the yellow can only be on the bottom of the feet. Kinda like all the Sandhill birds I culled.

I am guessing that the feed he had contained tagetes, or marigold extract. That is what it is added for, for nice bright yellow legs and for nice dark egg yolks in the layers. Purina Honor Show Chow has it. I bought that for quite some time, in an attempt to yellow up the legs of my Delaware grow outs. It works too, IF the bird has yellow legs; but it will not "cause" them to turn yellow if they are not. For instance, my Coronation Sussex have white legs, and they remained white. It is $20.75 per bag here. There are other brands that also contain tagetes. Of course corn does the same thing too, but not to the extent that tagetes do, I believe.

But, if they are yellow underneath, on the bottoms of the feet, it does seem to make sense that if something is added to the feed to "improve" the yellow, that it could "extend" what is arleady there & yellow, yes?

 

[kathyinmo]

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Darker or brighter yellow can be from feed, but yellow going up the legs can not be from feed. What I am seeing on these chicks is yellow in the legs developing. Per the SOP, the yellow can only be on the bottom of the feet. Kinda like all the Sandhill birds I culled.

I am guessing that the feed he had contained tagetes, or marigold extract. That is what it is added for, for nice bright yellow legs and for nice dark egg yolks in the layers. Purina Honor Show Chow has it. I bought that for quite some time, in an attempt to yellow up the legs of my Delaware grow outs. It works too, IF the bird has yellow legs; but it will not "cause" them to turn yellow if they are not. For instance, my Coronation Sussex have white legs, and they remained white. It is $20.75 per bag here. There are other brands that also contain tagetes. Of course corn does the same thing too, but not to the extent that tagetes do, I believe.

But, if they are yellow underneath, on the bottoms of the feet, it does seem to make sense that if something is added to the feed to "improve" the yellow, that it could "extend" what is already there & yellow, yes?

I don't think it would cause the yellow color to appear where it was not before. I believe it just "brightens" what is already yellow.
Feed or not, I will cull any of them with yellow up the legs. Just can't have that. I frequent several poultry forums and I posted some pictures of this issue on another site. I got feedback from several "experts," and they all said it would be a DQ as incorrect leg coloring.