Jersey Giants thread for pictures and discussion

[kathyinmo]

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I went to the Crossroads Show and met so many breeders. I have to say, some of the nicest folks were Jersey Giant breeders (and there were many others also). One fellow in-particular was just great. He let me handle his bird and pointed out things. I love it when we all work together. Anyway, I hung out at the Jersery Giant table for awhile on a few occasions, just because they were such nice people there! Of course, I DID join the club, too! Daughter and I both bought shirts there, too.

 

[Wynette]

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Kathy, who did you meet that you were able to spend time with? Did you meet Sher? I hope so - she's a gem, and has been just awesome to work with!!

 

[kathyinmo]

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Kathy, who did you meet that you were able to spend time with? Did you meet Sher? I hope so - she's a gem, and has been just awesome to work with!!

I don't have my notebook with me (I left it in my locker at work). Darn if I can remember his name. Also, Vaughn is just a super guy too! The one guy from Missouri that won something.... I talked with him for a bit and plan to go visit him, too. I have something he wants, and he has something I want; so we are making a trade.

 

[Wynette]

I spent a good deal of time chatting with Bob's wife - and a bit of time with him. SUPER nice folks, the both of them! They're truly a very nice lot of folks!

 

[4-hmother]

Can only explain our JG experence at Crossroads. I agree with both Wynette and Kathyinmo about the VERY helpful and NICE breeders in the JG section. My oldest son two yrs ago decided to show JG at our local shows. So for the past yr we have been trying our best to obtain all we can about the Jeresy Gaint Breed. Wynette you have been a god sent very thankful. At Crossroads we got (4) 3-hens and 1 roo from Mr. Vaughn.
I was so thankful of the kindness the National Jersey Gaint Club showed to its junior members. Mr. Vaughn spent alot of time talking Giants to a 13yr old boy with alot of dreams. May I say that the club welcomed us and our questions with open arms. I had only sent in a membership for my son. But the whole family has found a new HOME in the NJGC. I also picked up t-shirts for the whole family.
The meeting was nice to meet some of the members from across the U.S. Looking forward to the next time JG breeders meet.

 

[Wynette]

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I sure wish I'd have had a chance to meet you & your son! We need to make a better effort to get together next time! I'm so glad you had a good time, got some nice birds, and met some great folks - that's what it's about! The good contacts, the folks willing to help - GO GIANTS!

 

[mahalo4]

Wynette thanks for Your follow up. I know this breeder has not done any dark cornish in their breedings even called & talked with them personally, but that is not to say that has not been done by other breeders. ( I was even thinking about doing this for my own line of bigger meaties), just no time for this. I was wondering if there is a genetics person that can chime in, i know even Golda Miller had brown come out on some of her birds, & when the Giants originated color was not even set, but there is Dark Brahma in the mix can this bleed out later in the lineage or is it strictly some breeders messing with the gene pool?

 

[Wynette]

My question would be, how many generations later could this sort of thing "pop up" if, in fact, a dark cornish (or other breed) was used?

 

[mahalo4]

Well that is my question!! & I was just going by what comes up in the lines of giants when You look back at the history of the giants, i have also heard dark cornish now & black australorp, Who knows really??? In my(family) lineage we have mainly dark hair & brown eyes & occasionally We get hazel eyes & then blond hair & green eyes, light skin & darker. This genetic thing is just a mystery to me. The last 3 breeders I hatched eggs from I just sold the birds as mutt layers, We didnt keep any, We got a lot of white in the feathers, Really small birds, lack of yellow on feet, bad combs just way too many defects to even introduce them to Our flock. So We went back to some of Our foundation breedings. I know Blah blah blah!! Anyways Our new Roo is huge We like his back & tail his comb looks good, has yellow on the bottom of his feet, but He was the least dominant Roo, so even after getting rid of the other Roos He is a slow breeder, We are going to keep him penned up with Our select girls so He has less trouble catching them.

 

[crazyperson]

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Thanks for the info Wynette. I am new to Jersey Giants, and found this post to be VERY informative. If somebody like me were to get a brown Jersey Giant chick, or two, they would think they had something REALLY special and would most definately try to breed it out and produce BROWN Jersey Giants. Especially, when buying from a reputable breeder, who breeds nothing but Jersey Giants, a trusting, but unsuspecting person, like me, would trust that this line was of true lineage and think that these chicks were sports. Who wouldn't think that?

Live and learn!!! Just because you are an honest person doesn't mean EVERYBODY is.

So, I'm no expert, but I would think that, if anyone hatches chicks with even a little bit of brown fuzz on them, that these chicks should be culled, or at the very least be clearly banded and kept strictly separated from the rest of the flock, so that this "gene" does not continue to get bred into the line. I'm just guessing here, and using good common sense. Someone please correct me, if I'm wrong. Also, if by some chance anyone wanted to breed out these chicks just for fun, PLEASE disclose to potential buyers that these chicks are NOT pure Jersey Giants, and there is a "mystery" gene floating around!!!

This post has been VERY helpful to me. Thanks again, Wynette.

Margo