Much too fast for me Draye! THey are up my arm and hidden in a flash!! lol
Konza Prairie Rangers
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Yeah, I know. I uncovered a nest once and they started running, but didn't get too far, chicken attack. They were gone in no time.
Much too fast for me Draye! THey are up my arm and hidden in a flash!! lol
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Best be careful talking about mice climbing up arms...I know a couple of folks on here who won't come back if you speak of these things...while I have had pet rats and think mice are so cute I have to run away covering my ears when a beak snag occurs!
The crele was an injection of MASSIVE imported English Orp that came from Marc Sacre's farm a couple of years ago- he had bred a Blue Barred to a Lemon Cuckoo and got this bird with Blue Barring in Columbian pattern, with a largely white body and spontaneous red feathers here and there. He's the oddest coloring, but he's TALLER than my knee and wider than the girth of my Bourbon Red hens.
Named Moby, I put this buy in with Chantecler hens and the redder Konza hens. I wanted to do a mix similar to the original cross (massive imported Coronation Sussex over Chante hens) and then breed those to the 4th & 5th gen Konzas. So far, it's working great!
I did get a boy who looks very similar to Moby, but has a cushion comb. He is head and shoulder above the Heritage Rocks, Orps and Marans he hatched with, so it's clearly a good vehicle for adding the barring for auto-sexing. I haven't yet established if the barring is common sex-linked barring or autosomal...so this could get interesting. They are getting GREAT camouflage, though!!
Here's a shot of that 'little' fellow:
He's so young his hackle feathers aren't anywhere near full length, and yet his body is already the size of my 4 y/o Marans roo. The funniest anomaly is his skinny legs! Most of these birds have tree trunk legs, and his are quite stout- but they look wispy because he's so big you can't tell scale!
That doorway is 12x18" and the white boards facing him inside the trim of the doorway are 2x4"
I'll get some other shots from Pinwheel up soon...I should be banned from photography.
The crele was an injection of MASSIVE imported English Orp that came from Marc Sacre's farm a couple of years ago- he had bred a Blue Barred to a Lemon Cuckoo and got this bird with Blue Barring in Columbian pattern, with a largely white body and spontaneous red feathers here and there. He's the oddest coloring, but he's TALLER than my knee and wider than the girth of my Bourbon Red hens.
Named Moby, I put this buy in with Chantecler hens and the redder Konza hens. I wanted to do a mix similar to the original cross (massive imported Coronation Sussex over Chante hens) and then breed those to the 4th & 5th gen Konzas. So far, it's working great!
I did get a boy who looks very similar to Moby, but has a cushion comb. He is head and shoulder above the Heritage Rocks, Orps and Marans he hatched with, so it's clearly a good vehicle for adding the barring for auto-sexing. I haven't yet established if the barring is common sex-linked barring or autosomal...so this could get interesting. They are getting GREAT camouflage, though!!
Here's a shot of that 'little' fellow:
He's so young his hackle feathers aren't anywhere near full length, and yet his body is already the size of my 4 y/o Marans roo. The funniest anomaly is his skinny legs! Most of these birds have tree trunk legs, and his are quite stout- but they look wispy because he's so big you can't tell scale!
That doorway is 12x18" and the white boards facing him inside the trim of the doorway are 2x4"
I'll get some other shots from Pinwheel up soon...I should be banned from photography.
On the mice-- I screech when they surprize me in the kitchen!! My boys come running . . .they missed out ont he fun.
Ahh it was Moby that added the crele. He was huge-- he is posted in earlier posts.
THe boys above is the biggest rooster I think I have ever seen-- HUUUUUGGGGE. WIll be interesting to see if he can put on some good muscling as well. DOes he have a name? If not , how about "Granite"?
Ahh it was Moby that added the crele. He was huge-- he is posted in earlier posts.
THe boys above is the biggest rooster I think I have ever seen-- HUUUUUGGGGE. WIll be interesting to see if he can put on some good muscling as well. DOes he have a name? If not , how about "Granite"?
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Wellllll...I've got eggs ready to go out to you now- I have to wait for my #7 boxes to arrive tomorrow, because they ran out at the grocery store and our PO doesn't stock them!?!?!?
Anyway, you'll get the freshest eggs in 2 boxes. Would you also like Granite? He's a gentle giant and I adore him. I'll have to process him if I don't sell him as a pair or trio. He's well muscled. Very heavy. These boys don't fit in my crock pot. Dark, Dark, DARK dark meat. It's like a roast beef /roasted chicken in one bird.
Anyway, I'm ready to sell 3 trios, so anyone interested should shout out now!
Anyway, you'll get the freshest eggs in 2 boxes. Would you also like Granite? He's a gentle giant and I adore him. I'll have to process him if I don't sell him as a pair or trio. He's well muscled. Very heavy. These boys don't fit in my crock pot. Dark, Dark, DARK dark meat. It's like a roast beef /roasted chicken in one bird.
Anyway, I'm ready to sell 3 trios, so anyone interested should shout out now!
Granit sounds interesting!!!
I have two 1/2 bred cornish rock that clearly are growing much faster than the buckeyes. Hatching has not gone well this year-- not sue why. Of all the eggs I have set for the 1/2 breds I have only 3 chicks to show for it. I'm turning hatching over tot he broodies!! One is a cckl and the other a pullet and I was just listening to the boy crow and thinking of who to breed him to. And the pullet can't be too far behind in laying . . .
I have two 1/2 bred cornish rock that clearly are growing much faster than the buckeyes. Hatching has not gone well this year-- not sue why. Of all the eggs I have set for the 1/2 breds I have only 3 chicks to show for it. I'm turning hatching over tot he broodies!! One is a cckl and the other a pullet and I was just listening to the boy crow and thinking of who to breed him to. And the pullet can't be too far behind in laying . . .
Those are some stout chickens! What an interesting, long-term project
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Hi SOuthernMomma-- fancy meeting you here!! lol
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