I've been wandering around the forum for a bit but was informed i was supposed to introduce myself, so here goes.
I used to raise all kinds of poultry when i was younger, had a big laying flock that we sold eggs from. I had a bunch of show birds, Muscovy ducks, silver spangled hamburgs, blue and black sumatras, white Chinese geese... and a dozen more i cannot remember. I had to take a bit of a break for several years. I still managed to hang onto a trio a sumatra mutts, and 4 guineas.
I'm in process of lining up my hatching egg sources for the chickens i intend to keep, breed and show. I've decided this time around to go with dual purpose chickens instead of just pretty birds. So I chose Rose comb rhode island reds, dominiques, buff orpingtons (likely get a few blue too), and araucanas. The last of which are going to me by novelty birds as i'd like to keep a blue/black/splash flock. There is a local person that i can get some turkey eggs from so i may try my hand at raising a few turkeys again. Heritage are supposed to be smarter then commercial, if thats the case they wont all end up in the freezer then haha.
Thanks
Sib
I used to raise all kinds of poultry when i was younger, had a big laying flock that we sold eggs from. I had a bunch of show birds, Muscovy ducks, silver spangled hamburgs, blue and black sumatras, white Chinese geese... and a dozen more i cannot remember. I had to take a bit of a break for several years. I still managed to hang onto a trio a sumatra mutts, and 4 guineas.
I'm in process of lining up my hatching egg sources for the chickens i intend to keep, breed and show. I've decided this time around to go with dual purpose chickens instead of just pretty birds. So I chose Rose comb rhode island reds, dominiques, buff orpingtons (likely get a few blue too), and araucanas. The last of which are going to me by novelty birds as i'd like to keep a blue/black/splash flock. There is a local person that i can get some turkey eggs from so i may try my hand at raising a few turkeys again. Heritage are supposed to be smarter then commercial, if thats the case they wont all end up in the freezer then haha.
Thanks
Sib
