Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[1muttsfan]

Aart that cracked me up too

 

[JackieandChicks]

My most gentle roosters are my English Orpingtons. Gentle giants for sure. I have four together with the girls (along with three EE roosters and a Cuckoo Marans) and they are sweet (and yes I would love to rehome one).

 

[Jim121898]

I have Royal Palm turkeys that seem to be laying daily now. I'm curious as to if any of you would happen to know when they may be fertile? I would like to hatch some of them but I haven't seen the tom breeding them. So I'm assuming they aren't fertile at this point?

 

[WalnutHill]

I have Royal Palm turkeys that seem to be laying daily now. I'm curious as to if any of you would happen to know when they may be fertile? I would like to hatch some of them but I haven't seen the tom breeding them. So I'm assuming they aren't fertile at this point?

Easy way to tell. Crack one into a bowl and move the yolk around until you can see the white spot. If it looks like a bullseye with concentric circles, it's fertile. If it looks like a small white blotch, it's not.

 

[Jim121898]

Easy way to tell.  Crack one into a bowl and move the yolk around until you can see the white spot.  If it looks like a bullseye with concentric circles, it's fertile.  If it looks like a small white blotch, it's not.

I've tried doing exactly what you said and couldn't even see the white spot. I was able to do it with my chicken eggs but the turkey eggs don't seem as easy to see.

 

[robyn8]

My most gentle roosters are my English Orpingtons.  Gentle giants for sure.  I have four together with the girls (along with three EE roosters and a Cuckoo Marans) and they are sweet (and yes I would love to rehome one). 

Where are located? What color is the one you want to rehome? My daughter really wants a buff Orpington if we try another roo.

 

[Jim121898]

My most gentle roosters are my English Orpingtons.  Gentle giants for sure.  I have four together with the girls (along with three EE roosters and a Cuckoo Marans) and they are sweet (and yes I would love to rehome one). 

I may be interested in an EE rooster. I just hatched 27 EE chicks and I'm sure there will be several roosters in the bunch. I've read not to breed them back with the pullets. So if what I've read is true then I will need a new blood line roo to take care of the pullets once them mature enough to breed.

 

[Jim121898]

Here is a picture of the EE dad to my newly hatched chicks.

 

[robyn8]

Here is a picture of the EE dad to my newly hatched chicks.

Handsome gentleman!

 

[wcbpolish]

Where are located? What color is the one you want to rehome? My daughter really wants a buff Orpington if we try another roo.

I also was/am on the lookout for a Buff Orpington rooster. But... in the long run... I probably don't need one. I have a polish rooster on the BO hens at the moment, and have a RIRed that I could put with them if needed.

I had 2 BO roosters going into the winter, I thought I was all set... one had his head removed by an owl, the other was killed by a weasel (presumably). You know what they say about the best laid plans of mice and men.