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KlopKlop
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sorry, no photo dump today.... nothing interesting happened! one of these days i will get a chance to snap a photo of why WLR cornish and you can see how pretty they are. they are just so skittish! 2 of the dark ones have finally worked up the nerve to go outside. I dont have any water in the coop and have been bringing in a little bowl for them. i stopped that yesterday since they have had a week to settle in, they need to start going outside. hopefully they get brave! i want to put my trail cam out tomorrow to see if they are coming out
NathanZee
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So maybe feed them in the morning? Could I leave them without water from 6pm to 10 am?
When I had mine and they preferred to live outdoors, I would fill a 15 gallon rubber tub and two smaller (3.5 gal, I think). They would drink and splash, then walk away when they were done. If it was really bad I would water twice, but usually once a day did them fine. I had Pekins and Khaki Campbells over winter a couple of times.
I will help you out with pics, Klop, but you should post yours too so everyone can see how their color is still a bit varied.
Here is my two pullets I still have an a cockerel (WLR) The others in the pen are Darks:
The one on the left is the cockerel, and he is more of what you would call a Jubilee, and the females that are double laced would fall into that variety also. The Jubilee is a color accepted in England, but not here. I ended up with it because I started with only 3 WLR hens and no males to mate with, so used the Dark cocks I had, which does mess things up, so I working my way to better color. You should see the heads on the older hens I have!!! They truly look like bulldogs!
I have a Dark cockerel I had to drain a breast blister on tonight, and man, was he a tough one to handle. They are so thick and so heavy that it is difficult to get a good hold of the, and when they are mature, you can't hold their two legs from underneath like you can other breeds.
This guy say pretty still. I had worried that there was a splinter in his breast from the way it felt, but it was just a blister, which is not uncommon for those, but other breeds can get them too if they rub their breast bone on the roost too much. It is most common in CRX and meat turkeys.
This was a Splash Laced Red Cornish I hatched from a fellow in Ohio a few years back. I never did get a chance to breed with him, but if i had crossed him with a Black Laced (single laced) I could have made Blue Laced Red Cornish. The BLRCs are already fairly common in the bantam category, but not in LF.
This is a group of WLRC LF I tried from McMurray just to see how they would look. They are still heavy muscled birds, but were nowhere near as stocky and dense as the ones I have now. They make fine eating birds, but take about 9-months to get to the size that a CRX would. You can see the one right in front was a good single laced one, but the color should extend up into the neck as well, and most ended up with the white necks. It is a very challenging breed, and very different in appearance to most that you see in back yards. I ended up butchering or selling off all of those birds.
Tomorrow is my BBWhite turkeys' last supper, actually, I need to feed them breakfast so they have empty crops when they go in Tuesday morning. I didn't get them all sold, so decided that two are going to the food shelf for a couple of families in need for the holidays. I talked to the person in charge and she said that would be a good thing. I may donate eggs to them too when I know I have more than I can handle. I would prefer to sell them, but some weeks I just don't get enough customers for them. You would think people would want them with the price of eggs in stores now, but I also know there are a few people in the area selling eggs besides me. In fact, I went to the Farmer's Market once this year to find out 3 others were selling and a couple were only $2 per dozen. I was lucky enough to come home 2 dollars ahead, but it took 5 hours of my day.
Well, folks, Have a great week. I know I will be out with a jacket tomorrow sorting through cockerels and moving them so a fellow can come pick them up to butcher on Tuesday. Yup, Tuesday is going to be a busy day around here!
Take care and start getting those wool socks and long underwear ready!
Here is my two pullets I still have an a cockerel (WLR) The others in the pen are Darks:
The one on the left is the cockerel, and he is more of what you would call a Jubilee, and the females that are double laced would fall into that variety also. The Jubilee is a color accepted in England, but not here. I ended up with it because I started with only 3 WLR hens and no males to mate with, so used the Dark cocks I had, which does mess things up, so I working my way to better color. You should see the heads on the older hens I have!!! They truly look like bulldogs!
I have a Dark cockerel I had to drain a breast blister on tonight, and man, was he a tough one to handle. They are so thick and so heavy that it is difficult to get a good hold of the, and when they are mature, you can't hold their two legs from underneath like you can other breeds.
This guy say pretty still. I had worried that there was a splinter in his breast from the way it felt, but it was just a blister, which is not uncommon for those, but other breeds can get them too if they rub their breast bone on the roost too much. It is most common in CRX and meat turkeys.
This was a Splash Laced Red Cornish I hatched from a fellow in Ohio a few years back. I never did get a chance to breed with him, but if i had crossed him with a Black Laced (single laced) I could have made Blue Laced Red Cornish. The BLRCs are already fairly common in the bantam category, but not in LF.
This is a group of WLRC LF I tried from McMurray just to see how they would look. They are still heavy muscled birds, but were nowhere near as stocky and dense as the ones I have now. They make fine eating birds, but take about 9-months to get to the size that a CRX would. You can see the one right in front was a good single laced one, but the color should extend up into the neck as well, and most ended up with the white necks. It is a very challenging breed, and very different in appearance to most that you see in back yards. I ended up butchering or selling off all of those birds.
Tomorrow is my BBWhite turkeys' last supper, actually, I need to feed them breakfast so they have empty crops when they go in Tuesday morning. I didn't get them all sold, so decided that two are going to the food shelf for a couple of families in need for the holidays. I talked to the person in charge and she said that would be a good thing. I may donate eggs to them too when I know I have more than I can handle. I would prefer to sell them, but some weeks I just don't get enough customers for them. You would think people would want them with the price of eggs in stores now, but I also know there are a few people in the area selling eggs besides me. In fact, I went to the Farmer's Market once this year to find out 3 others were selling and a couple were only $2 per dozen. I was lucky enough to come home 2 dollars ahead, but it took 5 hours of my day.
Well, folks, Have a great week. I know I will be out with a jacket tomorrow sorting through cockerels and moving them so a fellow can come pick them up to butcher on Tuesday. Yup, Tuesday is going to be a busy day around here!
Take care and start getting those wool socks and long underwear ready!
Coffee 1st
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sorry deleting a post,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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Coffee 1st
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I also got lucky and didn't have to put the roof on the run my brother in law came over and did it... I was super happy to get the help...
Coffee 1st
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Found couple more pics from camp day.. Some of the girls that were invited to camp..
and then kinda sad to see them empty afterwards.
. Hope to be a part of it next year...
Thanks for sharing Minnie, lovely birds.I will help you out with pics, Klop, but you should post yours too so everyone can see how their color is still a bit varied. Here is my two pullets I still have an a cockerel (WLR) The others in the pen are Darks:The one on the left is the cockerel, and he is more of what you would call a Jubilee, and the females that are double laced would fall into that variety also. The Jubilee is a color accepted in England, but not here. I ended up with it because I started with only 3 WLR hens and no males to mate with, so used the Dark cocks I had, which does mess things up, so I working my way to better color. You should see the heads on the older hens I have!!! They truly look like bulldogs! I have a Dark cockerel I had to drain a breast blister on tonight, and man, was he a tough one to handle. They are so thick and so heavy that it is difficult to get a good hold of the, and when they are mature, you can't hold their two legs from underneath like you can other breeds. This guy say pretty still. I had worried that there was a splinter in his breast from the way it felt, but it was just a blister, which is not uncommon for those, but other breeds can get them too if they rub their breast bone on the roost too much. It is most common in CRX and meat turkeys. This was a Splash Laced Red Cornish I hatched from a fellow in Ohio a few years back. I never did get a chance to breed with him, but if i had crossed him with a Black Laced (single laced) I could have made Blue Laced Red Cornish. The BLRCs are already fairly common in the bantam category, but not in LF.
Found couple more pics from camp day.. Some of the girls that were invited to camp..and then kinda sad to see them empty afterwards.. Hope to be a part of it next year...
Nice looking birds Ralphie, well taken care of. Thanks for sharing coffee!
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