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She (sorry, should have said) is wanting to show one of them and sell the rest of her birds as adult birds. I am going to put a couple in with hers for a taste test as have heard many good things about their taste. The pen is 15ft by 15ft and is covered with a lovely lean to for them to get out of the weather in. Is that enough space for 10? I have found a hatchery that is fairly cheap but the min order is 15.
I think a six year old would not be able to handle the size of midget whites today. History says from the mid 70s on, selection pressure was maintained to fix tom body weight to about 13 pounds and hens at about 8 pounds. Its seems today people are breeding the midget whites to be twice that size so they can pass them off as Beltsville whites. I find it sad to call a midget white a Beltsville white. They are a different breed. I breed my midget whites to be small like they where intended. I lost a lot of my birds this year do to bad food, but plan to start over. If I had extra, I always like giving them to kids. My daughter shows turkeys but she is older. She started with showing hens. They are naturally smaller. I do recommend growing out at least 10 birds, 20 would be better, to pick just one good one to show.
She (sorry, should have said) is wanting to show one of them and sell the rest of her birds as adult birds. I am going to put a couple in with hers for a taste test as have heard many good things about their taste. The pen is 15ft by 15ft and is covered with a lovely lean to for them to get out of the weather in. Is that enough space for 10? I have found a hatchery that is fairly cheap but the min order is 15.
I think a six year old would not be able to handle the size of midget whites today. History says from the mid 70s on, selection pressure was maintained to fix tom body weight to about 13 pounds and hens at about 8 pounds. Its seems today people are breeding the midget whites to be twice that size so they can pass them off as Beltsville whites. I find it sad to call a midget white a Beltsville white. They are a different breed. I breed my midget whites to be small like they where intended. I lost a lot of my birds this year do to bad food, but plan to start over. If I had extra, I always like giving them to kids. My daughter shows turkeys but she is older. She started with showing hens. They are naturally smaller. I do recommend growing out at least 10 birds, 20 would be better, to pick just one good one to show.
