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[Ksane]

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I *have been looking for some girls. Matt just gave me a pretty chocolate/dun hen that's the sweetest thing. So I've got the BR Cockerel and 4 hens now and want more hens. Depending on how many of them I can find that I like I'm either going to put them in a 10x10 or a 5x8. I love those little birds since I got to know what their personalities are. I just don't want any more males, trying to gather up a big enough set of girls that no one gets over bred.
Do you have any females you're not keeping?

I do have a few, Blue wheaton hens, and maybe another one or two in other varieties.

Dibs on a Blue Wheaton! (both unless Rexbandit wants the other). I have no problem buying them from you, because I would like as many as you have to spare if you don't have a problem with that.

 

[Okla-doodle-doo]

Kass I thiink I would go with the NNs for starters. Or maybe you can order one of the frypan specials from a hatchery. That should give you some great meat birds to work with.

 

[Ksane]

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Kass, what I'm going to do with my male in the spring is put him out with the 15 or so laying hens in their yard, he'll be the only male. Boys are said to do fine with their girls if there's enough girls for them but definitely not with other males (you don't have any males though). The females don't get along with other chickens or each other either. I just love mine.
AllBreed-I love your babies!!!!!

I do have a male, Oreo an EE. I am thinking about a "meat" flock to raise in a chicken moat around the outside of the garden, so they would have a mutual fence in common (the male meat sire, and Oreo). Would it attack Oreo or the other layers (hens) through the fence or jump the fence into Oreo's area?

No, they'd be a bad choice for a meat flock. The male would pull sweet Oreo's head through the fence and do mean things to him

A male wouldn't attack your girls but I'm pretty sure a female would. I'd get something a lot different if you want meat.

 

[sjarvis00]

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I do have a few, Blue wheaton hens, and maybe another one or two in other varieties.

Dibs on a Blue Wheaton! (both unless Rexbandit wants the other). I have no problem buying them from you, because I would like as many as you have to spare if you don't have a problem with that.

the ones I would set asside for you show a small amount of stippling in the primary tail feathers as well as one or two primary wing feathers (minor color flaws) and should not be shown or bred from, he asked about a "show" bird which I also have but we will see.

 

[sjarvis00]

I didn't mean that to sound wrong, the color flaws are very minor and will not be noticed without folding the feathers out to inspect but it is there. They are sweet, very nice little birds. I am sure once I look around there are a few more as well in other colors, we can discuss when you come out, as I am trying to set breeder pens in the next week or two that I have not already set.

 

[Ksane]

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NN's get flippin' huge. That might be a good choice. Standard Cornish is still something I'd love to have and I think that'd be good if fast growing food is what you want. I do think Orientals are probably "a lot of work" because you can't mix them with each other or same sex chickens.

 

[Kassaundra]

Okla and Ksane, I think you are right. I think a more laid back chicken (w/ other chickens anyway) would be more appropriate for my situation and experience level.

Okla I was thinking about getting some good NN eggs or chicks this spring to be the start of my meat breeders, but get a group of day olds mixed meat for caponizing and processing for this year since my start of breeders won't be making any babies until late in the year at the earliest.

 

[sjarvis00]

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your best bet for a meaty is simply to buy them, there are both fast and slow broilers available and overall will be less resource consuming in the process. These companies have spent billions in developing birds that develop consistantly and they are very hard to beat. You don't even have to settle for white the slow broilers come in colors too.

 

[Ksane]

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I know what you mean, they'll fit perfectly with what I want and they won't be bred or shown, just babied

Let me know when would be good for you and I'm as good as there!

 

[sjarvis00]

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I know what you mean, they'll fit perfectly with what I want and they won't be bred or shown, just babied

Let me know when would be good for you and I'm as good as there!

Just what ever works for you, I will be tied up the 26th, 27th, 31st, 1st, and 2nd. Then again the 6th, 7th, 8th.