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[Kimbroe1981]

Went out to Beggs, OK to look at Sue (the cow). She's beautiful! She's horned and that's the only reason they're getting rid of her. None of their others are horned. We get to pick her up in August.

 

[mjgigax]

Just takes one time as far as I know. But if you want fertile eggs out of her you'll have to leave him in with her. Eggs take....like 24 hrs? to form and he'll have to have bred her within the right time frame of when the egg is forming.

A hen is "bred" for several days after she and the roo have mated. My Mille Fleur Cochin hens layed fertile eggs for nearly 2 weeks after my rooster died. When a breeder wants to change pairings they need to wait a couple of weeks after one rooster has been with a hen before they put her with another to ensure the chicks are the second rooster's and not the first fellow's.

Edited - I posted this before I saw Carl's info.

 

[mjgigax]

No!!!,... for heavens sake!, ...no naked neck cochins!

No worries, none of those will happen here.

 

[mjgigax]

Single comb, peacomb or rosecomb? it all plays a role...

Single comb could be up to 21 days.
Peacomb 10-14 days,
Rosecomb 7-10 days

if you have an agressive breeder could be shorter but not gauranteed.

Wow, never knew that. That is very interesting.

 

[Tony O]

Sunflowers on the road to Harrah from Meeker..Hwy 62. Love this one with the one stand alone flower



Good picture. I just have to steal it to send to my sister.
(Hope that's ok)
She just LOVES sunflowers and I know she would cherrish this photo.

 

[mjgigax]

No.. No.. No.. You need Rosecomb Bantams.. Blue to be specific.. I have sooooooooooooo many you really really really need some... No NN stay bantam... they eat less..

I do have two OEGB chicks and a bantam Amercauna. They are fast little boogers. When I was changing their water yesterday morning the Ameraucana got out and as I was catching it one of the OEGBs disapeared. I couldn't find her anywhere in the garage. She wasn't cheeping and the dog couldn't sniff her out. I left out some water on the floor just in case she was in there somewhere. Tonight DH and I were walking around the yard and there she was coming out of the hostas in the flower bed. It took a long time to catch her. She kept slipping back under the plants and she wasn't screaming her head off. She is finally home with her buddies and she should be named Dora the Explorer.

 

[mjgigax]

Even when I kept the big birds I ordered Cornish x for meat birds when I wanted them.. 6-7 weeks of feed for a 7lb bird is hard to beat. Bantams can and do lay very well. just takes a few more eggs to make things, eye candy is all in what a person likes. Personally I like not feeding 1 Ton of feed a month or more.. It is very nice having cut back.
We all know I raise mine for different reasons than many on here, and will not dispute that for a second, but they are still very usefull animals.

A lot of the Breeders on the Cochin thread eat their extra birds. They say they are suprizingly meaty under all those feathers.

 

[michaeldaugherty]

Newcastle sale sat man it's going to be hot....Durant chicken auction tonight no one ever talk's about other auction's any more Grace an Grace'sDad wer from Durart an used to post pic's from the sale ....Banjo is about it on are bord ...If any one out ther on the othr side go's to any sale's tel us about it....[[[[ O YAH the pigeun swap at the World of Wing's was moved to Oct. because of the heat......]]] No date has ben set yet ,,,

 

[Okla-doodle-doo]

Let us know if you find out when it is Michael. Maybe I can work a trip back home about that time! Have you got any pigeons now Michael?
Boy the heat and humidty are terrible here! I thought the dry heat was bad!
But the rain has greened things back up. Will have to mow twice this week! Need to get a moveable pen fixed up so I can put my young geese out on the grass.
Had five little WCB polish chicks hatch.took them away from the hen and reset her on more polish eggs.

 

[okracefan]

Ahhhh, single combed aggressive breeder.. give it one week.

went to change the water and he came at me, feathers ruffled. He met a gallon of water and was not happy. Gonna break him of this!