Omg that's a lot of coopswill you keep any waterfowl, or just chickens?
I already have geese, muscovy, indian runner and pekin ducks.
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Omg that's a lot of coopswill you keep any waterfowl, or just chickens?
Sounds like a real business. Is it for several breeding programs?
And do please tell which breeds you're considering keeping, if you currently have any. I love hearing about other people's breed preferences![]()
silkies, dutch bantam, ayam chemani, australorp, egyptian fayoumi, lakedanzi, araucana, black shoulder peafowl, bourbon red turkeys and getting asturian pita pinta and maybe british araucana (plus waterfowl).
No, I don't slaughter my funny chicken creatures. Nor any other bird or mammal. I eat hardly any meat . No more than maybe 250 grams organic meat (cow) a month.sort of. and to enjoy chickens. I wanted more breeds but probably will end up with just a few.
btw, have you ever butchered your dutch bantams? a friend of mine had lunch at friends and ate "rabbit" as they first told him. he says it was super tasty and then they laughed. the meat was from 4-5 mo dutch bantam cockerels. they fried them in a pan.
Wow! Where did you find the pita pinta and the Dutch bantams? One thing I know for sure, your coops are going to be beautiful filled with all these birds!
No, I don't slaughter my funny chicken creatures. Nor any other bird or mammal. I eat hardly any meat . No more than maybe 250 grams organic meat (cow) a month.
The old Duchies (8 and 9 yo) are still around. Lay eggs in the season. 2 black Dutch together with a third hen (mix breed) became mother of the 11 hatchery egg I bought. Did a great job together and hatched 9 chicks.
But soon I do have probably 4 young cockerels. I try to give them to people who like to breed with the breeds I have or who bought laying hens for eggs (sexed laying hybrids) and like to have a nice looking small rooster who are no threat because they are just too little for that. The Dutch and other bantam roosters I had where great alarm clocks, so I couldn't keep them, having neighbors living too close.
pita pinta are from thomas imvrou, katerini and dutch bantam were imported by a dutch girl living in greece. a friend of mine found them.
This spring I had 5 Dutch hatching eggs in different colours. 4 chicks hatched. The silver and yellow partridge are cockerels. The blue partridge (not sure if she is a real or a so called dirty blue) is a pullet. I’m not sure yet about the pile (white partridge) but suspect she’s a girl.I hatched a lot of cockerels. did you hatch mostly cockerels as well?
If you ever come to the Netherlands in April or Mai, its easy to buy Dutch hatching eggs. I bought the eggs from a guy who has Dutch bantams in 6 different colors. I paid 5 euro for 5 eggs.Ah, I see
This spring I had 5 Dutch hatching eggs in different colours. 4 chicks hatched. The silver and yellow partridge are cockerels. The blue partridge (not sure if she is a real or a so called dirty blue) is a pullet. I’m not sure yet about the pile (white partridge) but suspect she’s a girl.
The first year I had my own hatching eggs having a young rooster. 6 chicks survived. 3 female, 3 male. Not much for statistics but so far it seems to be 50% .
The other years I had chicks was from hatching eggs of other bantam breeds. This year I have Dutch, Vorwerk 2f 1m and Sussex 1f 1m. All bantams.
If you ever come to the Netherlands in April or Mai, its easy to buy Dutch hatching eggs. I bought the eggs from a guy who has Dutch bantams in 6 different colors. I paid 5 euro for 5 eggs.
Some breeders send eggs by mail. But the hatching (rate) is less certain. successful.