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My BA stayed outside all winter long too. We had a bitterly cold winter this year. He is still handsome without his points. I think they come into their hormones the spring after they are hatched. I have a hard time taking a picture of him because he is chasing the girls all over the place. Some of my girls are getting bare backs. He crows all day long too. He has a deeper crow that isn't as sharp as other roosters I had, if that makes any sense lol. On the lighter leg roosters, you can see red on them from the hormones coming in. In my GLW they have the yellow legs with red streaks/lines in them.
 
barbiegirl said:
My BA stayed outside all winter long too. We had a bitterly cold winter this year. He is still handsome without his points. I think they come into their hormones the spring after they are hatched. I have a hard time taking a picture of him because he is chasing the girls all over the place. Some of my girls are getting bare backs. He crows all day long too. He has a deeper crow that isn't as sharp as other roosters I had, if that makes any sense lol. On the lighter leg roosters, you can see red on them from the hormones coming in. In my GLW they have the yellow legs with red streaks/lines in them.
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Yes, he is just going to be a year old this Spring... so... will he stay this virile, or will he settle down a bit? I can't deal with even a little aggression since I have small children running around the yard all the time. I hate to keep him confined to the coop/run all the time, the chickens really love being out in the yard.
 
Blarneyeggs said:
Nice! Love Gold laced anything, but Those large Wyandottes are especially pretty.


On the Avian Influenza, I should clarify that the cases found in PA thius far are NOT the High Pathonogen variety wiping out thousands of birds in other states, the variety recently found near Philadelphia is a Low Pathonogen and not even making the birds sick.
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Slightly comforting, but still a concern.


And Hiya!
 
emorems0 said:
Yes, he is just going to be a year old this Spring... so... will he stay this virile, or will he settle down a bit? I can't deal with even a little aggression since I have small children running around the yard all the time. I hate to keep him confined to the coop/run all the time, the chickens really love being out in the yard.
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Odds are the aggression will get worse rather than better. There are some threads where people describe how they train/discipline their bad roosters not to attack, success probably varies depending on a lot of things like how persistent/consistent you are and how stupid/hardheaded the rooster is.
 
chiques chicks said:
A small pen of cots, just starting to come into lay. I just set up a light on a timer today. Eight females and three males, plus a few extra males headed for freezer camp soon.
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Ah. I had those a long time ago. Got like a hundred eggs at the auction, hatched I forget how many, was going to breed and sell to the Italian Market in South Philly, but no one wanted them, or I was no good at marketing, whatever. It was one of those ideas that is partially thought out and my heart and energy was mostly into breeding, not selling. Anyway after a year or so of playing around with them I eventually took my stock back to the same auction. Something I`ve been wondering about is that here, any threads/comments I`ve seen about Coturnix are happy/excited/respectful, yet my only personal experience of them has been at the auction where they were basically disparaged and the auctioneer was just trying to get rid of them and move onto the next lot. They were sold in lots of a dozen or more to the box/cage and there would be LOTS of them, usually went pretty cheap. When I sold mine I grouped them into "breeder trios", one male two female, and I had 20-odd birds then. The auctioneer was annoyed I could tell, looked at me like I was crazy and I can`t remember now but probably combined them. Anyway I probably didn`t even break even on what it cost to raise them, but I wondered and still do what they use them for. Training bird dogs? Eating?
 
Another member here had and may again have a market for them, I think it's primarily an Asian market?

There are some people who value the eggs. They are said to have high nutritional value. Current prices seem to be in the $3/ dozen area.

I'm just starting them, we'll see. I am always eat them. I try not to raise anything that can't be used in some way. Trees that I plant provide fruit, nuts or firewood, animals provide some sort of food. Only exception is my dog. She's purely companionship since I'm alone most of the time.

I already have people asking if I'm going to have turkey this year. Now to get some to hatch!
 

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