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[chickenlover89]

Could any of you post pictures of your full grown BO's????? I have a 30ish week old BO (hatchery) and I was wondering if she is full grown

 

[Johnn]

Could any of you post pictures of your full grown BO's????? I have a 30ish week old BO (hatchery) and I was wondering if she is full grown

 

[chickenlover89]

Wow those are beautiful! thanks!

 

[Johnn]

Wow those are beautiful! thanks!

Its ok, and thankyou!

 

[lildinkem]

Could any of you post pictures of your full grown BO's????? I have a 30ish week old BO (hatchery) and I was wondering if she is full grown

Here ya go chick.
These are APA Buffs. Not UK. Depending on where the BO lines your hatchery gets their birds may have some bearing of when they mature. I had a Bamma Splash which took nearly a year before she laid. Then she was one of my more productive layers.
This is some of the better Buffs that was shown at Connorsville.
Can't remember who shown this nice cockerel.






Akers pullet

 

[chickenlover89]

Here ya go chick.
These are APA Buffs. Not UK. Depending on where the BO lines your hatchery gets their birds may have some bearing of when they mature. I had a Bamma Splash which took nearly a year before she laid. Then she was one of my more productive layers.
This is some of the better Buffs that was shown at Connorsville.
Can't remember who shown this nice cockerel.






Akers pullet

Thank You!!!! She actually started laying at about 22 weeks and lays about 3 eggs a week! She is now 30ish weeks and is a little less fluffy and big as we thought she would be but we love her anyway!

 

[Johnn]

Thank You!!!! She actually started laying at about 22 weeks and lays about 3 eggs a week! She is now 30ish weeks and is a little less fluffy and big as we thought she would be but we love her anyway!

Bella is like 30 weeks now and still isnt laying, this is her:

 

[chickenlover89]

Bella is like 30 weeks now and still isnt laying, this is her:

that's too bad! But she's pretty!

 

[aveca]

Picture time. These kids are 16 weeks old.

Harry (aka Bigfoot or Big Doofus) An older hen relieved him of the feathers in the back of his neck.



Cleo. She's such a camera hog.



Lastly Fifi, who is missing feathers from a hawk attack I managed to foil.

Glad miss Fifi is healing up..They are looking great Sarah..Getting big....and Im jelous of that green grass!!!..Cleo is looking like a million bucks...Those old wear the pants hens will releive the young guys of thier neck feathers amongst other things..One of my old australorp hens tried to grab babies through the fence and she meant it, thou they are bigger than she is now..they were just out of reach..those old hens are bossy

 

[galanie]

Glad miss Fifi is healing up..They are looking great Sarah..Getting big....and Im jelous of that green grass!!!..Cleo is looking like a million bucks...Those old wear the pants hens will releive the young guys of thier neck feathers amongst other  things..One of my old australorp hens tried to grab  babies through the fence and she meant it, thou they are bigger than she is now..they were just out of reach..those old hens are bossy

LOL They certainly are! Though Harry is bigger than any of them, he is a gentle soul. And evidently easily intimidated by them. He gets to be hormone filled, guess who he'll have to deal with? (now I want to give out an evil chuckle... but in his case, well, we'll see.) Just want him to be a Gentleman to his girls and not be overly rough. If he gets out of hand with them, I know they'll kick his behind enough that he'll learn.

Editing here: One of the funniest things I ever saw was my former favorite cockerel learning about hens. He learned darn fast not to insist with those older girls. So when watching them out of the back window I saw him often call them over for a "treat" then try to jump their bones. Took only a day or two, then I saw him do that again with the old girls. Old Girl ran over, kicked his butt, THEN looked for the treat.

I nearly fell over laughing at him.