Rare Silver Hmong Rooster - So Cal

[perchie.girl]

I have a beautiful Hmong from last season I am looking to sell. He is almost a year old and has a sweet disposition. He is good around people and other birds. The Hmong is still a rare breed in the US and EU, so he'd be a great addition to any flock. Like most Hmong he is black skinned, black meat bird from Fibro Farms lines. We have a small flock in Escondido and will be able to show him most days of the week upon request.
Message if interested trades will also be considered.
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He IS gorgeous. I am in Santee right now but have a place up in the high desert.
If were home I would be asking you the price.... but unfortunately I am not.

I hope you will be raising them when I do move back home.... I have eighteen Acres of Chaparal.... Temps are moderate like San Diego with spikes to 105-110, and some snow in the winter.

Do you think this type of bird would do well?

I will be raising Sumatras as well... special project I want to do for my sanity.... LOL

deb

 

[classicsredone]

Temps are moderate like San Diego with spikes to 105-110, and some snow in the winter.

Do you think this type of bird would do well?

^This. I'm in the Sacramento area, and the weather during the summer is hot and dry. The temp is usually in the high 90's-low 100's, but you do get spikes up up to 110, and sometimes 115. We water down the run to allow them cool spots to dig and lay, freeze large blocks of ice with treats inside to put in the run each day, freeze soda bottles full of water for them to lay against, put ice in the water reservoir, use shade cloth over the run, feed them cold, wet foods, provide electrolytes, sometimes wet them down a little without soaking them, and they still struggle. It is hard. There are several breeds that I would love to have, but I must consider the animal's comfort. My kids will be starting 4H this year, and one is interested in poultry. I'm on the lookout for birds, especially pullets/young hens that are close enough to the standards for county fairs and poultry shows. I have easter eggers and a bunch of unknowns from the 4H embryology program. My sister is a teacher and hatches out a couple dozen eggs a year, and she rents an incubator and buys hatching eggs at the ag extension office. 4H kids supply the eggs, so you get everything from barnyard mixes to rare show quality birds, but usually something in between. But, I digress. I'll be looking to get some eggs, chicks, or grown out girls that a confident but currently a bit smallish 6-year-old could manage.

 

[perchie.girl]

My coops are full wire.... One wall for prevailing wind and tarps for roof. in winter I drop the rolled up tarp on the Other windward side. I choose hard feathered birds usually so far they do pretty well with only shade for protection... the only time they look miserable is when they try to lay an egg in the nest box...

I have about three decommissioned swamp coolers I plan to cannibalize to make one for the new poultry house I want to build. They increase the humidity and bring the temps down about ten to fifteen degrees...

Then I want to use Teracotta slabs to rebuild the nest boxes and run drip irrigation down the outside.... Natural cooling....

I use water tubs rather than the drinkers They get flipped over right in the coop to make a moist place to stand while drinking.... Automatic fill... Water MUST be shaded at all times unless its deep. My horse has a 110 gallon water tank the surface inch is warm but down deeper it stays cool.

Same for the goats.

I have been known to hose down the whole coop on very hot days I may set some sprinklers in the poultry house just for that duty.... Yep Shavings and all...

deb

 

[2 many chickens]

He is absolutely gorgeous. I would take him but I'm all the way in VA. Plus I have too many roos as is.. but man, your boy is so stunning!

 

[drumstick diva]

Totally gorgeous roo

 

[milehigh_giraffe]

I have a beautiful Hmong from last season I am looking to sell. He is almost a year old and has a sweet disposition. He is good around people and other birds. The Hmong is still a rare breed in the US and EU, so he'd be a great addition to any flock. Like most Hmong he is black skinned, black meat bird from Fibro Farms lines. We have a small flock in Escondido and will be able to show him most days of the week upon request.
Message if interested trades will also be considered.
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Curious how much you sold him for? He's a beauty.

 

[sjango]

Curious how much you sold him for? He's a beauty.

He sold locally for $50.

 

[MissLavender]

^This. I'm in the Sacramento area, and the weather during the summer is hot and dry. The temp is usually in the high 90's-low 100's, but you do get spikes up up to 110, and sometimes 115. We water down the run to allow them cool spots to dig and lay, freeze large blocks of ice with treats inside to put in the run each day, freeze soda bottles full of water for them to lay against, put ice in the water reservoir, use shade cloth over the run, feed them cold, wet foods, provide electrolytes, sometimes wet them down a little without soaking them, and they still struggle. It is hard. There are several breeds that I would love to have, but I must consider the animal's comfort. My kids will be starting 4H this year, and one is interested in poultry. I'm on the lookout for birds, especially pullets/young hens that are close enough to the standards for county fairs and poultry shows. I have easter eggers and a bunch of unknowns from the 4H embryology program. My sister is a teacher and hatches out a couple dozen eggs a year, and she rents an incubator and buys hatching eggs at the ag extension office. 4H kids supply the eggs, so you get everything from barnyard mixes to rare show quality birds, but usually something in between. But, I digress. I'll be looking to get some eggs, chicks, or grown out girls that a confident but currently a bit smallish 6-year-old could manage.

There is a reason I call my Hmongs “The Apocalypse Chickens.” Haha!
I live in central Arizona where temps exceed 100 degrees from May to October, and for 4 of those months it’s over 110, save for a 6 week break between July and September for monsoon season…if we’re lucky. I don’t do anything extra to keep them cool except for providing plenty of shade and clean water. Much else beyond that and I find that their hardiness becomes compromised because their regulatory systems haven’t been allowed to adjust to the ambient temperature. The only time I have lost any birds to heat was when I tried to baby them through it. Just my experience. What works for some may not work for others!
We have had a good Monsoon season this year, so it’s been a nice break. However, all of the moisture combined with the intense heat had caused some issues with coccidiosis, and I’ve lost some chicks from every breed I have…EXCEPT for my Hmongs. They are SO tough! Not much seems to phase them. Pics of my Hmong birds for tax