Sulmtalers Thread

[Extra Java]

My cockerels have began crowing and I really like the unique sound. "Hum Deedely Dum" sound.
I wonder if it will get louder? Very mellow and quiet so far. I like this breed for homesteading families.

 

[Bama1]

My cockerels have began crowing and I really like the unique sound.  "Hum Deedely Dum" sound.  
I wonder if it will get louder?  Very mellow and quiet so far.  I like this breed for homesteading families.

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How old? Mine is 13 weeks old and not a sound. I have a cream legbar cockerel that started crowing daily at 9 weeks old. If I could only have one breed, this would be it.

 

[EdenCamp]

Well Candy was right, the broodies fighting over the nest have broken half the Sulm eggs I set them with. Set another half dozen + yesterday and today in the bator. Bless her heart - hen is laying every afternoon like clockwork.
Still waiting to taste the lil darlings and they still keep thier distance even at feeding time - but I've not lost a one to preds either and they are happily ranging in a calf pen and roosting in an open shed. Youngins growing like weeds too!

 

[cjwaldon]

Awe that stinks.

 

[jeremy]

These are gorgeous birds! I didn't realize Sulmtalers came in Blue Wheaten, too.

 

[Bama1]

Did anyone ever purchase the Green Fire Farm line? Interested in hearing y'alls breeding plans for the next generation to keep genetic diversity.

 

[Extra Java]

3 separate pens/lines and toe punch.

 

[EdenCamp]

I've not heard how many lines/birds imported for WC?
GFF?
Any others?

 

[Bama1]

I've not heard how many lines/birds imported for WC?
GFF?
Any others?

Those are the only two that I have ever heard of.

 

[EdenCamp]

Ahh K, but as I understand it GFF dosen't bring in many birds to create a deep pool of genetic diversity in the breeds they do.

No idea how many lines/birds WC has imported. Would be helpful to understand how much diversity is there to work with too.