Sumatra Thread!

[flyingmonkeypoop]

We were out messing with birds all day so I tried to get some pics of the birds but most of them are crazy. Excuse the face, she is in full production and my camera flash probably didn't help but it shows her green sheen!

 

[Coop Scoop Boogie]

We were out messing with birds all day so I tried to get some pics of the birds but most of them are crazy. Excuse the face, she is in full production and my camera flash probably didn't help but it shows her green sheen!

beautiful......how many hens per rooster do you use?

 

[flyingmonkeypoop]

[COLOR=008000]beautiful......how many hens per rooster do you use?[/COLOR]

Generally we keep 4 or so but one of the pens has around a dozen hens.

 

[Coop Scoop Boogie]

Generally we keep 4 or so but one of the pens has around a dozen hens.

That is one busy rooster

I generally put 4-6 hens per rooster and get good fertility but was
curious if more or less hens is preferred.

 

[troyer]

He's beginning to look a lot better.

 

[Infnityhrt]

All you really need to know about how "reliable" they are is they list Araucana and Ameraucana together with the note, they may be sold interchangeably.

It's interesting how breeds like the Sumatra and Lakenvelder are listed as-is, but Rhode Island Red and Leghorn specify non-industrial which to me says that they aren't counting hatchery stock for the Leghorn and Rhode Island Red but are for the others as NYREDS pointed out. You can find good Sumatras easily, where does one find a good Lakenvelder?

The entire group is kind of a crock, I guess they did decent work with the Buckeye though which is coolI

I agree, but I wonder if the "industrial" Leghorns and Rhode Island Reds are ones used for egg production, I would think they count them in the hatchery stock like McMurray or something but maybe they mean the big production farms? Most everyone knows that its the white leghorns for white supermarket eggs, but what about the brown eggs? are those Rhode Islands? seems logical, but maybe not, who knows. just a thought, and I've heard they have done some good work with some of the rare breeds of sheep, but I don't know. I don't have sheep.

 

[Coop Scoop Boogie]

He's beginning to look a lot better.

beautiful birds

 

[NWSumatras]

He is very nice looking Troyer

 

[championsumatra]

One more pic of the breeding pair.

Oh I forgot to mention the roosters owner before me told me that she showed him up at the Hollister California show and won champion AOSB with him.

 

[rambob59]

That's awesome!