Surviving Minnesota!

[holm25]

Ralph there is a person working on a pea combed Aussie. She has the second generation and will be hatching from them this spring.

 

[jerryse]

Ok, So I would want to breed the small pea combs that are almost hard to tell area pea comb?

Exactly .

 

[Bogtown Chick]

Is this your first season with Buckeyes, Bogtown? Did you have any males over winter? I am thinking of adding a group at some point in the future, probably not this year. Wondering how the males' combs do in the winter, frostbite wise. I am pretty sure I solved my frostbite issue, but had no single-combed types this winter to be sure. I think that free-range nestbox is a good idea. I will have to see if I can knock something together with The Boy...

Dandelioness:
I'm into my second year with this one bird. I have just one. A hen. As someone said the comb is great for our winters. Perfect Type. Not one bit of frost bite. They are bigger/stockier birds. And I see her eating alot more feed than my other layers. I may be full of melarkey here or don't know my head from my tookus...but I think as a dual purpose meat/egg bird she has a higher protein demand. And that's why she eats. Although I had a glutunous EE once. And she actually passed due to fatty liver disease and internal hemorrhage. So not sure if this is a general characteristic of buckeyes or if she is has her own individual trait like my EE had. I think it might be the protein drive and given the egg today....my thoughts are is that she is at a good healthy weight for her type and not overly fat if laying eggs with out difficulty. If not in the nest.

Only breed developed by a woman and recognized Poultry-Powers-that-Be. I like her....but she does not fit in. She is often on her own...I guess as a "different" bird. They are so prejudiced -->chickens. So I do recommend a flock of sisters. She is not as thrifty on food as I would like a laying hen to be. And after giving her a try...I don't think I will do more of these birds. Only my two cents and my need for laying hens only.

 

[lvie]

Quote:
WHO is Minnie? I keep hearing this name over and over again.

 

[MinnesotaNice]

Minnie has alot of them!

No. Wait, yes. No. Yes. Yes. No.

 

[Bogtown Chick]

MinnieChickMomma. She has a great line of the Buckeyes. That is where mine came from. You can find her on the Minnesota! Thread.

 

[holm25]

Her full user is Minniechickmama. I am going down to her place around the end of the month. A little later than I wanted but she will have cute little bunnies then that I might be able to visit... Or convince someone to let me take one home...

 

[holm25]

Its official! Mr. T is a belly button! He has been cornering my Cochin roo and chasing him! This has never happened before... But he has a hen this spring...

 

[jerryse]

Put this guy over my black hens yesterday . 50% will be his color . Only one I have like him . Time to raise more .

 

[jerryse]

So you see any leghorn traits in that hen . It takes time but can be done . I borrowed dominant white from leghorn . This is from a couple of years ago .