Surviving Minnesota!

[I Love Layers]

I will take it, moisture is moisture

 

[MNChickMom]

Did a little scouting in the woods. Found a bunch of these beauties. Left them alone based on gut instincts, it appears they are poisonous according to google.

 

[holm25]

I have an odd hen feathered cockerel if anybody wants him lol.. No sign of “boy” feathers...

 

[MagpieDucks]

http://thepoultryguide.com/amazing-rare-good-breeds-of-backyard-chickens/

Looks like someone through a bad school project together last minute or something?

 

[holm25]

http://thepoultryguide.com/amazing-rare-good-breeds-of-backyard-chickens/

Looks like someone through a bad school project together last minute or something?

That should be taken down

 

[holm25]

That should be taken down

Pretty sure they just searched for chicken pictures and wrote down the name that was on the description

 

[MagpieDucks]

Pretty sure they just searched for chicken pictures and wrote down the name that was on the description

I want a Blue Arpington.

 

[holm25]

Saving the world from the wrath of the sky rats one pigeon at a time... Had a good day hunting... No bands today...

 

[Bogtown Chick]

Winner!

I’m not sleeping well. So I feel this is a DQ.

Thanks so much for the reply! I'll have to look into getting better stock. I've got 15 JG's coming from MurrayMcMurry the second week of October, and wouldn't mind adding some quality into those. It isn't a money thing for me (honestly I don't care if I sell any, as the ones I don't want I'll either keep for eggs or meat), more of for the challenge of it. If that goes well then I'd looking into other breeds.

Thanks again!

Sometimes rarer breeds like say a jersey giant might not be bad from a hatchery. I think hatcheries now and then get birds from breeders to replenish breeding stock. Some more popular breeds will be smaller watered down version as they are probably selecting hens for laying tons of eggs and roosters for breeding aggression from their own versus selecting for show quality . But I have seen decent rare breeds from hatchery. Just saying.... and I suppose the lines aren’t as over done or have had as many selections of different reasons-- if you know what I mean. Maybe I’m talking out of my tookus. But that’s what I envision.


Ahhh Ralphie! Bahahaha. Another bed time story for my kids. They liked the redneck lists and deck stories the best. But I’m sure this will do.

 

[R2elk]

Sometimes rarer breeds like say a jersey giant might not be bad from a hatchery. I think hatcheries now and then get birds from breeders to replenish breeding stock. Some more popular breeds will be smaller watered down version as they are probably selecting hens for laying an egg every day and roosters for breeding aggression from their own. But I have seen decent rare breeds from hatchery. Just saying.... and I suppose the lines aren’t as over done or have had as many poor selections if you know what I mean. Maybe I’m talking out of my tookus. But that’s what I envision.

Very frequently hatcheries outsource their offerings. One example is that very few hatcheries have their own guineas. Most of them source their guineas from Ralph Winter's Guinea Farm which is the largest guinea producer in the U.S. Another example was when I ordered Royal Palm turkey poults from McMurrays, they came from New Mexico instead of Iowa where McMurrays is located.