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As Draye said, Dunlap (and S&G) are hatcheries, not breeders.
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As Draye said, Dunlap (and S&G) are hatcheries, not breeders.
The top two are my favorites! An alternative is number three. #3 looks to have a little more white in him. I know your like ne, cannot keep too many cockerels due to space and the cost if growing then out. I've got to go they mine and do a little more culling. I even have a pullet that looks like she needs to be culled ( something I hat doing, culling pullets), but she is really quite a bit smaller than her hatch mates and after all I need the bigger and best kbe as I'm shooting for nice sized birds. Good luck in in decisions. I need to get sone shoots if my Calico/Aloha babies.Can't sleep, worried about growouts and housing, so I got up and started looking at data and photos (today was the Aloha weight and photo day - week 8). I am going to need to do an early cull of some of the boys I know I am not keeping (fully feathered or tiny, and in one case, a biter), so that I can better manage their housing. Here are the main contenders to keep - will likely only keep one or possibly two. @alohachickens - can you comment on the feathering and give your opinion? The boy with the dun is still the sweetest and biggest (at 40.42oz at 8 weeks), and he's definitely a keeper. He tends to sit on the scale, but has yellow legs: This is #2 (yellow leg): This is #3 (yellow leg): This is #4 (white leg, second largest behind Pretty Boy): These two are possible reserves (may let them grow a bit more before culling): Any comments? - Ant Farm
Can't sleep, worried about growouts and housing, so I got up and started looking at data and photos (today was the Aloha weight and photo day - week 8). I am going to need to do an early cull of some of the boys I know I am not keeping (fully feathered or tiny, and in one case, a biter), so that I can better manage their housing. Here are the main contenders to keep - will likely only keep one or possibly two. @alohachickens - can you comment on the feathering and give your opinion?
The boy with the dun is still the sweetest and biggest (at 40.42oz at 8 weeks), and he's definitely a keeper. He tends to sit on the scale, but has yellow legs:
This is #2 (yellow leg):
This is #3 (yellow leg):
This is #4 (white leg, second largest behind Pretty Boy):
These two are possible reserves (may let them grow a bit more before culling):
Any comments?
- Ant Farm
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To clarify, I have EIGHTEEN boys!(Including all but one of the little nn ones you included, perversely.) Because there are so many, I don't have the room to house and grow out the ones that I'm definitely not keeping, so I wanted to check on my selections for the potential keepers. These that I posted are the ones I plan to keep, in order of my preference - I will keep at least two, maybe three, into adulthood.
I actually weeded down just the same way as you recommend - first the ones I definitely am not keeping (fully feathered or too small), then from the top, the ones I like by weight and appearance. The middle ones are #4, 5, &6. I'll watch them all grow out a little longer before culling them. The one with the small comb was initially thought to be a pullet, and is in with them (as are a number of other boys) - the other 5 are together in the all-cockerel brooder. So I can try to keep him and hope he won't get attacked as a newcomer.
Is the reason you don't prefer my #1 because there's less white on his head? Because he's my favorite... (Although I really like #2 as well - and he is protective of the girls in the next brooder when I'm trying to catch them for weighing, so he may be a good protector/flock leader with the ladies, which is important to me.
Curious - I'm not keeping this boy, but I'm curious what you think of his coloring:
I was planning to keep all the girls except I'm actually considering culling one - she's got very little mottling, and is quite frankly a little bit of a nut job, very jumpy, and nips at me A LOT. Unusual behavior. Girl photos next post.
- Ant Farm