The Buckeye Thread

[Minniechickmama]

Perhaps a few photos just for fun though

SOME of this year's pullets



The same cock I have in my avatar that I posted from a year ago, but here he is now, trying to get those feathers pushed back out.

I seriously dislike the comb on this bird, but she has so much going on in the right places otherwise, she will likely be sticking around for breeding. She has a beautiful head, good color (can still need some improving but is not orange, but a good tone of red), has good depth of body without being to fluffy too. A good example of a bird who may not be a show bird, but could bring good things to a mating with the right male.

 

[sumi]

I love this pic. Thanks for sharing!

 

[Minniechickmama]

I love this pic. Thanks for sharing!

Makes her tail look bad, but she was on the roost.

 

[sumi]

It does, now that you pointed it out... I just love how the green compliments her colour. I spent a lot of time lately studying pics. Can you tell?

 

[sumi]

@goodb How are your Buckeyes doing? Laying lots of eggs, I hope!

 

[goodb]

@goodb How are your Buckeyes doing? Laying lots of eggs, I hope!

I have 7 out of 11 pullets that made it through the hawk saga. Knowing that they aren't super layers I have 7 RIR pullets as well. They are great birds. I can't wait until I have 30 of them roaming around my yard.

Here's a recent picture one of my girls allowed me to take.

 

[sumi]

Lovely pic, thanks for sharing! What hawk saga are you talking about? What happened?

 

[goodb]

Lovely pic, thanks for sharing! What hawk saga are you talking about? What happened?

Be it that I now have easy meals for predators, the local red tail hawk momma had a great spring raising her chicks. I moved my new birds out in the yard, away from the old flock surrounded by an electric fence. I thought the fence would keep the bad guys out AND the good guys (chicks) in. Silly me, some chicks walked right through the fence as they were not able to complete the circuit and get shocked! So they just started wandering to where the "grass was greener" and were "sitting ducks" for the hawks. Once I recognized what was happening I placed a chicken fence inside the electric to keep them in. Then momma found the chicks my broodies hatched out and picked them off one at a time. It was a stressful, joyful, sad, happy summer.

I started with 11 girls and 9 boys from a straight run from Theri and raised 7 girls and 6 boys to maturity. Hence, the hawk saga comment. Hope that answers your question.

 

[sumi]

Sorry to hear about the losses. Stressful, joyful, sad and happy sums this wonderful hobby up very well. As long as the good times outnumber the bad, it's worth it.

 

[JoshU]

There are supposed to be over 70 Buckeye Large Fowl at the Ohio National and a ton of Bantam Buckeyes as well. Cindy has her nice camera and we will be taking tons of pictures of ALL of the Buckeyes and posting them here for all to see.

I am working, along with a few other Buckeye enthusiasts in putting together some tools to help people understand the breeding traits and such. We will definitely have more to share soon.

I was sorting some pullets this week, and here are two that have some nice features. They both have things to work on but I wanted to post a few pics for discussion. There are plenty to work with here on the farm. I don't take enough pictures with the little time I have before dark. Now that daylight savings time is over, I will have even less time for pictures. Here are a few I did take. Also note that these pullets are just over 5 months old. Born late May. It was windy and cold out there. And my phone camera so the color and light filters are jacked.








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