The Buckeye Thread

[JoshU]

I'll tell you one thing about that Nettie Metcalf. She was consistent. Everything I have read from her says the same. I like simple. And she seemed to like to keep it simple as well.

 

[buckeyechicken]

I have only had buckeye's for a short time, and I have been fortunate to have good mentors (people that are currently on this site) to help provide advice for raising my buckeyes. I started with utility type buckeyes when I got them and I have had some good advise on what to look for and breed toward for to get them to better fit the SOP. Yes, I realize that it will take a while to get them where I want them too be but I WILL get them there. The process is very exciting for me. One thing that I've noticed is that you have to have a little bit of "chicken-sense" to raise poultry and be willing to listen, make sense of who is willing to teach you or can "talk chicken" and then apply your "chicken-sense" to what they provide. I've come to find that everything is not cut and dried when it comes to raising poultry. As far as other breeders; I am not knocking them (what ever works for them). I want my chickens to be bred to the meet SOP and I desire a DARK red Buckeye. I want them so dark red that in a distance they look black and shine like a new dollar coin. I've read what bluface has written and the guy does circles around most people! I value his input!

 

[Blueface]

[COLOR=3E454C]I have only had buckeye's for a short time, and I have been fortunate to have good mentors (people that are currently on this site) to help provide advice for raising my buckeyes. I started with utility type buckeyes when I got them and I have had some good advise on what to look for and breed toward for to get them to better fit the SOP. Yes, I realize that it will take a while to get them where I want them too be but I WILL get them there. The process is very exciting for me. One thing that I've noticed is that you have to have a little bit of "chicken-sense" to raise poultry and be willing to listen, make sense of who is willing to teach you or can "talk chicken" and then apply your "chicken-sense" to what they provide. I've come to find that everything is not cut and dried when it comes to raising poultry. As far as other breeders; I am not knocking them (what ever works for them). I want my chickens to be bred to the meet SOP and I desire a DARK red Buckeye. I want them so dark red that in a distance they look black and shine like a new dollar coin. I've read what bluface has written and the guy does circles around most people! I value his input![/COLOR]

You stick with it and you'll do just fine! Remember......one year at a time; next generation better than the last! We need to get your birds in the show pens

 

[buckeyechicken]

You stick with it and you'll do just fine! Remember......one year at a time; next generation better than the last! We need to get your birds in the show pens

I have 8 in the brooder now that are filling out and feathering to my satisfaction going to get weight on them tonight at 2 weeks.

 

[poltroon]

Quote:

(written by Nettie and printed in 1916 American Buckeye Club catalogue)

Copyright 2014: American Buckeye Club (all rights reserved)


It is so great to have that history. However, I'm confused by the addition of the new copyright notice. If it was originally published in the US before 1923, it is now in the public domain, to be shared with everyone.

 

[poltroon]

It was nice to see Buckeyes represented at the PPBA show in Stockton, CA, this past weekend. 6 birds were shown, a trio was offered in the Breeder's raffle, and there were a couple in the sale barn. It's the most I've ever seen there.

 

[007medic]

Lovely...the deep South is frozen.

So it started snowing yesterday morning at about 10 am. It didn't stop until 6 pm. Since the temp never got above 23F every stinkin' flake stuck. We ended up with about 3.5-4".

Now all y'all up north might say "well whoop-de-stinkin'-doo, 3.5-4" ain't nuthin!" but down here, where any snow quickly turns to a sheet of solid ice, and where folks who are trying to drive lose all sense and reason and end up driving like joy-riding tweenies or turned over in the ditch, or both- this kind of weather is dangerous to human kind.

The Buckeyes are in HEAVEN. They aren't just tolerating the weather, they're reveling in it! Chicken tracks in the snow to the compost heap, chicken tracks in the snow to the wood lot, chicken tracks in the snow to the barns....you get the picture. All my geriatric cocks and hens have a spring in their step and a little extra shine to their eyes. The laying hens are going nuts, I'm picking up as many daily eggs as I did last november and we still have some who haven't come out of late molt. Even at winter solstice, even without artificial lighting, our girls gave at least a half dozen daily.

Of the 17 eggs that made it to lock-down 16 hatched and all are healthy robust little things. Even with power failures that caused complete cool down of the eggs for >8 hours (not once, TWICE), not a single weak chick, not a single splayed leg, crossed beak, poorly formed head or any other visible defect. From the first one that hatched Saturday morning to the last one that hatched Sunday morning, these chicks practically jumped out of their shells! I'd look in one minute (through a view window) for pipped eggs and an egg would just be pipped and then less than an hour later when I would go back to check for more pips, the chick would already be zipped and out!

I love this breed.

 

[Blueface]

It was nice to see Buckeyes represented at the PPBA show in Stockton, CA, this past weekend. 6 birds were shown, a trio was offered in the Breeder's raffle, and there were a couple in the sale barn. It's the most I've ever seen there.

Do you remember who was exhibiting them? I was sent pics of them.

 

[A Nonny Moose]

Good question... how do you copyright something in the public domain??

 

[Regin]

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