The Heritage Rhode Island Red Site

[Ur-ur-ur-urrr]

@Ur-ur-ur-urrr
I don't have a video, but here are a few quick shots when I got home. I am getting tails

Fred's Hens

Your birds have really good type, daxi. When their tails fill in, they'll look Even better, and by spring they should be awesome! The back on the cockerel in the past pic looks like an aircraft carrier!!!

 

[cmom]

I finally got all of the cockerels moved to the bachelor coops and pens.

 

[daxigait]

I finally got all of the cockerels moved to the bachelor coops and pens.

Good. So how many can you keep together?

 

[daxigait]

I am behind on my reading with my 65 hour work weeks. Where do you not want green on a pullet? I remember something about it, but not the specifics.

 

[waddles99]

I finally got all of the cockerels moved to the bachelor coops and pens.

Do you keep just cockerels together in coops? How well does that go? I'm starting up a cockerel pen and am curious if they would live in relative peace without girls present. My plan is to isolate the girls for a month so the sperm is gone and then throw them in with the cockerel for 3 days so I know who is breeding who.

 

[Ur-ur-ur-urrr]

Where do you not want green on a pullet? I remember something about it, but not the specifics.

Tail feathers.

 

[daxigait]

Tail feathers.

Any part or just a specific part?

 

[daxigait]

So this should disqualify this pullet?

 

[waddles99]

No. The standard says that the main tail should be "lustrous green black; the top two feathers may be edged with dark red".

 

[daxigait]

Which year or years of the SOP book are good if I get one?