Toad Raising.

[duluthralphie]

Sure...BUT my brain is old and weak you know...LOL

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Sure...BUT my brain is old and weak you know...LOL

pssssttt, its not just your brain

 

[duluthralphie]

pssssttt, its not just your brain

Again the rules here at BYC forbid me from giving you the reply you earned!

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Again the rules here at BYC forbid me from giving you the reply you earned!

 

[Mrs. Light Sussex]

Any advancements with the Toad development?
Selling hatching eggs yet?

 

[duluthralphie]

We are having a rough winter here. So not many eggs getting to the incubators.

There are three of us now breeding toads. One has had some limited success this spring.

We might have exceeded the limits of what a bird should weigh. One of the breeders picked up an 18 week old rooster from me for breeding. We found it to be pushing or over 20 pounds. He seems healthy and all, but we are now worried about the ability to breed naturally without hurting the hens.

I have one in my barn that is pushing 25-30 pounds. He is 3 years old. I keep him for an oddity as he was no longer able to breed the hens. We tried to AI him but found we can not get our hands around his back to successfully AI him.

(yes, they are turkey sized chickens)..

We are making toads 2.0 this year to try and increase the frame height and remove the single comb that is detrimental to us in the north. Between the three of us we should be able to get chicks out this spring to others. Shipping toad eggs is not a good idea.

They are very sensitive and precious at this stage in the development.

AS ALWAYS WE ARE NOT DISCUSSING WHAT WE ARE ADDING IN TO THE MIXTURE...

I will tag the other two breeders so they can give their views @MNChickMom @holm25

A few hours separate all of us but we get together some to make the trades needed.

 

[shawluvsbirds]

TOADS 2.0
that's so great.

 

[MNChickMom]

Good Morning Toad lovers,
I am having luck with any eggs that make it into the incubator, my biggest problem is frozen eggs. And I mean frozen to the point of cracked wide open.

 

[Kusanar]

AS ALWAYS WE ARE NOT DISCUSSING WHAT WE ARE ADDING IN TO THE MIXTURE...

Since when? The original toad formula was pretty well documented on here step by step... this is the first I have seen of any secretive breeding of these guys

 

[Mrs. Light Sussex]

I'd love to lay my hands on some toad eggs...
We don't have freezing weather so that won't be a problem. LOL.