fuzzi's "Gardens and Chickens...and Goats? Oh My!" Journal and More Thread

[fuzzi]

NEVER share such plans!!

I used to go tell preg mares I was leaving for a few hours, be good -- hoping they'd go into labor! . My goats just laugh.

I can let her sit on plastc eggs for a few days. If she sticks with it I might give her 3 or 4 eggs, timed to hatch after I return.

 

[SageHill]

That's a GORGEOUS cutting board!!!

 

[canesisters]

I can let her sit on plastc eggs for a few days. If she sticks with it I might give her 3 or 4 eggs, timed to hatch after I return.

Good plan!

 

[Mini Horses]

Agree, great cutting board. Almost "to gorgeous" to use!

Yes, let her commit for a few days. I do that with mine, before I waste eggs. . They'll set until --

 

[fuzzi]

Now Tamar is puffed up, with her butt up against the side of the coop. And there was a broody poo smell, too.

 

[fuzzi]

Esther says hi.

Esther is in with Silas and the Dominiques because I can't use her for breeding. She has yellow skin/shanks, which is a big "No No" with Speckled Sussex. She's doing fine, holding her own with the older hens.

 

[farmerjan]

Sussex are all white shanks and skin right? Most all English breeds are white skin/legs... Including their bantam counterparts which are not "classed" the same as large fowl... Like American, Mediterranean, English, Asiatic.....
Bantams are classed differently but have to meet the same standards as the BREED that they are. Plus there are some breeds that do not have a Standard size and a Bantam size counterpart... Silkies being one I can think of right off the top of my head... Seabrights being another...

And Seabrights and I think Campines... the males and females are feathered the same... no hackle and saddle feather differences.. males are called "hen feathered" due to the same feathering as females in color and shape of feathers...

 

[fuzzi]

Sussex are all white shanks and skin right? Most all English breeds are white skin/legs... Including their bantam counterparts which are not "classed" the same as large fowl... Like American, Mediterranean, English, Asiatic.....
Bantams are classed differently but have to meet the same standards as the BREED that they are. Plus there are some breeds that do not have a Standard size and a Bantam size counterpart... Silkies being one I can think of right off the top of my head... Seabrights being another...

Yep. The main disqualification for Sussex is yellow skin. Many carry the gene, so it's likely that Esther would produce chicks with yellow skin. I'm not expecting to win any prizes, but I do want to keep to the standards as much as possible.

 

[rachels.haven]

One hen lost out of your breeding program is all the more reason for those broodies to get their rears in gear for the sake of your breeding program. I hope they get on it soon.