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Love your philosophy/plans for all your birds.

It is my personal opinion that Malines do not do well at all on organic feed. I've heard similar stories here in Ontario of others feeding organic to their birds, and they just don't get the same gains. It's the one feed regimen I have never used for any birds I've had. I see no reason to pay...

I have processed my cockerels from minimum of 16 weeks & up to 6 months of age without any detriment to meat quality. The only difference is size of carcass. I often had cockerels reaching 5 lbs processed, at 16 weeks of age. Add 1-2 lbs for live weight. Enough meat for a small family. 16 weeks...

Hi there! My 2 cents, fwiw - My breeding pair are unaltered, free range in the warmer months & haven't flown away in over 2 years. The drake is lucky if he can get more than one foot off the ground. He's a big, heavy guy! It helps to keep them penned for about 2 weeks when you first get them...

Your birds may not be getting adequate methionine from the organic feed. http://articles.extension.org/pages/69042/synthetic-methionine-and-organic-poultry-diets Yeah, it's a long article. In my experience, what worked best for my Malines, was 15% protein poultry grower. Keeping Malines...

I'd say both are drakes. I base this on large feet and how the heads look. If you have a good eye, you can see the subtle differences when comparing male & female heads. Hard to describe. Yes, drakes will be larger than their female peers. Try looking at lots of female Muscovy pics & then look...

Good discussion. :) Here's a great article about patents. More choices are becoming available, so a farmer doesn't have to do business with Monsanto if he/she doesn't wish to. http://www.technologyreview.com/news/539746/as-patents-expire-farmers-plant-generic-gmos/

There's so much trash journalism associated with this topic. One way to get around it, is to follow the science/scientists who actually have credentials in this field. There are plenty of people with an anti-GMO agenda with 'credentials', but usually turns out they have a degree(s) in anything...

Not sure where to start, virtually every statement above is completely false. Do you have any concept of how digestion works? Proteins are entirely broken down into their component amino acids when eaten, they do not "pass on" to eggs or anywhere else, they are used by the body to provide...

There are many bad reasons to relocate any wild animal. 1 Animal now has to go through the stress of fighting for territory in an unfamiliar place. 2 Animal could have a disease that will spread it elsewhere. 3 Now animal could be a problem for someone else. Most humane thing to do is to...

Wow. You've confirmed everything I've noticed. They are a mixed bunch. Some smaller, some bigger, some with poofy rears. Oh well, I'm just looking to keep a couple of pullets for eggs.

Thanks. I think I only have 3 maybe 4 pullets. I've decided to make things easier & will only keep 2 Buckeye pullets instead of 3. More for you! I love big birds! KlopKlop will make for a nice meat bird project.

Here are my Buckeyes at 6 weeks old now. Most appear to be cockerels. Anyone have one this pale feathered? Seems odd to me. :/

Yep, just gotta raise a bunch of cornish x and hope you get a few to survive to breeding age. ;) Have never raised these myself, but know its possible with the right set-up. Dixie Rainbows look great! I look forward to the cross as well. :)

I'd settle for eggs weighing 56-62 gms - the standard large egg in Canada. Nice to have for baking. My hatching eggs that came were mostly standard large & oval. A few bullet-shaped ones, but not many. Going to keep a Malines pullet as well for some XL-Jumbos eggs. (63 - 70+ gms). They're great...

Very nice! :thumbsup

That's great, goodb! I've had experiences with aggressive roosters before. No kids here, just an uninterested teenager, but I definitely prefer roosters that are more assertive & not aggressive. There's a fine line there & I've been fortunate to have roosters that have the right stuff! Those...

Here's some of my Buckeyes at 3 1/2 weeks old now. Have little time to take them out of brooder for pics as I just had a broody call duck hatch her babies on the weekend. :)

Thanks for the tip, Finnie! I'll try that. :)

Here's my call babies that hatched yesterday & today. :) 10 in all. Another hatch due (the mother of this new mom) in just over a week. :D