has anyone here been having trouble with things with big teeth showing up?
I cleared out 3 skunks & 2 coons over the summer, so I figured I was all set.
Wrong! something got 1 of my blue slate turkey's & 2 meet birds all in 1 night
good thing my Orps are locked up in their coops at night.
thanks for the rooster info
my jubilee rooster is not getting the job done.... at all
never seen him mount even 1 hen
he is now about a year old & all i get is clear eggs
i only have 3 girls for him so i would think they would all 3 be bare backed in no time at all
nope, not 1 feather...
here is a pic that i took of my boy a few months back
her is smaller than my splash rooster that is for sure
but i'll see if i can get a little larger offspring from him & his ladies
I was lucky enough to meet a poultry show judge @ the swap i go to in Sanford Maine
he often brings silkies to sell
not sure he judges large fowl though.
You make some very good points RP
I have had good luck getting birds from the local chicken swap
but i don't go there thinking that i will be getting top of the line
show quality birds
I have sold off some of my extra BBS cockerels at the same swap
but at no point did i say "show...
i set 4 cockerels to the side for next years breeding pen
but i surely don't need all 4
so at this point i can either sell off one or two to people who can use them
or i can put the extras on finishing raitions & send them to camp in a couple months
i like the selling better than the...