Recent content by Florida Bullfrog

I’ve done it for family and friends. There’s nothing different about it than incubating for myself. When the chicks hatch they either pick them up from me or I deliver them.

I’ve started documenting the Liege x aseel x Crackers in this composite thread by several forum members detailing their landrace projects: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/landrace-adaptive-breeding-discussion.1624350/page-24

Probably years. These are basically a new line of F1s, where the previous line from my Wahl aseel and Indo have only survived through one stag and then separately from the hens that have Cracker cut into them. Those that have survived Marek’s are turning into fine free range fowl. But they’re...

The hen in the last pic hasn't brooded yet this season. I am not sure if she's laying somewhere or not. I'm still missing one of the black hens, I am expecting her to appear with chicks any time. In total, I know I have one black hen setting in a nest box due in about a week to a week and a...

A few developments today. First, I turned out the 15 this evening on the bet they'd return to the new coop at dark. They did. Therefore I'm going to let them go on full-free range again. It will be up to them to me smart enough to return to the coop in a heavy downpour. I noticed the chicks...

I got my eye on this one. He's crowing already and asserting dominance. He's got the right tail carriage so far (although that can change) and he's got red ears, something I've been wanting for a while. He's Number 1 for comparison. What I'm looking for is a red-eared version of Number 1...

Here's a good comparison between a terrorfowl and an improved Cracker.

I like elevated nesting for when they're setting on the eggs, but it can lead to problems after the chicks hatch. My experience, universal across all my chicken bloodlines, is that whenever possible free-range hens like to return to the original nest every night with their biddies so long as...

That’s the glory of a low carb diet. You can eat what you want so low as the carb count is low. I’ve lost 40lb since Jan. 29. Yes. Some sort of generic heirloom my local stores carry every other year that grows good in my locality.

Banana peppers from the coop garden breaded in low carb flower and fried in bacon grease.

I made some delicious tomato soup from the garden. I got some mildew on my squash in the coop garden but I don’t care. The coop garden is so bountiful that I can spare a squash plant.

Momma #3 to hatch within 24 hours. She ended up with 7 chicks. All black with a little white on them.

I agree with both statements. I think Troiano knows his stuff. Lots of points he makes (especially about mistakes he’s learned from) I can relate to and say “yep, he must know what’s he’s talking about, because I’ve experienced X, Y, and Z just like he’s saying.” For example, he talks about...

I went ahead and pulled all 15 motherless chicks off of free range this evening. Some of them are starting to tree roost but their choices aren’t going to give them any protection from a downpour. The 5 older chicks are sticking to their coop at night so I put the 10 younger chicks with them...