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While Buckeyes may have slightly better breast meat portions than many other heritage breeds, please remember that none of them are going to come close to the Cornish/Crosses. Just so you are not disappointed And raising on pasture will darken the dark meat to near beef color, and there will...

Yes, our Buckeyes take these off too, except for Banner, when we explained the ID was what was keeping him out of the stew pot. Now he leaves them on. Hatch Weekend! We have four Buckeyes out! This is my first hatch of the breed. They seem to take a REALLY long time from Pip to Out. Is...

Nervous. We bought some std size Buckeye chicks from Duane Urch last spring. The Cockeral "Banner" did well at our small county fair. So now we have eggs from his girls in the incubator. Hatch Weekend. I knew you folks would understand. :-) Got my Gamebird starter ready!

Buckeyes for meat: Agree with the others, it will take longer and they will not have as much breast meat as Cornish, but I felt they had more than many heritage breeds. Buckeyes for sex link: Buckeyes have the Red gene, so when you cross a Buckeye Cockerel with a silver gene hen, all the...

Be prepared for the rush to protect a sqwaking bird. They look a bit like a troop of Marines when a group of Buckeye boys are responding to the cires of the bird you are examining. I have one young male bird now who follows me around the pen pecking my ankles. I believe this particular bird...

I had pasty but problems with the Welsummers I raised with the Buckeyes on the high protein feed. No Buckeyes have pasty butt. DH wanted his garage back. Moved the Feb 5 hatch birds to a Hoop House in the pasture. I put a heat lamp in and a piece of cardboard for them to get off the damp...

I love the way buckeye chicks look. Such a cute video. I love how they lose their "blond hair" last. Their little bodies fill out so fast. Crossed Beak - was just so very surprised to see it. And then the DH "You spent how much for that bird?!?!!?" Reminded him about our own crooked toe...

I appreciate all the advice in the forums and in the PM. It is always good to have the voice of varied experience to listen to. As they are still very young, we will wait to make any final decision. I have checked the other birds carefully, so this appears to be a lone case (so far). I...

Are Duane Urch's Buckeyes really that good? We got 15 on Feb 7. One has developed a horrible crossed beak. His little skull even looks a bit deformed. Now I am a little worried that we will see this defect in the offspring of the other birds even if we do not use this particular...

We would love to see your Buckeyes at the Coulee Region Poultry Show in Galesville WI on Sat Jun 2. I hope mine will be large enough to make an appearance, would love to see some great older birds there too! They are all mobbing the door of the brooder hut! They are acting like Marines!

On February 7 I drove over to Duane Urch's place and picked up my 15 Buckeyes, 10 Welsummers and 5 Ameraucanas. The Buckeyes are now climbing all over each other to get to my hands as I do the chores. I do not treat them yet, so I suspect I have a whole lot of bold Buckeye boys in there...

Quote: I had two cockerels hatched Feb 28 and fed 25-30% protein feed (30% Purina Game Starter diluted slightly with 19% chick feed) They got much bigger and finer than their father by end of July fair time and did well there. I really feel the earlier higher protein diet made a big...

I have fed game bird starter, 30% protein.

Quote: I have never meet a mature human friendly leghorn rooster. Too many childhood memories of my own, I will never raise leghorns. My 5-wk old Spec Sussex cockerels are already having it out in the brooder. The Buckey male from the same hatch is bigger and just tries to keep out of the...

There was a question on why I was disappointed with the Buckeyes I have and where I got them. No one from BYC is guilty of giving me inferior birds! Our roo is from purchased and shipped hatching eggs. He is a beautiful deep color and we have loved watching him fill out. However, he is rough...

Quote: Well, did you need red columbian? Buckeyes are a black tailed red bird, not red columbian. I don't think so. I am working from a post by RAREROO hopefully linked below https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=5211051#p5211051 EMAW: Also would a Buckeye Rooster fit...

I like hatching in the spring because I have more outside room (we pasture), so the time of year when I have the most birds corresponds to when I have the most room. The poop control on the additional birds is easier too, goes right to the grass. The downside is my young birds always lose at...

My eldest son and I are hatching Buckeye Roo over Delaware hen as a broiler-cross project. It isn't strictly a Buckeye project, so I will start a thread for it under the meat birds. I just wanted to post here as some Buckeye growers expressed interest in the cross.

Quote: I currently have in the incubator....Buckeye Roo over Delaware hen....should yield white boys and red girls. This is for the son's 4-H production bird project. They should start hatching monday. We are all waiting impatiently. Good luck to everyone hatching Buckeyes this spring.

Quote: Well my Buckeye chicks are in the basement, because the garage is just too cold yet. I am a little disappointed in my current stock, while still being very enthused about Buckeye breed. The comments about being careful about where you get them are true.