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Joe and others, re back length, I was told by an experienced Buckeye breeder when I first started to aim for something a little longer than a New Hampshire back and shorter than an RIR back. A Plymouth Rock has a 'rather long' back. I have found that if you let the back get too short you can...

Head shot of a pullet since heads were mentioned-

Young cull out of the rotisserie-

It's hard to tell because Joe is having to hold his birds head up, but yours looks like it has a better length of back PA (standard says back, rather long). It definitely shouldn't be short.

Naughty girls....

Buckeye chicks can come in a range of colors from a pale yellow to a dark rusty red. Sometimes the lighter chicks feather out a lighter red than darker chicks as adults but sometimes it doesn't mean anything.

Cute :). Buckeye chicks are always busy!

Would love to see photos of your bantam Buckeyes :). Don't see many of them around here.

What poultry feed do you use?

What is the exact ingredient on the list of ingredients in dog/cat food that you don't want to feed?

Yes, you can breed two birds with no slate and still get some offspring with slate. It isn't magic, its just a recessive gene :). And see, you're coming around. First you said if they don't have slate they look orange. Now you're agreeing that they can be dark or light with or without the...

I haven't found either one of these statements to be true in breeding Buckeyes, and I've hatched and grown out a lot of birds. Have you started breeding your Buckeyes yet? When you start breeding and get some birds on the ground, you'll see everything isn't so set in stone. :) One of my...

I don't use lights either, and I've noticed that coop placement and window placement makes a big difference when you don't. I've got 4 coops, and 3 have windows/doors on at least two sides, mostly east and south. They are devoid of trees on the window sides. The other only has a door and windows...

cgmcary, forgive me for taking so long to answer you. My son left for Army basic training a few days ago and I stayed off the computer for a while before he left, doing family things. He's down there close to your part of the country right now, in Fort Benning, GA! Karen already covered...

Seems kind of tough to scrutinize if you haven't grown them yourself. Not here to argue with you about that anymore though as I compared them to my own birds and have my own opinion, you are certainly welcome to your own :). I said I got cornish hen size carcasses at 10 weeks, yes. As in the...

For those of you that are fans of Don Schrider, he has been doing some wonderful articles for the ABPC club newsletter for members!

Yes I sell meat (and eating eggs). Pasture raised 'heritage' is very popular around here. I could sell many more if I had the space/energy :). I always have a waiting list. I even butcher the cull pullets instead of selling them for layers. I also have a raw fed dog, so I have a ton of...

oh, these previous statements from you had me confused then as they sounded like you had raised 2 different lines, one being Jeff's, and compared their growth? I have 2 different lines so to speak so I can say that growth rate does vary depending on who you got them from. and If you like a...

I started with stock from pathfinders which was ALBC/Brown, Chris McCary Albc/Urch, and I met with Duane Urch a couple times and bought some adult pairs from his flock that he put together for me. Egg production doesn't suffer at all. I am careful to select for both qualities as they are meant...

Heck no I'm not comparing them to a Cornishx. I've butchered almost 300 Buckeyes this year alone. Killed, cleaned and plucked all by my own hand- I know a meaty bird vs a boney one.... I'm comparing the meatiness of one line of Buckeye to another, and the ability of one line to grow a meaty...