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I would be honored to assist you in your breeding quest as it sounds very similar to my own, future goals (when I get some land beneath me, I'm looking now) Suggestion, if your roosters are not there yet, perhaps they just need a role model. You could try to raise a few geese with your next batch of chicks, you'll want at least 2-3 males and a few females. When the dominant male gander becomes 2 much for the flock or you. Then kill him and cook him. Ideally you should end up with a much kinder and gentler gander who will still be fierce in terms of him and the remaining geese defending the chicken flock. But be prepared to loose 1-2 or all the geese with every successful major attack. In the 1st attack a coyote killed a gander plus a rooster (no more geese) in it's 2nd attack it killed 22 or 24 laying hens. Hope this helps.
 
newt13 said:
I would be honored to assist you in your breeding quest as it sounds very similar to my own, future goals (when I get some land beneath me, I'm looking now) Suggestion, if your roosters are not there yet, perhaps they just need a role model. You could try to raise a few geese with your next batch of chicks, you'll want at least 2-3 males and a few females. When the dominant male gander becomes 2 much for the flock or you. Then kill him and cook him. Ideally you should end up with a much kinder and gentler gander who will still be fierce in terms of him and the remaining geese defending the chicken flock. But be prepared to loose 1-2 or all the geese with every successful major attack. In the 1st attack a coyote killed a gander plus a rooster (no more geese) in it's 2nd attack it killed 22 or 24 laying hens. Hope this helps.
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Thanks! I've considered raising geese with my chickens, but haven't yet as I got rid of my ducks due to them being messy (plus Muscovy weren't productive enough for the amount of feed they ate). So I'm hesitant to add another waterfowl back into the flock. But I've had this suggested to me before.
And my roosters haven't had much opportunity to learn to be protective of the flock since they're fenced due to the neighbor's dog.

As for wanting to help with my breeding, that'd be great as so far I've been the only one, even though a few who've bought from me have hatched from their own flock of Catskill Homesteaders.
 
yyz0yyz0 said:
Picked up 8 chicks in early April, here they are about a month ago. The two roos on the right back corner have since gone to freezer camp.
So out of 8 chicks I ended up with 6 pullets, not a bad ratio. The bodies are a little smaller than I had hoped but the colors are very interesting so far.


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On their 19wk birthday, the first egg from them. Pretty impressive with the nice early start. It's small but it's a first and very interesting color. Can't wait to see the other colors I get and how soon they start.
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I'm sorry I never saw your post! I haven't been on BYC much. But wanted to reply and say that's a very good ratio! I hope they've continued to do well for you and filled out more. Sometimes I'll have a pullet start laying & continue to gain weight and body size as she matures. But others have stayed smaller.
I'm hoping to start selecting more for larger sizes, but sometimes the smaller hens tend to lay better!
 
I don't get on BYC often to update this thread, so for the most recent updates, visit our Instagram account @paradiseindisguisehobbyfarm
Or hashtag #catskillhomesteaderchickens
or Facebook page:
https://m.facebook.com/Catskill.Homesteader.Chickens/

Occasionally we'll also post to our blog.

Here's a few photos from the other day: img_6305.jpg img_6313.jpg IMG_5113.JPG
 
draye said:
I vaguely remember you starting this thread and had forgotten about it. Ran across it again yesterday and finished reading it today. I love reading about others ventures into chickens.

What is your Facebook page? I have one I started for Naked Necks.
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Naked Neck aka Turken Fanciers.
 

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