The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: bloomer on August 15, 2014, 12:25:54 pm
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We had 1 female legbar, this year we tried to hatch some more, we ended up with 1 cockerel that's all!!!
Yesterday I picked up 5 legbar-legbar/crosses.
Mr legbar is happy, the 5 new ones and him are huddled together in a happy group, the 1 origianal isn't having anything to do with them though!!!
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ha, they'll all settle down. cool you now have a boy though :)
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I currently have 2-3 boys Mr legbar, Mr copper maran and possibly Mr cuckoo maran haven't decided on the last one yet!
Have build pens to keep maran flock and legbar flock seperate and the leftovers have been split on size lines rather than what they look like!
Still have to build some smaller breeding pens so I can be fussy which hens eggs we hatch next year!
Current guess is we'll end up keeping 2 cockerels total and have 5 pens with stock moved around as required.
Its keeping me busy getting it all organised!!!
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excellent :thumbsup: .
Steve has approved plans for a Minorca boy :excited: who's coming in January. Haven't run past the idea of a Marsh Daisy boy yet though..
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All these breeding plans sound great :thumbsup: good luck with the future generations, I may be looking your way WHEN we eventually find somewhere to expand. :chook:
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Bloomer I'll sort you some out soon .Iv had eggs from 5 studs and hatched about 12 some of the best. Leg bars iv seen .The next plan is to have a utilatey line put in them .I do go to forfar and having some of mine would be good .I could do 5 hens and a couple of cock birds say 6 weeks old and double gene silver neks .so fix you're pens up and I'll sort in the spring .