tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7604403499576985528.post7273519481311438866..comments2024-02-23T22:47:33.131+13:00Comments on Charlotte Scott - Textile Artist: Spreading the chicken bug.Charlotte Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11696100659597422648noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7604403499576985528.post-64296489614143339582010-04-02T12:37:16.928+13:002010-04-02T12:37:16.928+13:00Hi PoppyK,
Heavy breeds, such as Orpingtons, Wyand...Hi PoppyK,<br />Heavy breeds, such as Orpingtons, Wyandottes, Rocks etc, make the best roasts - but you can eat any young rooster, there just might be not as much of a Leghorn as there is of a Barred Rock! But I never buy roosters just to raise them, they are a by-product of hatching eggs to raise my own egg-layers. <br /><br />It can be expensive to buy chooks. But once you have them, they can be self-perpetuating, so a good investment goes a long way. You don't even need a rooster to raise your own chicks. You can buy fertile eggs from a breeder and put them under a broody hen and 21 days later - you have babies! Half of them will be future egg layers and half future roasts.<br /><br />For anyone starting out with chickens and thinking about what breeds to get, you need to spend some time thinking about what you want them for. If it's just purely for eggs (and poop and bug and scrap eating which you'll get with any chook) then a light breed usually lay better than a heavy breed and don't tend to go broody often (they stop laying when they are trying to hatch out eggs). If you want dual purpose - then a heavy breed. Heavy breeds tend to be a little more docile as well.<br /><br />I like a mix, so I can pick and choose - plus I love the patchwork of colour and shape and size of a flock of mixed birds!Charlotte Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11696100659597422648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7604403499576985528.post-36469764712790615352010-04-02T10:38:48.162+13:002010-04-02T10:38:48.162+13:00Hi Ms Lottie!
Do you have a preference to what c...Hi Ms Lottie! <br /><br />Do you have a preference to what chook breeds become "roasted rooster"?<br />Some breeds I have looked into are quite high in price to purchase - $25ea ... which makes for an expensive roast!!! Any feedback is appreciated ... from anyone.<br /><br />Cheers Pen<br />Tarcutta NSW AustraliaPoppyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02633735102796684117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7604403499576985528.post-42565584195924955952010-03-31T16:22:28.363+13:002010-03-31T16:22:28.363+13:00My best score so far - 9 roosters and 2 hens! That...My best score so far - 9 roosters and 2 hens! That lot went out to a farm to be delt with.<br /><br />viv in dunedinknutty knitterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00325560883289908412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7604403499576985528.post-91762955081463522032010-03-31T14:51:31.917+13:002010-03-31T14:51:31.917+13:00cute! I wish we'd got to do stuff like that at...cute! I wish we'd got to do stuff like that at school.<br />Do you know what the other 2 chooks you had are - both boys???<br />xxLaura @ Our Wee Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14240391312194055909noreply@blogger.com