Today Was Butcher Day

[Ridgerunner]

If you cross EE's with a good Delaware rooster and save only the green egg laying pullets, you might get even meatier EE's.

@baymule a Delaware rooster will not only add white (actually silver) to the flock but barring. Expect every one of his offspring to be barred.

 

[journey11]

I wonder what I'd have to cross them with to breed out the crazy?

 

[Ridgerunner]

@journey11 I can come up with absolutely no response to that.

 

[baymule]

I wonder what I'd have to cross them with to breed out the crazy?

Prozac.

 

[baymule]

@Ridgerunner I think I can use a Rhode Island Red rooster on the Delaware hens and breed my own red sex links. I just butchered 2 old hens and they were quite meaty. The black sex link-not so much, although she was a big bird. The sex links crank out eggs like an egg making machine.

I got 21 pints of chicken broth. That ought to make the grand daughter happy. She loves chicken broth and scrambled eggs. She can take some home next time she's here.

 

[Smart Red]

Owl?

I wonder what I'd have to cross them with to breed out the crazy?

Prozac would give you laid back, easy going, but still crazy chickens.

 

[Nyboy]

Dont laugh I have a dog in kennel now on prozac.

Prozac.

 

[Wishin']

If you cross EE's with a good Delaware rooster and save only the green egg laying pullets, you might get even meatier EE's.

@baymule a Delaware rooster will not only add white (actually silver) to the flock but barring. Expect every one of his offspring to be barred.

We actually did this for some time, we called them delacaunas, and marketed them locally as meat birds.They sold quickly, we retired the flock this year they are four years old now. They grew huge, are very tasty, and still give you the joy of a pretty green egg.