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Cross breeding brings more money author=kay29000 post=135805844]

Okay.

Crossbreeding is fine. I've been thinking of crossbreding local chickens with Noilers. Maybe in the near future, but for now I'd just prefer to keep them 100% local.[/quote]

newoffer:
Cross breeding brings more money author=kay29000 post=135805844]

Okay.

Crossbreeding is fine. I've been thinking of crossbreding local chickens with Noilers. Maybe in the near future, but for now I'd just prefer to keep them 100% local.

Well, money is not my sole aim of doing this.

Just house 10 hen with two different big cork. Allow them stay for a month so u can get lots of mix breed among them. They will all hatch and give u quality chick with various colour and gradeAre you doing it for the camera...uote author=kay29000 post=135811485]

Well, money is not my sole aim of doing this.[/quote]

Some of the chickens getting ready for bedtime..

kay29000:
Yeah it's amazing that the sound the rooster makes for prey coming from the sky is different from the sound it makes for ground prey. I love when I hear the sound for air prey and I can't see the bird of prey, till like a few seconds later. The rooster is always super alert.

Super alert. The Roosters, when it comes to alerting the flock of an incoming Prey. It is simply amazing.

Sometimes, it is pecking away and looking at the ground, then you will hear that peculiar sound and you will be the one searching almost 360 degree to see where the threat is coming from!

From my observations, sometimes I think the Roosters are just Psychic or have one Power that is beyond our comprehension as humans.

Lukuluku69:
Super alert. The Roosters, when it comes to alert the flock of an incoming Prey. It is simply amazing.

Sometimes, it is pecking away and looking at the ground, then you will hear that peculiar sound and you will be the one searching almost 360 degree to see where the threat is coming from!

From my observations, sometimes I think the Roosters are just Psychic or have one Power that is beyond our comprehension as humans.

Exactly. I guess sometimes they see the bird's shadow. Sometimes they hear a sound we don't hear. They are born for that job and they do it well.

kay29000:
Some of the chickens getting ready for bedtime..

Your birds are beautiful.
Just look at those ladies with clean feathers and neat legs. 😀

Mariangeles:
Your birds are beautiful.
Just look at those ladies with clean feathers and neat legs. 😀

Thanks .........

Na WA for this new nairaland rule. i can't respond with just thanks.

kay29000:
Thanks .........

Na WA for this new nairaland rule. i can't respond with just thanks.

Are you getting eggs from them at least?

Mariangeles:
Are you getting eggs from them at least?

Local chickens eggs are really small, so I just let them hatch them and populate the place. When I had Noiler hens earlier this year, I used to sell their eggs.

kay29000:
Local chickens eggs are really small, so I just let them hatch them and populate the place. When I had Noiler hens earlier this year, I used to sell their eggs.

So then, what is your reward, after your efforts and investing in them, since you don't eat them?

kay29000:
Local chickens eggs are really small, so I just let them hatch them and populate the place. When I had Noiler hens earlier this year, I used to sell their eggs.

Good to want to populate the Place but Local Chicken eggs is very sweet o just like Guinea fowl eggs.

Once my Hen get to the count of eight eggs maximum that I allow for brooding, I eat the remaining starting from the older lays while allowing brooding on the newer ones.

Try it sometime, they are super sweet. I mean the eggs.

Mariangeles:
Your birds are beautiful.
Just look at those ladies with clean feathers and neat legs. 😀

You noticed the clean legs too? Lol

His chickens are ajebutter lots.

Mariangeles:
So then, what is your reward, after your efforts and investing in them, since you don't eat them?

I've sold a few. But honestly, I have been raising birds for a decade now, mostly Agric chickens, this thing with local chickens is like a pet project for me. I see this thing I do here (posting about them) as a journal that people can learn from in the future, whether it is someone trying to raise local chickens next year or in 2075.

So in a nutshell, my reward is knowing that someone in the future will learn from my experience raising Local Chickens, and know how to avoid the mistakes I made. I'm a very busy person (I'm into multiple businesses for a living) and the reason why I can do this is because even if I don't tend to the chickens for a couple of days, they will be fine. And that's one of the reasons why i'm skeptical about crossbreeding them with Noilers. I don't know how self reliant and strong those crossbreeds will be.

Lukuluku69:
Good to want to populate the Place but Local Chicken eggs is very sweet o just like Guinea fowl eggs.

Once my Hen get to the count of eight eggs maximum that I allow for brooding, I eat the remaining starting from the older lays while allowing brooding on the newer ones.

Try it sometime, they are super sweet. I mean the eggs.

I want to ask. Why do you not want your hens to brood more than 8 eggs? I'm asking cos I want to do the same, but with 6 eggs. I don't want my hens to brood more than 6 eggs. I notice when the hens have multiple chicks (10-12), they attract more prey to the farm...both land and prey from the sky.

kay29000:
I want to ask. Why do you not want your hens to brood more than 8 eggs? I'm asking cos I want to do the same, but with 6 eggs. I don't want my hens to brood more than 6 eggs. I notice when the hens have multiple chicks (10-12), they attract more prey to the farm...both land and prey from the sky.

From experience I know that the older the egg, the lesser it chances of hatching. That I have observed over a period of 3 years.

On the average Hen will lay between 9-12 eggs in a Clutch. The older the eggs to the commencement of brooding the lesser their chances of hatching. That is my observations.

So, I just get a Marker and put a sign on the eggs as it lays, then remove the older eggs while leaving the newer ones.

With this practice, I have gotten 8/8 Chicks after after brooding.

Also, it allows for maximum circulation of heat on the eggs since the Hen can comfortably sit on them (some hens can comfortably sit on 13-15)

I eat them because I have observed that older eggs don't usually hatch.

Lukuluku69:
From experience I know that the older the egg, the lesser it chances of hatching. That I have observed over a period of 3 years.

On the average Hen will lay between 9-12 eggs in a Clutch. The older the eggs to the commencement of brooding the lesser their chances of hatching. That is my observations.

So, I just get a Marker and put a sigh on the eggs as it lays, then remove the older eggs while leaving the newer ones.

With this practice, I have gotten 8/8 Chicks after after brooding.

Also, it allows for maximum circulation of heat on the eggs since the Hen can comfortably sit on them (some hens can comfortably sit on 13-15)

I eat them because I have observed that older eggs don't usually hatch.

Wow. Thanks for sharing this.

Okay. I totally get you.

kay29000:
I've sold a few. But honestly, I have been raising birds for a decade now, mostly Agric chickens, this thing with local chickens is like a pet project for me. I see this thing I do here (posting about them) as a journal that people can learn from in the future, whether it is someone trying to raise local chickens next year or in 2075.

So in a nutshell, my reward is knowing that someone in the future will learn from my experience raising Local Chickens, and know how to avoid the mistakes I made. I'm a very busy person (I'm into multiple businesses for a living) and the reason why I can do this is because even if I don't tend to the chickens for a couple of days, they will be fine. And that's one of the reasons why i'm skeptical about crossbreeding them with Noilers. I don't know how self reliant and strong those crossbreeds will be.

Lukuluku69:
Good to want to populate the Place but Local Chicken eggs is very sweet o just like Guinea fowl eggs.

Once my Hen get to the count of eight eggs maximum that I allow for brooding, I eat the remaining starting from the older lays while allowing brooding on the newer ones.

Try it sometime, they are super sweet. I mean the eggs.

That is a good idea.
As long as one doesn't find embryos in them though.

Mariangeles:
That is a good idea.
As long as one doesn't find embryos in them though.

No embryos yet but you will notice that the Yolk is no longer in that round ball and mixed with the Albumen.

That simply tells you that the egg is an old egg in the Clutch.

Lukuluku69:
From experience I know that the older the egg, the lesser it chances of hatching. That I have observed over a period of 3 years.

On the average Hen will lay between 9-12 eggs in a Clutch. The older the eggs to the commencement of brooding the lesser their chances of hatching. That is my observations.

So, I just get a Marker and put a sigh on the eggs as it lays, then remove the older eggs while leaving the newer ones.

With this practice, I have gotten 8/8 Chicks after after brooding.

Also, it allows for maximum circulation of heat on the eggs since the Hen can comfortably sit on them (some hens can comfortably sit on 13-15)

I eat them because I have observed that older eggs don't usually hatch.

WoW!
We just keep learning new things.

I was going to ask how one can identify the older eggs, before I read that part.

kay29000:
I want to ask. Why do you not want your hens to brood more than 8 eggs? I'm asking cos I want to do the same, but with 6 eggs. I don't want my hens to brood more than 6 eggs. I notice when the hens have multiple chicks (10-12), they attract more prey to the farm...both land and prey from the sky.

And you know with that, it might be easier for the hen to control and protect her chicks better.

How wete you able to kill it pls

kay29000:
After months and months of looking for a way to kill the notorious cats that have been killing and feasting on our chickens, we finally got one of them. The mother and son duo really wrecked havock on our small poultry farm.

One night reminded me of the movie The Ghost and the Darkness, where two lions were terrorizing a community in Kenya. These cats killed a total of 8 of our small chickens in one night.

dammysholove:
How wete you able to kill it pls

Poisoned fish placed in different corners of my compound at night.

Mariangeles:
WoW!
We just keep learning new things.

I was going to ask how one can identify the older eggs, before I read that part.



And you know with that, it might be easier for the hen to control and protect her chicks better.

Yep...very very true...............

Lukuluku69:
From experience I know that the older the egg, the lesser it chances of hatching. That I have observed over a period of 3 years.

On the average Hen will lay between 9-12 eggs in a Clutch. The older the eggs to the commencement of brooding the lesser their chances of hatching. That is my observations.

So, I just get a Marker and put a sign on the eggs as it lays, then remove the older eggs while leaving the newer ones.

With this practice, I have gotten 8/8 Chicks after after brooding.

Also, it allows for maximum circulation of heat on the eggs since the Hen can comfortably sit on them (some hens can comfortably sit on 13-15)

I eat them because I have observed that older eggs don't usually hatch.

Serious education going on here. Thanks to the Author of this thread. And to all you worthy contributors.

Iamsane:
Serious education going on here. Thanks to the Author of this thread. And to all you worthy contributors.

Yes o! If this thread is like a university department that guy is a top professor/lecturer with a 3 unit course in the department.

Iamsane:
Serious education going on here. Thanks to the Author of this thread. And to all you worthy contributors.

Serious education. One of the best thread on Nairaland for me.

I must thank @kay29000 for putting this together and all other contributors.

kay29000:
Exactly. I guess sometimes they see the bird's shadow. Sometimes they hear a sound we don't hear. They are born for that job and they do it well.

Do you know or at least observed that the Hawk Threats have reduced significantly since the onset of Late May/June/July heavy Rains?

Have you? Hawks usually disappeared with the onset of heavy Rains and reappear in late October/November.

And they rinse and repeat yearly.

The only Threats now are Cats and Mice.

Lukuluku69:
Do you know or at least observed that the Hawk Threats have reduced significantly since the onset of Late May/June/July heavy Rains?

Have you? Hawks usually disappeared with the onset of heavy Rains and reappear in late October/November.

And they rinse and repeat yearly.

The only Threats now are Cats and Mice.

Hmm...I noticed that, but what I'm seeing now is this small looking hawk...or maybe it is another bird of prey that looks like a hawk. Maybe it is a falcon. It came this afternoon. I've seen it fly down to my driveway side of the compound and pin down a lizard. It perked the lizard a few times before flying off with it. It looks like a hawk, but smaller. I'm guessing it is a falcon. Or maybe it is a smaller species of hawk. It doesn't circle my farm like normal hawks do. It just lands on a vantage point like my roof or fence, and then observes.

Today, I saw all the chickens hiding inside where they sleep when I came back, and the rooster just kept making noise. I looked up and saw the small terror on the roof, looking down.

Honestly, I wish I had a professional camera to take pictures of the different types of birds that land in my compound, on the trees. At least 12 different types I see regularly. Of cos you have the common pigeon, and laughing dove (Odere koko in Yoruba)...these two reproduce rapidly, that's why they are so many of them around. Then you have the pied crow which are very common too, but rarely land in my garden. They just fly over to the tallest building on my street. But they are always around. And then at night, you have bats and owls.

Pigeons, laughing dove, pied crow, bats, and owls are the most common. Then there are the different exotic looking birds that come around once in a while with different beautiful colors. These are the ones I wish I could take clear pictures of. They are so beautiful,.

kay29000:
Hmm...I noticed that, but what I'm seeing now is this small looking hawk...or maybe it is another bird of prey that looks like a hawk. Maybe it is a falcon. It came this afternoon. I've seen it fly down to my driveway side of the compound and pin down a lizard. It perked the lizard a few times before flying off with it. It looks like a hawk, but smaller. I'm guessing it is a falcon. Or maybe it is a smaller species of hawk. It doesn't circle my farm like normal hawks do. It just lands on a vantage point like my roof or fence, and then observes.

Today, I saw all the chickens hiding inside where they sleep when I came back, and the rooster just kept making noise. I looked up and saw the small terror on the roof, looking down.

Those ones are falcons. They don't migrate like the hawks. The colour is not black like hawks and they can even steal bigger chicks if they are very hungry and the chick will be dropped if too heavy for them and hardly survive.
Also, they can perch close to the chicks and even pretend not to be a threat before pouncing on one of them.
Hawks and some other birds do migrate to dryer regions and even as far as North Africa or Europe during the raining season.