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Jersey Giant

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Daphne Feathery Fanatic

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They are a pretty relaxed breed (I don't keep them but know someone who does) but they do get very big (very roughly JG girls are the size of an orp boy) and take ages to mature and quite a bit of feeding - housing would be the biggest concern for me. If you have children they may struggle to do much handling comfortably.

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K-F-C Frequent Layer

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They are very nice but not that easy to track down

 

Also consider the size of house/run you will need for them, they wont be happy in an Eglu for example

 

It's a breed I am very seriously considering for when I add to my flock in the Spring. Do you know if a Cube is suitable for them?

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Lewis Chronic Clucker

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Not seen any myself I don't think, but found a photo just to see how massive they are :shock:

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Personally from that I'd say no to keeping them in a cube, but that could be a very big example so would like to see one first :)

I'd think a buff orp would be ok though, so not sure now! :think:

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Redwing Chronic Clucker

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They are very nice but not that easy to track down

 

Also consider the size of house/run you will need for them, they wont be happy in an Eglu for example

 

It's a breed I am very seriously considering for when I add to my flock in the Spring. Do you know if a Cube is suitable for them?

 

I agree with Lewis, I think you would struggle keeping them in a cube, I have seen Janty's brahma girls and they are ok in a cube but Jerseys are bigger again

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HENthusiastic Chatty Chicken

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I fell in love with Jersey Giants a while ago and was looking into keeping some. I was put off though by reading that you can't just give them food on demand as they will over eat and get too fat / unhealthy. As I was thinking of keeping them within a flock of other birds I'd have no way to monitor their eating so I decided not to go with them.

I cant remember where I read / heard this, so I may be wrong.

 

Keep us posted, I'd be really interested to hear more about your research :D

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HENthusiastic Chatty Chicken

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Ive been reading about JJ's and havent seen anything about feeding them differently, so Id forget I mentioned that. Sorry to have misled you. I'm re-enthused about them now! :D

 

The alpacas are beautiful creatures. Unfortunately when we first had them, we lost a few chickens to foxes :cry: I have read a lot about them chasing foxes away, but sadly my lads do not seem to have that ability :roll: . I now have my chickens safely guarded by 50m of electric fencing instead :lol:

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Daphne Feathery Fanatic

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The woman I know who keeps them used to breed them for sale but she found people weren't interested because of the very long time/amount they eat to get to full size - plus hers were black and some people aren't keen on a massive plain black bird. I think the difference between JGs and orps is that the JGs eat to maintain their 'all flesh' figures whereas the orps eat to maintain all that fluff and feather. I should think if you picked one of each up the JG would weigh quite a bit more!

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chick wiggle Golden Egg

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The JGs look gorgeous, I would love some too, but, probably highly impractical. The bantams would probably kill them - pecking at their ankles :lol:

Henthusiastic, you have loads of room for them and then we could all come and see them and your lovely boys again :whistle::whistle:

By the way, have your boys not read the book about chasing foxes off? :lol:

Oh, and by the way again, on a totally different subject (sorry to be a thread napper) my OH loved your brothers book, thought it totally hilarious! thanks :D

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foreveryoung All Knowing Superchicken

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They are very nice but not that easy to track down

 

Also consider the size of house/run you will need for them, they wont be happy in an Eglu for example

 

It's a breed I am very seriously considering for when I add to my flock in the Spring. Do you know if a Cube is suitable for them?

 

I agree with Lewis, I think you would struggle keeping them in a cube, I have seen Janty's brahma girls and they are ok in a cube but Jerseys are bigger again

 

 

wow!! i want one..... think i have a shed that might be big enough lol

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HENthusiastic Chatty Chicken

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I think you'll just have to borrow a llama to show them how it's done HEN. :lol: Thinking about it, perhaps the JG's will be big enough to sort the foxes out anyway! :think:

 

:lol::lol::lol:

 

CHickwiggle: I think my lads are far too sensitive and gentle to get into any kind of argi bargi with foxes, or anybody else for that matter. They would seem far more likely to attend a peace conference than get into anything aggressive :lol::lol:

 

I'm still dreaming about hatching some Jersey Giants in Spring.

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