Posts by Cedarknob

Mlnniechickmamma, could we see to see a picture of those WLR pullets please?

Quote: Originally Posted by Oregon Blues  For actual fat on birds, if that is really what you are looking for, I use cracked corn.  Maize to you.  Maize isn't grown in Britain, as far as I know, but you...

These pictures demonstrate why I am crossing varieties to come up with a line of WC of my own. The WCs at Crossroads are actually the only ones I've ever seen in the flesh, and knew that the white variety is getting even more rare than...

I think that you have to have the bird e^b at the E locus [partridge based], plus Co/Co [columbian], and I/I [dominant white] in order to get the WLR pattern to express correctly and breed true. Crossing DC and WLR is...

Quote: Originally Posted by kfacres  your 'calico' looks nearly identical to my WLR cockerels about the time they first feather out complete.  From that point onward, they get redder and redder with each...

Please excuse the juvenile molt.   I'm liking my oldest DC cockerel more as he matures, I was originally worried that he would be too leggy.. [Hatched the last Sunday of April, and now weighing 7 lbs., 7...

Quote: Originally Posted by knjinnm  WOW! This guy has tree stumps for legs. Great looking bird, Joe Thank you.

Quote: Originally Posted by kizanne  So I guess mine isn't worth keeping He was born in May and only 4.6 pounds.   TOTALLY your call. I personally am looking for more size on a dual purpose or meat...

Never tried brain, but yes they're breaded and fried like liver, gizzard, or heart. You may be surprised at the size of them. I slow-grow my CX on restricted diets for better flavor though. They can live a much healthier life on...

He's going through a juvenile molt; that's feed dust and not knits in his feathers. He weighs 7 lbs., 7 oz..