Posts by danhonour

Minorcas are big a need a lot of room,extra large nests and free range or huge yards. Try feeding soaked overnight oats or sprouted oats,high in fiber and protein,also codliver oil or wheat germ oil once a week mixed into the scratch...

Feed some meat-dog food,and a warm coop will make combs grow. From a breeding standpoint small combs and upright combs are a good  defect for you will raise a high percentage of good combed males from such females.Male...

I agree  in Minorcas  ,the earlobes are nice in shape and very large in the UK,Germany,and Holland. It is the expense and paperwork after finding a contact source,to import some good stock. Once a flock is...

Not sure from your post if you had or  still have Minorcas,but if you do some research into where the bloodlines came from,many times they go back to a common breeder.As bloodlines become fewer,it happens more often that the same...

Try soaking oats overnight in water,pour off water and feed.Once a week add 1/4 cup of cod liver oil or wheat germ oil to the mix after draining off water.

Bottle necking is an old term ,when  you work with very small numbers ,and breed from a limited small number of breeders,followed by hatching only a small group of chicks;and you do this for a few years,every bird gets to be very...

Wow you have some real nice Minorcas.Keep up the good work.

Barred Leghorns were at one time in the Standard as Dominque Leghorns.Rose Comb Buffs were in and then out but are back in.Pile (pyle) Leghorns were at one time in ,these were all APA large fowl;. Yes non-standard colors are often...

Tom Roebuck

Tom oebuck,goldenfeather farm is working on large buff. You might have to make the bantam versions from recreation. Rosecomb bantam,W.F Black Spanish bantams,Dutch and Nankin could figure in,but they are a long and bigger bantam,so...