Recent content by The Kooky Kiwi

Heeeeeey! Fellow Kiwis! Great to see you all - sorry I'm late to the party :frow:frow

Hands (Feet) up all those who want meal worms!

I'm just a backyard flock keeper really. I do hatch and sell a few youngsters each season to cover "some" of the feed costs but it's very much only a small hobby thing. This year I did advertise them as "galaxies" - and I've received many positive comments on the birds and their name - but the...

HI Team :) Yup I crossed a Citroen Sebright hen with a Silver Pencilled Pekin and have been selectively breeding back to sebright traits (selecting against pekin types). Each generation I alternate between line-crossing and out-crossing - with outcrosses always being pure sebright birds...

I do not like Asparagus I do not like "adult" Spinach I Loooooove "baby" Spinach!! Salad Recipe Baby Spinach Leaves Baby Beetroot (Cooked/Canned/Preserved) Feta Cheese Walnuts Alternate layers of the above ingredients. Add more or less of each to suit your tastes. Some like to have this...

Well I can tell you it's not a difficult project - it just takes time and the ability to be firm about only keeping one or two birds to continue the breeding program with the next year. I've had some serious issues at times, making that choice, because you regularly come to love the birds you...

This is EXACTLY the project I did - except instead of aiming for laced cochin, I aimed for going back to sebright qualities :) I'm about five generations in - here are some pictures to show my progression: Rusty - Generation two Honk and Grumpy - Generation Three Sable - Generation Four...

Good Mooooooorning!!! I hear mention of a breeding project? Tell me more :)

Ahoy Ladies !! Handsome young rooster looking for young chick to ride the love cruise!!

Hi Chookery - This project has evolved another couple of generations! I can answer your question that Citroen is a Gold bird that also carries a dilution gene. The dilution gene reduces the chocolaty gold to the Citroen gold. Here's a picture of my original Citroen Hen. The females and...

The comment about blue egg laying sebrights was a bit of a funny side note - not something I was seriously considering hehe. But yeah - here in NZ we do not have the same quantity or quality of birds to start with so the truth is "any" project takes longer here.

To further explain the comments above here's some info on the colours you have :) The grey colour of the sapphire blue hen is a colour that we call "Blue". Blue is a gene that dilutes black and has "cumulative" properties as follows: A bird with NO blue genes - any black parts remain black A...

Non Official Entry #3 My old girl Cotton Top accompanied by our other old girl Kitty Cat - both "supervising" the yard from my office <3

Non Official Entry #2 Milly (Araucana) and Harry (Paradise Shellduck) - Sharing my blanket while I read outside <3

Non Official Entry #1 Milly (Araucana), Harry (Paradise Shellduck), Guinea Fowl Pair