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  1. troyer

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    MysteryChicken you seem to have a full and busy life! I hope you have a great breeding season!
  2. troyer

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    Gypsy face on a red pyle should be very attractive.
  3. troyer

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    Those are nice spotted eggs. I'm sorry you had snow today we had temperatures in the lower 70's today.
  4. troyer

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    Maybe you can select for speckled green eggs?
  5. troyer

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    It will make it easier, plus you can hatch more of each cross giving you more to select from.
  6. troyer

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    It shouldn't be a problem selcting for the squirrel tail with the various breeds that you are using. In my experience it's a lot easier to get a high tail than it is to get a low tail. Nice looking fowl.
  7. troyer

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    Poor cockerels. 😢😢
  8. troyer

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    I suppose the heating difficulty is why the heritage breeds were so popular during those times. Breeding for broodiness to some extent.
  9. troyer

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    25 years ago I had an Amish friend that tried using a kerosene incubator. It was a hit and miss experience at best. He gave it up after several months as he was only getting 40% hatch rates. He considered the 60% non hatchers a waste of good eggs and from then on bought chicks.
  10. troyer

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    I'm very excited for the work in progress and results of your projects! Have you found someone with standard modern games yet?
  11. troyer

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    I'm not purposely contesting anything that you're saying or describing just sharing my thoughts on the matter. The picture of a Saipan that Cackle hatchery has on their website is very similar to what a Saipan is supposed to look like. In my experience however, the Saipan you will actually get...
  12. troyer

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    Personal opinion here: I think if someone took the time and had the patience and space, they could create a breed that almost exactly resembles the original Saipan. It would take several years of hatching a lot and critical selection based on type and disposition and not on personal favorites...
  13. troyer

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    I think you're right. Are you getting them from a hatchery? I used to know someone from Kentucky that had the real Saipan chickens. I saw some pictures of his Saipan and they really resembled a Malay. Not exactly like a Malay, but very similar.
  14. troyer

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    That'll do.
  15. troyer

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    @MysteryChicken Have you seen this? https://www.ebay.com/itm/175112926665?hash=item28c58b35c9:g:aZQAAOSw4Ilev-iz
  16. troyer

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    Do you think the Marans gamefowl cross rooster might bring too much brown egg genetics into the mix? Are you also wanting a muff/beard on your Rainbow runners? The visual of what you describe that you're wanting to create is almost too much for the brain to process, but a lot of the breeds we...
  17. troyer

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    You have a good point, that means no dark brown egg layers, just cream or tinted/light brown. Do you already have that egg color gene in your breeders?
  18. troyer

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    That would be a quicker way to get the results you're looking for.
  19. troyer

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    Or you put the Heritage Plymouth Barred Rock rooster over one or two of your Malays. Using the Malays as the female will help you retain the Malay carriage and station more as the female contributes a bit more to the genotype than the male. The male does just as much with the color as the females.
  20. troyer

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    At least you would get started. Do you have any barred males that could be integrated into this project giving you barred in both male and female?
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