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post #26931 of 36863
4/28/12 at 1:36pm

 

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Originally Posted by Mikey D View Post

I discovered today that the Spits have blue ears.  

 

Not the totally cool iridescent blue of the silkies (hopefully not yet  fl.gif )...

 

but blue nonetheless.

 

I let them out (unsupervised) for the first time today.  All was well.

 

I hope to get to the drug store for iron-less pedia vitamins for Flopsy tomorrow.

 

Did anyone see this the last time?  Or this time?

 

My production red has a new name.

 

 

Her name is Meow!

 

She sounds broody!

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post #26932 of 36863
4/28/12 at 1:38pm

 

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Originally Posted by GoldBarRanch View Post

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Out of all the babies ive hatched out ,This has never happened but Today we got this little bugger with gray skin and pink feet , What happened we have closed pair breeding pens  here. ep.gif

 

How long have you been closed, and what is the background of the parents?  Looks like fm+ segregated out.

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post #26933 of 36863
4/28/12 at 1:40pm

 

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She sure sounds like she is saying meow. She's a cat in chicken skin! :) Love it.

 

 

what do they look like ? do you have a picture of a spits? never heard of it.

 

Mikey has spitzhubens.  "Spitz" is good abbreviation; I misread it as "splits" and was wondering what you had that was split to what!  gig.gif


Edited by Sonoran Silkies - 4/28/12 at 1:45pm

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post #26934 of 36863
4/28/12 at 1:41pm

 

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Just went out to collect the morning eggs and got this one. This is close to twice the length of what we usually get and it's the biggest of the biggies we've ever gotten. This explains the extra loud noises we heard this morning. OUCH!

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Wow...what kind of hen produced that egg?

 

 

I bet it has a double yolk!

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post #26935 of 36863
4/28/12 at 1:56pm

 

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Originally Posted by GoldBarRanch View Post

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Out of all the babies ive hatched out ,This has never happened but Today we got this little bugger with gray skin and pink feet , What happened we have closed pair breeding pens  here. ep.gif

 

COOL !!!

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post #26936 of 36863
4/28/12 at 2:00pm

 

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Originally Posted by Sonoran Silkies View Post

 

 

Actually, silkies should have 10 toes, lol.

 

Seriously, though, six toed birds are fine for breeding, and 4-toed ones can be okay, too.  Incubation temperature during the first few days can cause incorrect number of toes, even when the bird is pure for polydactyly.  With a 6 toed bird you KNOW the gene is present.

 

lol thats right I was refering to 5 on one foot thumbsup.gif

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post #26937 of 36863
4/28/12 at 2:03pm

 

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Unfortunately the chick was dead this morning. The poor rooster Hawkeye is worse and still acts partially blind. I think we will loose him.sad.png

I set some eggs yesterday I got from Bootsie. Trying again to hatch some ameraucanas. Thanks Bootsie! I pretty much know what went wrong with my Easter hatch. Hope I have a good hatch this time for planning on keeping one rooster and all the hens.

I really think this black silky is a hen. She is 8 weeks old. What does everyone think? Also she is a purebred silky right? Has all the toes she needs. The others are silkies also and they are from the same hatch.HEY my rooster Tumbleweed has 6 toes on one of his feet!

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HI, all of those chicks look pure silkie, but what about the ones I got from you?  What are they mixed with?   I know you said they came from eggs from someone else.   Do you know the parentage?  Neither of them have any silkie look to them at all barnie.gif.  By the way, how is my little boy  love.gif  doing?  Also I was wondering, how BIG is he getting?   Sorry about Hawkeye. sad.png

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post #26938 of 36863
4/28/12 at 2:07pm

 

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How long have you been closed, and what is the background of the parents?  Looks like fm+ segregated out.

 

they have always been closed , here are the parents450DSC00002.JPG

GoldBarRanch : We have a mini farm in Wittmann , AZ. .

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WANTED : Looking to barter for a Beginners trail horse /Local only AZ

 

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GoldBarRanch : We have a mini farm in Wittmann , AZ. .

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WANTED : Looking to barter for a Beginners trail horse /Local only AZ

 

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post #26939 of 36863
4/28/12 at 2:19pm

 

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Hi Kat, I think maybe you should bring that black chick back. Folks are calling it cockerel and so is the silver one. Come to think of it you will not want any of Cottons hatch black ones for they are the ones with missing toes.hmm.png I want to get him back soon for I don't want the other chickens to forget who he is and not except him back.

 

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I was wondering about that crest , sure looks straight up , my girls all had cotton ball tops more rounded. Well he is a great baby sitter and very loveable and sweet. BUMMER I need pulletsundefinedok pm me when your going to be home

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GoldBarRanch : We have a mini farm in Wittmann , AZ. .

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MINI donkey, Mini Long Horn Bull, Mini Horse,  (Silkie chickens ,eggs , chicks when avalible) (Nigerian goats, Pygmy goats when avalible )

 

WANTED : Looking to barter for a Beginners trail horse /Local only AZ

 

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post #26940 of 36863
4/28/12 at 6:27pm

 

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How long have you been closed, and what is the background of the parents?  Looks like fm+ segregated out.

 

they have always been closed , here are the parents450DSC00002.JPG

 

Okay, what I meant was how many generations of a closed flock have you had.  From our answer, it sounds like it really isn't a many generations closed flock, just those two for their lifetime.

 

Also, looking at Papa, he is cuckoo, looks to have two copies of barring, each significantly diluting the skin.  If you look at his skin, it is probably quite light.  He may not even carry Fm, and if that is the case, they will only inherit from Mama.

 

Look underneath the feathers on his body, and what colour is Papa's skin.  Also look at his legs, and what colour are they?

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