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post #11 of 57

5/30/12 at 9:18am

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The cock I have is linked with Alans birds in some way.

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6/1/12 at 12:24am

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This is the bird I bred which closest resembling a horseman....

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6/1/12 at 6:59am

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Your making good progress nzpouter. I should be getting another pair of horseman in a couple of weeks, the're on squabs now.

"The greatest fear for the future is that we forget the way God has led us in the past"
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6/1/12 at 9:07am

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I love that color nzpouter!

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6/1/12 at 6:18pm

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Thank you, he's a dominant opal on blue bar... I'm planning to breed the same gene into thief pouter.

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The difference between pets and pests is only on which side of the fence they're standing... keep your animals in your own property.

http://s15.photobucket.com/albums...

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6/3/12 at 3:45pm

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Nice opal, you should move it out of the bar pattern and into the t pattern if possible.

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6/3/12 at 7:16pm

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I have a spread t-pattern in the nest... finger crossed it'll be the opposite sex.

The difference between pets and pests is only on which side of the fence they're standing... keep your animals in your own property.

http://s15.photobucket.com/albums...

The difference between pets and pests is only on which side of the fence they're standing... keep your animals in your own property.

http://s15.photobucket.com/albums...

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6/4/12 at 2:01pm

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You can only hope. I just had my dominant opal bar drop eggs with a kite velvet I paired it with. I love the t patterns, along as it is well expressed the shade of opal doesn't matter but I think I'll be getting the rusty color out of them. The whites are real nice though.

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6/5/12 at 12:49am

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brozing expressed nicely with opal, I had a few modenas + opal and a kite norwich + opal.....

The difference between pets and pests is only on which side of the fence they're standing... keep your animals in your own property.

http://s15.photobucket.com/albums...

The difference between pets and pests is only on which side of the fence they're standing... keep your animals in your own property.

http://s15.photobucket.com/albums...

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6/5/12 at 8:24pm

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Really now? I asked a few people about it but no one knew as a combination like that is not very common. Did you happen to get any pictures? What did they look like?