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How many of you breed by standards or just breed what you like? If either your thoughts or suggestions.
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I also have bantams, OEGB, I hope to one day breed to SOP, they are small and good feathering but do not all have the proper leg colors. So for the time being we are going to breed what we have and enjoy them, they bring lots of past time and pleasure.I have some serama that I'd like to breed to the SOP. I also have some mix breed bantams, those do what they want. The last "breed" I work with has no set standard, so I kind of chose for what is more desirable for me
I have a question for you, I spoke with the breeder we got our bantams from, they said they were breeding a Self Blue rooster to Brown Red hen and getting Self Blue and Brown Red chicks, wouldn't the hen have to have the Self Blue gene to have chicks that were Self Blue and Brown Red or not?I breed Belgian d’Anvers to the Standard of Perfection.
I like your approach to breeding, happy and healthy is most important and enjoyment is a plus, your girl is pretty.I want happy healthy birds, so I trust their instincts and let them decide for themselves. The health and vigour of such home bred birds is notable (in contrast to purchased hatching eggs of several SOP standard pure breeds that I've tried). And I think some of them look just as beautiful as the pure breeds in the flock. E.g. this Isabella Leghorn x Partridge Penedesenca
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As it happens, this one was incubated alone and raised outdoors 24/7 for her first 6 weeks by a broody with a secret nest, so her resilience is proven. She also started laying without issue - and thankfully she lays in the nesting boxes in the coops, following the dominant roo's patient advice to her!
Correct. The chicks would just be black.I have a question for you, I spoke with the breeder we got our bantams from, they said they were breeding a Self Blue rooster to Brown Red hen and getting Self Blue and Brown Red chicks, wouldn't the hen have to have the Self Blue gene to have chicks that were Self Blue and Brown Red or not?