my ideal in the mixed sultan project is a bird who looks like a sultan, is larger, hardier, lays more often, goes broody and is colored They must have the sultan temperament, be docile and make great pets. And they have to have ALL their toenails.
@BantyChooks I did not realize you had a thread about your project! subscribed. Are you using standard sultans and EE? What's BA and WR?
My accidental d'uccle sultan mixes are super hardy. sort of explains why I have tons of them and less pures running around the yard. The pure chicks have to be very hardy to survive here since I do nothing much other than a light on very cold nights. Makes my future breeding stock the hardiest of sultans, means I have less chicks to sell locally though.
@Jayzandra I would be tempted to work on several different lines at the same time if space allows. If you work on the skull vaults first and then have to add a cochin or Amerucana back, there goes all that hard work on vaults or whatever else you were working on. But then again I have never been accused of doing anything in moderation. Full speed ahead and darned the consequences!
@BantyChooks I did not realize you had a thread about your project! subscribed. Are you using standard sultans and EE? What's BA and WR?
My accidental d'uccle sultan mixes are super hardy. sort of explains why I have tons of them and less pures running around the yard. The pure chicks have to be very hardy to survive here since I do nothing much other than a light on very cold nights. Makes my future breeding stock the hardiest of sultans, means I have less chicks to sell locally though.
@Jayzandra I would be tempted to work on several different lines at the same time if space allows. If you work on the skull vaults first and then have to add a cochin or Amerucana back, there goes all that hard work on vaults or whatever else you were working on. But then again I have never been accused of doing anything in moderation. Full speed ahead and darned the consequences!