BDRanch
In the Brooder
I may just try it. Ultimate goal? Auto-sexing, stout, pretty blue, blue-egg laying bird! That's not too much to ask, is it?
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shortgrass, due to my health I was never able to hatch out enough birds to really hit a selling point. Folks do love blue birds, though, so I don't anticipate any issues selling as many as I could hatch. And everyone loves blue eggs, so it sure sounds like a win to me. My plans for the spring are in flux at the moment, so this project may have to wait until 2017. And since the sex link part didn't work, I think I would work on blue and blue barred blue eggers. I love blue barred birds, they're so pretty. With my sex link project they've all been cockerels, so having blue barred pullets to keep would make me happy
Wow! MMM is going to sell out!
I may just try it. Ultimate goal? Auto-sexing, stout, pretty blue, blue-egg laying bird! That's not too much to ask, is it?
Wow! MMM is going to sell out!
I was thinking the same thing!
I'm going to see if I can get some directly from Dr Whiting -- about a four-hour drive from here. If so, I may see if he has any adults and get some eggs in the incubator.
I'll post if I have any luck!
I have never seen a "recipe" for an autosexing blue bird, I believe it is impossible, genetically. Autosexing is not a single trait that can be incorporated into a breed, but a combination of traits that must either be present or absent to get any amount of autosexing.So, I'm working in the blue birds first, and will incorporate the blue eggs once I get a stable cross of blues... I'm not concerned with auto sexing yet, but the legbars are a definite possibility there...