Recent content by InviteTanner

Hey Auburn IN, I'm in Churubusco...howdy neighbor!

OK guys, I'm finding that George, my hatchery D'Anver roo, is a bit of an ass. He thinks he's a 20 lb. rooster! He will take on the geese, the dog, the Wyandotte roo's and he's started getting aggressive with humans. He's not coming in contact, but he'll follow or walk beside us, then he'll...

Thanks saladin, I agree that the female brings much more to the table than the male. With our show horses, we attribute about 80% of of the reproductive power to the mare. I appreciate you telling me about the difference in genetics with different colored birds. This is all very new to me and...

Thank you Tad, these are the answers I'm looking for. I need to understand how these things work. Where would you recommend I go to become educated on what the acceptable crosses are for varieties within a breed?

It seems that it's going to be expensive either way you go. By using a less typey variety, you're keeping the color close but are slower to acheive the type. Can I assume that the folks that are serious about improving type have tried both ways?

Can anyone explain to me why, when outcrossing on different varieties within a breed, you can only use particular colors? For example, a top show quality white wyandotte would NOT be a choice to improve the BLR type. Or a GL would NOT be a choice to improve a SP. Thanks in advance for your time.

I'm sorry I made you cry! At least you know that two lives you brought into this world are loved very much and are like family.

I imagine this is heartbreaking. I'll get in touch soon, and thanks for thinking of your customers. I really love the pair I got from you this spring. They're almost family members, and no one can believe that there are geese that want to be around people. They seem to prefer to be at our...

That's somewhat troublesome to me since I've paid for a sexed colored pair of day olds, and for the shipping, and you promised to ship them next year to me. Perhaps we should talk and work something out, or are you offering refunds on babies that won't be delivered next year because you're...

So sorry to hear about your birds Aubrey, and I had the same thing happen to me the other day. A big storm blew through and we got torrential rains for half an hour, then back to sunshine and heat. I went out to check everything and I had several youngsters that, for whatever reason, didn't go...

Are you completely selling out of your Sebbies?

Great post Ridgerunner. I purchased 75 assorted chicks from Paul's Poultry and only got six roos.

They got through my fence around the garden and ate the only ripe tomatoes I had...right off the vine. I was seriously ticked off and they acted like they didn't even care.

Thank you sjarvis...see my post to Matt regarding pinched tails.

Thanks Matt. I know you can cull something like single combs and serious flaws like cross beak, but I was wondering if they have a pinched tail if it will continue to open up, or is it always like it is during their first feathering? I have some that have gorgeous, wide open tails and others...