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    Backyard genetics

    Slightly fuzzy legged chicks as promised. Again, thank you so much for the insight to dominant gene traits. It has been an interesting experience.
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    Backyard genetics

    very interesting! One chick is presenting with feather fuzz down its legs, which dad had one or two feather ducts on his legs, but the never fully feathered, just looks like a picked off feather. I’ll post pics here in a week or so. I’m excited to see what we get ♥️
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    Backyard genetics

    Thank you so much! This info is very helpful. Dad doesn’t really have a crest, his feathers just stick up a bit around his comb.
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    Backyard genetics

    First, new chicken person, please be kind. I accepted 6 school hatched chicks last spring that were from a backyard mix. I was told that there was a silkie rooster so if any had black skin or a fifth toe, they were from the silkie. So I ended up with 4 roosters and two hens. One rooster had the...
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    How to clean rooster comb

    Will keep this in mind too!
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    How to clean rooster comb

    He does have a lovely stare, doesn’t he… it’s all feathers… he’s really a sweetheart♥️. Thanks for the tips ! I will try that!
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    How to clean rooster comb

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    How to clean rooster comb

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    How to clean rooster comb

    I received a backyard mix of chicks in the spring. Of the 6 I got, 4 were Roos. One of the roosters is a silky cross of some sort, but he has a comb that I can’t quite identify. It has “wrinkles” -think shar-pei. We had another rooster that pecked at him when he was younger, but we have since...
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