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    Any idea in genetics of brassyback / brassback chicken color?

    Here's the brassback stag I hatched this spring, showing off at six months.
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    Any idea in genetics of brassyback / brassback chicken color?

    Dug out some of my books: “In the genetic sense Brassy Back is Black Breasted Red with the addition of the gene for recessive black,” writes Fred Jeffrey in Old English Game Bantams as Bred and Shown in the United States [1991]. Jeffrey notes Brassy Back is a common sport in many strains of...
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    Any idea in genetics of brassyback / brassback chicken color?

    If charcoal means recessive black, then yes, that's exactly what I mean.
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    Any idea in genetics of brassyback / brassback chicken color?

    My Morgan whitehackles threw brassbacks from two separate matings this year. I've read up on the genetics and have learned a little, but it's a hard color pattern to research. Apparently it comes from mating black fowl to reds, greys, and maybe other colors. Just as a white bird can be dominant...
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    American Gamefowl

    I have a couple hens who fly up on my arms, shoulders, or head because they want me to give them treats when they see the magic silver bowl. Game hens don't attack unless you are messing with their chicks, in my experience.
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    Initial Clan mating

    My practice of clan mating my American game show and performance heritage breed has been somewhat different because I started with mature breeding stock, not a bunch of chicks from a hatchery. Here's my experience with this highly flexible method. This shows how someone can make six lines from...
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    WHEN AND HOW TO TOE PUNCH CHICKS AND MORE!

    I bought a pig notcher but it seems huge for my newly hatched game chickens! Maybe I didn't get the small?
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    Review by 'Mossy Dell' in article 'Reasons for Tossing Out Your Indoor Brooder and Start Raising Your Chicks Outdoors'

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    Brinsea Ovation 56 EX five-year review

    I heard back from Brinsea, a nice rep who emailed and had me call him. He suggested three fixes: —see if the cracked housings can be glued (doubtful), —see if a longer screw can be used to get a bite in the housing (almost as doubtful), or —buy a new top skin for $70 and transfer the guts...
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    Brinsea 56 EX screws seized up

    I had this exact problem and decided to lightly lubricate the screws at last cleaning. As a consequence, apparently I over-tightened them. When removing or re-installing the screws after cleaning this year, two housings cracked. See my post just uploaded reviewing the incubator and criticizing...
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    Brinsea Ovation 56 EX five-year review

    The Brinsea Ovation 56 EX is the best incubator I've used in decades of poultry raising. The Brinsea is rock solid on temperature control. It's excellent on humidity for most of incubation period and decent to good on late stage humidity. The latter is one of those get-to-know the device issues...
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    Do Scaly Leg Mites Go Dormant in Winter?

    Thanks, Debbie. Seems like between you and Coach my answer is that winter eradication efforts can work. I'll just keep at it . . .
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    Do Scaly Leg Mites Go Dormant in Winter?

    But if they essentially hibernate, they are not feeding. So Ivermectin in the bird's blood does no good, and smothering agents would be less effective. I hypothesize!
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    Do Scaly Leg Mites Go Dormant in Winter?

    Coach, I agree I'm impatient. All the same, do you know if these mites are dormant in winter? It seems a huge waste of time to hit this as hard as I have if the mites do not become very vulnerable until warmer weather.
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    Do Scaly Leg Mites Go Dormant in Winter?

    I'm treating my first case of Scaley Leg Mites, in an introduced bird. I've treated the bird with Ivermectin and coating the legs, starting about 6 weeks ago, and have seen minimal improvement. A key question this raises for me is whether in winter these microscopic mites go dormant and are not...
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