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How can you tell at 2 weeks? I haven't been able to figure it out even close to that early. They are looking nice RiddleMe.

Congrats on the showing, Marcy. I don't know what it's like there, but we have birds selling for $20-$30 a pair here. Granted they are typically "potential show quality" culls, but that doesn't really help the feed bill.

Hello Penedesenca People. I am just beginning to look into this breed for the dark eggs. I really don't know a lot about them, so I'm going to start diggin into this thread. I will be looking for eggs whenever they are available. Any info on traits you like/dislike or common faults to be wary...

A few pics...

:thumbsup :thumbsup Beautiful birds, Rare Feathers!

For the record, I do the dry hatch method of incubation, only adding moisture at lockdown or if humidity drops below 25% (which very rarely happens). Lockdown humidity stays in the 60-70% range. I rarely have issues with toes. The Duckfoot is genetic. Sorry. That really does stink. Perhaps...

I believe, with regard to color pattern of the Spangled Orloff, the genes responsible are more like what we see in the mille fleur color pattern with the addition of the Mh (mahogany) gene. The Mh acts as a columbian like restricter of black. This would also involve the mo (mottled) gene and the...

HERE is a great discussion on mottled/spangled. HERE is another

Also, Daniel has posted a proposal of a LF standard on the club forum page. Please go check it out and post your thoughts. usorloffs.freeforums.net Thanks Ivy

Daniel, It would be interesting to see if the white/yellow ones turn out to be male. I have noticed that Orloffs hatches here result in a lot of variety that is largely a result of the bases e+ and eWh and them being crossed together. I have seen in a few of my Asil that the eWh downed chicks...

This is what I follow. meat canning My 98 yr old grandmother told me about how she canned chicken and got me started. My mind isn't always the best at retaining things, so I had to find cheat sheet. lol. I raw can ground chicken as well as chunks. I like the convenience of cooked chicken, too...

The majority are processed and ground to feed my dogs and cats. Our family Christmas dinner is great big pots of chicken and dumplings. lol. We do eat quite a few ourselves. I have 2 large chest freezers and one is devoted to processed chicken and rabbit. I have also canned the chicken with good...

Riddle Me, All other things being equal and considering only color, for me personally I would chose the bird in the back for color. I believe Curtis is referring to the amount of spangling and the darker bearded birds. I have, however, seen birds (especially on a few Russian forums) that I would...

The nutshell of the previously linked study is this: "Thus, the studied breeds diverged during the long-time process of breed formation, and Russian Orloff breed manifests this fact to the greatest extent. At the same time, there was revealed genetic similarity of studied breeds, which can be...

Awesome! I hope they do well for you. I have only found one person that claimed to have mottled, but they didn't breed true. :( I have always thought there were others out there, but I just couldn't find them. That is also a big reason why I wanted to get an organized list of breeders. There's...