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    Seeking Info on new "Asia Black" Chicken "Breed"

    I get a kick out all the pompous, know-it-alls who have a couple chickens running around their yard. Raising livestock has been my livelihood for over 30 years and I've studied genetics extensively at the university level. I know what a breed, a landrace, a purebred, and a hybrid are. The...
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    Seeking Info on new "Asia Black" Chicken "Breed"

    In my experience with the Asia Black, the males and females are indistinguishable until you begin to see the larger comb of the cockerels. Later, the males develop plumage pattern distinctive from the females. You may have gotten black sex-linked chicks, in which case the ones with a white...
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    Seeking Info on new "Asia Black" Chicken "Breed"

    A landrace is a type that developed in an area over a long period of time, somewhat "organically". Asia Blue and Asia Black certainly don't fit that definition. The breed is only a few years old. eFowl's description of both the Asia Blue and Asia Black includes the words "new, rare breed"...
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    Seeking Info on new "Asia Black" Chicken "Breed"

    The rooster is an Asia Blue or Asia Black. He looks identical to my Asia Blue rooster in all stages of development. Both breeds were developed by Hoovers. And don't listen to the guys who want to say they're not a breed. They breed true for the traits they were developed to have--they're a...
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    Seeking Info on new "Asia Black" Chicken "Breed"

    . I never said they were going to become a breed. I said they are a breed. They may not yet be as homogenous in genotype or phenotype as some breeds that have been around a while, but those breeds that you seem to think sacred were once just a newly homonogized multigenerational cross of...
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    Seeking Info on new "Asia Black" Chicken "Breed"

    It's a breed, just a new, unrecognized breed developed by Hoover's that probably will never catch on. Every backyard breed, whether it be Australorp or Rhode Island Red, was once just as new as an Asia Black or Asia BlluE. I ended up with 16 Asia Blues by mistake when I ordered Australops...
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    Is there a HUMANE hatchery where I can order chicks from?

    Seems you have a dog in the fight. I just linked their link that speaks for itself. They euthanize unsold chicks. They don't tell us how many or how they do it. What qualifies as "humane" euthanasia is a matter of opinion and not even revealed by mypetchicken. Macerating chicks is...
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    Is there a HUMANE hatchery where I can order chicks from?

    Mypetchicken's website clearly states that they euthanize a portion of unsold chicks. http://www.mypetchicken.com/backyard-chickens/chicken-help/What-does-your-hatchery-do-with-extra-males-and-H103.aspx
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    Is there a HUMANE hatchery where I can order chicks from?

    Another no kill hatchery is Valley Hatchery in Niles, Ohio. They also sell some of their breeds sexed and in very small lots, which is what most backyarders are looking for. I can't judge their stock, but they claim to be very selective in their breeding as well.
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    EFowl and Hoovers Hatchery

    Just my recent experience: I ordered Black Ausralorp pullets from eFowl. They then contracted Hoovers to fill the order (this was just before eFowl began allowing you choose which hatchery you buy from). The shipping invoice that came with the birds clearly stated Black Australorps, but after...
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    Asian blue

    Does anyone know how the Asia Black differs from the Asia Blue? EFowl and Hoovers Hatchery are the only ones selling both breeds (Hoovers is the only place hatching them I know of) but their websites' breed descriptions of the two are identical. The Black and Blue have to differ some way!
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    Seeking Info on new "Asia Black" Chicken "Breed"

    By the way, I put the word breed in quotes because the Asia Black isn't a breed certified by the APA. However, I infer that it breeds true and isn't a first generation hybrid like the common sex link varieties.
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    Seeking Info on new "Asia Black" Chicken "Breed"

    Efowl, Hoover's Hatchery, and Purely Poultry are selling what they say is a newly developed dual purpose bird called the Asia Black Chicken. It has primarily black feathering that features green iridescence. It also shows a varying degree of red/gold on the neck, breast, and body much like the...
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