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    Genetics please - how to Create Creole

    I had an accidental mating of bb red Old English bantam cock with a barred plymouth rock standard hen who hatched out a clutch of leghorn sized, creole-colored chickens, nearly wild as pheasants, and fierce mothers.
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    Genetics please - how to Create Creole

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    Black tailed red old english bantam

    1- Go to Google and type in "The Old English Game Bantam Club of America." They will put you in touch with reputable breeders to help you find this lovely, rare breed. 2- Subscribe to Poultry Press, P.O. Box 542, Connersville, Indiana 47331. Not only will they provide excellent articles on...
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    You post the most awesome videos on YouTube. You don't know what it means to us who can no...

    You post the most awesome videos on YouTube. You don't know what it means to us who can no longer raise birds to see you in the coop with yours. God bless you, and please keep posting videos!
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    Golden Duckwing coloring.

    Does anyone understand the genetics of the Golden Duckwing coloration? I was told they are the result of crossing BB Red x Silver Duckwing. But my question is, do their offspring breed true to color, or are they only a result of the hybrid breeding? Thanks in advance. Ruth.
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    First time broody cream legbar

    In my experience, when a traditionally non-broody breed of hen goes broody (i.e. the Mediterraneans) it is a crap shoot if they will complete the hatching cycle or not. I was raised you NEVER move a broody hen from where she has originally decided to sit, even if it means covering her nest with...
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    Fertile interspecific pigeon hybrids

    Probably we all need to take a breath, and come back to reality. A simple introductory course of biology 151 will inform you that when humans meddle in nature, it never ends well. Nature, being the final arbiter, will make such offspring mules, unable to reproduce. Mutation is indeed a...
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    Golden Duckwing O.E. game bantams.

    I have always loved the Golden Duckwings. Later in life, I learned they are created as a hybrid of BB Red X Silver Duckings. Do the results then breed true to color? Thanks.
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    Has anyone ever had a rooster go Broody?

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    Has anyone ever had a rooster go Broody?

    Youtube had a video of a black breasted silver Cochin bantam rooster that went broody, sat on eggs, hatched them and then raised the chicks.
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    Do pheasants go broody?

    A lot of times if a hen abandons her young, they will fail to thrive in the brooder. Just refuse to eat. All the other advice, however, was spot on with my experiences. In ten years, I only had one hen that actually reared young to the normal development age when they leave them (about 8...
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    Why are Sebright Chicks Considered Difficult to Rear?

    Sebrights have been inbred for countless years so ruthlessly the breed carries negative, recessive genes making egg fertility nearly non existent. So damaged are they, I owned a Sebright rooster I mated to an O.E. hen, who hatched < ten % of eggs laid. And of those hatched, 50% had fertility...
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