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    Experience with Ayam Ketawa back-crosses?

    From what I can deduce, Ayam Ketawa have a load of genetic problems thanks to a severe bottleneck. They’ve only been imported once, and it shows. I started with four hens, but one ate a giant hole in one of her hatch mates while she was still alive — a particular form of cannibalism with an...
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    Replacement- Heat tolerant, colored egg chickens

    I would expect them to be pretty heat tolerant, absolutely! the CCL should throw sexable chicks from either of your roosters, too, since they appear to both be double barred.
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    Replacement- Heat tolerant, colored egg chickens

    I live in Florida and started with a bunch of Ameraucana and marans mixes. I've noticed the same thing with the heat plus humidity causing heat stress specially in birds with muffs and feathered legs. From the information I've compiled, combs and wattles do serve for heat dispensation, however...
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    Cross breed question!

    Did any of them laugh in F1? Do you have any experience with f2 back-crosses?
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    Anybody else using AI as a tool for breeding plan development?

    I used it to produce one of those breed profile graphics for a dual-purpose Easter egger cross I'll be working with this fall. It took about 7 drafts to get it 97% satisfactory.
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    Experience with Ayam Ketawa back-crosses?

    Just curious if anyone has had any experience with ayam ketawa back-crosses. How did they perform? Any unusual or bizarre crowing behavior? I think it's about 4/5 of pure Ketawas will laugh. My estimate is about 1/8 to 1/4 of f2 back-crosses might have some kind of odd crow pattern but it'll be...
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    Anybody else using AI as a tool for breeding plan development?

    You are very correct. I've had to correct it multiple times. It will get genetic information very wrong and will make other comprehension mistakes that need to be called out. It's a very powerful tool but it can't do everything. I still use it as a collaborative aid but it's no replacement for...
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    Anybody else using AI as a tool for breeding plan development?

    I’ve been experimenting with AI (like ChatGPT) as a planning tool to help refine my breeding strategies — and it’s been surprisingly useful. Right now, I’m using it to develop a project to enhance one of my favorite breeds, using methods similar to what dog breeders have done in recent decades...
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    Bielefelder/Cream Legbar Cross

    I'm thinking about working with this cross later this year. My Bubba came home with some CCL day olds and we have a gentlemanly foster Bielefelder with only 3 ladies. Some things to note: Guaranteed heterozygous for blue eggs in f1 Auto sexing in f1 MUCH more heat tolerant than industry...
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    Tripping goose, the last one died

    We didn't have the necropsy done because the other goose recovered after getting waterfowl vitamins for about a week plus a full coop and flock treatment with permetherin and ivermectin. I was unaware that it was so strongly advised not to give birds to pigs. We don't do that anymore but for a...
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    Iridescent feathers

    What a handsome young man and such an inspiration is your flock! A lady from work came by a few weeks ago to take some boys to camp and I saved one because he had the least amount of leakage and patterning of blue and purple on his wings. He's been introduced to a few unrelated cemani crosses...
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    Iridescent feathers

    LOL well she puts on a good show! They can't be much worse than the laughing chickens I got rolling around in the incubator. They are very good at flying away from danger. :p
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    Iridescent feathers

    Gosh they look so much like dragons and she's so docile! When these guys get a name and hit the market like a pallet of bricks fallen out of the Empire State Building, I want to be in the queue.
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    Welarans, Welsummer x Marans

    I used him over my true blues to hatch some OEs. The pullets gave more marans type speckling then welsummer. The pink and brown eggs are from a different pairing added just to fill the incubator. He wasn't very nice and it wasn't exactly his fault because his boy parts were gigantic. I got...
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    Iridescent feathers

    I actually meant from the storm. I have some friends RVing around looking for a place to buy in E. TN. who have been sending me photos links and videos. Had me worried about these guys. That's all very exciting! I'm glad you are all doing well!
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