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    Chicken with heterochromia

    Thought you guys might find this interesting. One of my Jersey Giant/Production Red crosses has heterochromia. She's white with black spots, so I'm assuming one of those "spots" just happens to be in her eye. Whatever it is, I think it's neat. :)
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    Silver - dominant or recessive?

    ROFL! Sounds about right for genetics in general. I really thought nothing could possibly be more complicated than mouse genetics though. I guess I was wrong. ><
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    Silver - dominant or recessive?

    I think I'm starting to understand it a bit better now. The explanation helps a lot, thanks! For confirmation, here are some pics of chicks I've gotten... These just hatched 2 days ago, most of the eggs were from Reds, but a few were from Giants: Upclose of a couple of the spotted chicks...
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    Silver - dominant or recessive?

    Oy...I breed mice and rats and thought THOSE genes were hard to figure out! >< I have no idea what the Gold color is, lol. Never heard of it. So now I'm even MORE confuse, ha ha. I asked because I have a White Jersey Giant roo and my hens are both White Jersey Giant and Production Reds. I...
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    Silver - dominant or recessive?

    Is the gene itself dominant or recessive (or co-dominant)? Meaning, do you only need one copy of the gene (dominant) to produce more Silver or do you need two copies of the gene (recessive)?
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    Roosters more protective when there are chicks?

    The roo is a Jersey Giant and has always been very calm, even when I have had to round up his girls in the past (tornado warnings...the chickens don't have much common sense about going into the coup during storms, lol). He did act weird once, but that was AFTER one of the hens had gone broody...
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    Silver - dominant or recessive?

    Is the silver gene dominant or recessive?
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    Roosters more protective when there are chicks?

    The babies are his, if that makes a difference. I just hatched them in the incubator instead of letting the hen do it because I had someone wanting to buy some, so I had to hatch a lot at once. Last year I tried to let a hen have her chicks with the flock and the other hens tried to kill them...
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    Roosters more protective when there are chicks?

    My Jersey Giant roo has always been very laid back and sweet, but lately he has been extremely aggressive. I gave one of my broody hens a couple chicks abut 3 weeks ago and I now have 2 more hens who have gone broody. Could this be playing a part in the roos sudden aggression? If so, will the...
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    Jersey Giant crosses

    I crossed my White Jersey Giant to some Production Red girls and twice now I have gotten white chicks with black spots. Recently I came across a thread talking about how Leghorns X Black Jersey Giants will produce the white chicks with black spots because of Leghorns being dominant white on...
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    Biggest idiot: never plugged in the turned! >_<

    One has pipped! Yippee!!!
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    Biggest idiot: never plugged in the turned! >_<

    ...in 3 days and I went to remove them from the turner and when I went to unplug it I realized IT WAS NEVER PLUGGED IN AT ALL!!! AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! *cry* I put the eggs in right before leaving town for about a week(hubby was there to keep an eye on them) and I must have had the world's biggest...
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    White chick with black spots...

    The chick was hatched here, to my chickens. I listed the possible parents in my first post. Definitely no Austrolorp or Leghorn.
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    White chick with black spots...

    Here's a belly/feet/face shot too, if that helps:
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    White chick with black spots...

    This little cutiepie popped out of an egg today and I'm curious if it's possible to peg down who the parents are? I have multiple possible daddies, but only a couple hen possibilities. Possible moms: Production Red or White Jersey Giant. Possible dads: White Jersey Giant, Wheaten Easter Egger...
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    Raising a bucket calf for meat?

    ...to not having to actually bottle-feed the calf. >_< They're cute and all, but after having worked at a dairy farm I majorly prefer bucket-feeding to bottle feeding. It's so much easier and more efficient. *sigh* No point in efficiency if it defeats the purpose of fattening up a calf though. :P
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    Raising a bucket calf for meat?

    I'm loving all this awesome information you guys are throwing my way! I'm soaking it up like a sponge, thank you! :D I didn't even think about the horns(so used to working around heifers >_<). How soon do they get their horns in to where they can be removed? I'm not liking the mental picture...
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    Raising a bucket calf for meat?

    My friend has a banding tool, so I could bring him to her or do it myself(if I ask nicely to borrow it ;) ). I helped her do a few goats the other day. Seems pretty straight forward. The calves at the farm are only given colostrum twice(once when they're born and again 6-12 hours later), so if...
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    Raising a bucket calf for meat?

    Thank you all SO much!!! I was dubious about whether or not it'd be do-able, but am so glad to hear that it's possible! :D I have a friend who has a farm and grows her own hay and she said she'd be willing to do a trade of hay/feed in exchange for meat when he gets butchered, so the cost would...
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    Raising a bucket calf for meat?

    My husband and I live on 1 acre out in the country and I've been tossing around the idea of getting a bucket calf(bull) to raise up for meat. My husband works at a dairy farm up the road, so we have easy access to cheap calves and supplies. I have a few questions though... 1) Will half an acre...
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