did a game fair last weekend we moved over $1700.00 in birds.
this is the only pair i came home with.
we never have been bantam types here.
they were just so cute i could not pass
mini me chickens are cool. they are fast and the free range flock of large breeds are mean
to them, good thing they...
19 left in the new ones young of the year.
6 breeds with 10 color phases in flock.
had more in the new flock but the red-tailed hawk,snake
neighbors dog had a few along the way maybe 8 or so
none lost to sickness or accidents.
my uncle uses rowe feed.
we live in ohio also.
they custom mill a mix for better protein as in higher amount
plus add blood meal i think.
and a few extra things added to help with egg development
thus increase hatch %. now with this being said his incubation/hatch is up 30%
due to better/more...
no not really! more of a mix of strains. all are variations of the basic type of Coturnix
no matter what hue they are.you have a blood line of quail coturnix were the strain of color is not fixed as of yet.
in a gene pool were a mutation shows up you must either select for the hue/trait or not...
thanks for the help and reply
new here so some of the acronym are new to me.
what is rir,ees. these are picture from my cell phone and not very good.
i will try to get better shots this weekend.
maybe i need a link for common color phases of the Easter Egger chick line.
today they are 43 days old
dark hen on left side is fast and very hard to shoot i would like to breed her to this male shown further below
Below is the cockerel i would like to breed the dark hen to. any info on these would be great thank you.
i love the color pattern but ? the breeding...
need ideas for the hatcher and Brooder/nursery phase of this new venture.
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made a trip to town today did a price check lumber the build a 20x20 fly pen area
sub-divided into 8 pens 5' x 8' 6" x 8' tall each. central walk path 3'x20'
lumber cost...
you are more then welcome reedgirl20, if you are able to get a culture started i would trade for some new breeding stock.
i have some 200 types of heirloom tomatoes or other garden seed.i would like to cross your strain with mine here for a new mix in the old gene pool.
you are more then...
i do.
my culture is now 15 years old.
i use old 5 gallon buckets as a home.
we feed them potatoes for water and old cereal,oats,barley,bran and the like for food.
carrots are also a good water source. some times old fruit but then you get fruit flies in the house.
i keep them in the laundry...
Your more then welcome biglittlefarm, just remember have fun and select for only the strong and cull the rest.
"cull"= kill and eat them. until you have what you are looking for in the final form.
i need some good quail to start working with my self.
i would like to log a 2 or 3 year project...
YES, they will for sure.
your new chicken will be mix of each sides set of genes. this is a F1
F1 = FIRST GENERATION from said cross of chicken
as ridgerunner said your rooster really does not care.
but the new line could be two different color types and body shapes/size as well.
and here is...