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    Speckled Sussex Before and After Molt

    Typically they develop more and more white with each molt. Both more speckles and larger speckles.
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    Purple Eggs?

    Some people say that Croad Langshans lay purple eggs. Mine have laid mauve eggs, but not overtly purple one.
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    Peachick with slipped tendon

    The photos no longer display. Can they be added back?
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    SOP book on Amazon?

    The way you get to the spot you were sent is to go to Amazon (on a desktop, it may be different on a mobile device), select books in the drop down menu, then search for "Standard of Perfection Poultry" and you will get a list of books. Scroll through the list until you find the hardcover book...
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    SOP book on Amazon?

    https://smile.amazon.com/American-Standard-Perfection-Poultry-Association/dp/0615373690/ref=sr_1_7?crid=327W85FKF8VFG&dchild=1&keywords=american+standard+of+perfection&qid=1593580602&s=books&sprefix=american+standard+of+,stripbooks,202&sr=1-7 I wouldn't get too excited about this. Almost every...
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    Genetic fault or inbreeding?

    Silkies have the polydactyl gene. Most chickens have only 4 toes. Silkies are supposed to have 5 toes, which requires the polydactyl gene. That gene is what allows the bird to have more than 4 toes. However, the polydactyl gene can be a bit naughty. It sometimes acts up and you get bizarre...
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    What does purebred mean

    I've been first in the mammal world of livestock, and then for the last 20 years in the chicken world. I struggled with this quite a bit at first, but have come to accept it. There are two different ways of expressing the "breed-worthiness" of an animal. In mammals (dogs, cats, horses, cattle...
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    Langshan and Cochin

    I'm not that familiar with the SOP for Cochins. However, they are not rumpless -- they just have a tail that blends in with their huge fluff to give them a very round profile, whereas the Langshan is tall, elegant in movement, and has a more obvious tail. Basically, they are polar opposite in...
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    Langshan and Cochin

    Here is a link to calculating color, but remember that frame and vigor are the most important foundations. Build a sturdy barn first, then paint it any color you want. Don't breed pretty birds with incompetent frames that aren't productive for their goals. https://kippenjungle.nl/kruising.html
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    Langshan and Cochin

    Yes, he is a blue Croad Langshan. The Standard for the breed lists blue, black, and white. Blue bred to blue genetics will give you blue, black, and splash. If your goal is to breed to the Standard, then that's what you're stuck with. On the other hand, if your goal is to breed some really...
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    Male pattern baldness?

    "Extended comb tissue." Interesting possibility. @RiverOtter, in the birds that you've seen with this, did they initially have feathers that later fell out, or was this tissue always unfeathered? I would not think that they would ever have feathers in that tissue if it was truly an extension...
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    Male pattern baldness?

    Do you have any side pictures? This is so well demarcated, with a sharp line between the fully feathered area and the fully featherless area, with no fade out or transition line where the feathering is thin. That's not a pattern that you'll see from other chickens plucking out feathers...
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    Selling hatching eggs question for the SOP breeders.

    It sounds like you are getting a wonderful start to your flock. If possible, keep in touch with the breeder so that you will have a mentor when you have questions. Maintaining the quality handed to you by an experienced breeder is not easy, and having a mentor to guide you with your breeding...
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    Selling hatching eggs question for the SOP breeders.

    The value of eggs depends on the value of the breeder birds, which is highly tied to the experience of the breeder and criteria that s/he uses for breeding. If this known breeder sold you a selected trio/quad, etc, (in other words you are using birds that an experienced breeder let grow up and...
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    Multiple free ranging flocks, while maintaining genetic purity. Is it possible?

    20 acres is a lot of space. "Free ranging" doesn't have to mean no restriction at all. It just means they aren't penned in a restrictive manner. I have 10 acres, and 5 of those acres are devoted to chickens. I keep 4 different genetic lines. The 5 acres for chickens are cross-fenced...
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    CROSS BREADING

    That will be challenging to get on a consistent basis. There are many breeds that have speckled eggs from some individuals, but few where the speckling is consistent across all the hens. Usually the speckling is even variable from the same hen on different days. There are breeders out there...
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    CROSS BREADING

    You could get almost anything from each hybrid chick, and each chick may be different. Mixing breeds isn't like mixing paint -- you don't get a consistent half from each parent as if you mixed yellow and blue liquids in a blender to get a green liquid. It's more like gently stirring different...
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    Creating Meat hybrids

    Compost King, you have a very unhealthy line of Dorkings. I breed Red Dorkings and my line is extremely healthy and vigorous. I have about a 90% hatch rate (which does need improvement, but isn't terrible) and I honestly can't remember losing any chick that hatched. Over the last 8 years. I...
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    Denagard Dosage

    Tylan 50 and tylan 200 is currently on backorder by the manufacturer. It was not pulled from the shelves so much as the shelves were not being restocked because the manufacturer had a glitch in their supply chain. The ETA for Tylan-50 being available again is 9/15/19. I have found these...
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    Denagard Dosage

    Liquid Sulmet is no longer manufactured, so is unavailable even if you had a prescription. Some of the forms of sulfamethazine are now Rx, and some forms are OTC. This is one of the OTC forms, designed for cattle, but can be modified for use in other species if you know what you're doing...
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