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How much progress this last week? You will have a real treasure to show for your labor.

Showing Crevecoeur's and how to train them to allow handling. I've seen several posts that indicate the Crevecoeur is or can be flighty. Seems that judges would not be keen on reaching for a bird that is bouncing off the cage wall. What training do you all do other than handling a bird from...

It would help if you identify your general location so folks would know if you are close to do a pick up vice mailing him. Presume not possible to give him his own private space.

Look at this thread https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/621363/poop-board-convert-warning-graphic-gross-poop-pictures Probably all the info you need. KalyAn

Spartacus and Karimw, Thank you for your insights. I was beginning to think the Iowa Blue gene pool was so limited it would be near impossible to find birds that were not closely related. I see colored bands on legs in various pictures which I presume are to identify the bird. So how do you...

Regular antifreeze, ethylene glycol, will kill but I don't think overnight. Believe it affects the kidneys. That is why the animal friendly antifreeze is suggested, propylene glycol-based. You might have more than one raccoon visiting which means the same one did not get all 4 baited eggs...

Working to understand chicken genetics. Lets say I got hens from Karimw from the same hatch as the cockerel Spartacus got from Karimw. Then I get a cockerel from Spartacus that is two generations downstream from the cockerel he got from Karimw and that cockerel only appears in the 1st...

Have many more of the darker coloration showed up? Is the body style of the darker colored ones favor the German line? Pictures from France? The peeps would be almost a year old now.

So how did the construction of the bachelor pad go?

The last picture of the two roosters. The one in the forefront has light legs? I relooked the other pictures (not the chicks) and saw other light legs however, those birds could be from your other breeds. Is the pattern on the rooster (pictured after the chicks) called birchen? I'm trying...

Kari, Is the pattern on the rooster in the Spartacus photo called birchen? I've looked through a bunch of threads to understand how birchen looks. I think there was an earlier post (don't remember who made it) saying some folks are trying to select against birchen. How Come? To me, two...

Folks, what matters is that the breed gets seen! I became interested in the Portuguese Water Dog in the late 80's. VERY few and far between. Seeing and talking to owner/handlers was a thrill. We now have our 3rd PWD who I had shown for awhile (OFA xrays came back mild dysplastic.) I plan to...

Re spread tail. I think it is refering to an old fashioned ladies hand fan, the ones some grandmothers used in church in Jul Spread fan similiar to Sebright tail feathers?? Perhaps folks that actually have IB's could compare to the tails of other breeds. Sure would like to see this thread...

Susquehanna Poultry Show, Bel Air, MD March 18 2012. My first show so it was an education seeing breeds I've only read about. I'll be able to understand more terms that knowledgeable folks use. Turned out to be a foggy, cold, overcast day but well worth a 3 hour drive to meet friendly folks...

Oh phooey! Meant to PM a person from MD who is also a Susquehanna Poultry member.

Did you attend the Susquehanna Poultry show in Bel Air, MD today, 18 Mar? Talked to a 4H leader who spoke about getting different colored eggs for this breed. I found this thread but it will take awhile to read!

Anyone with Crevecoeur s going to the Susquehanna Poultry show in Bel Air, MD on Mar 18?

Are you folks too busy to work on a standard? I'm going to the Susquehanna Poultry show is Bel Air, MD on Sunday the 18th. It would be exciting to see Iowa Blue s but probably not.

No chickens yet. I like the crested breeds. Figured that when I retire in 11 months, I'd foster a heirloom breed or two as it probably costs the same to house and feed a heirloom breed as a popular breed. The American Livestock Breeds Conservation lists this breed as critical; found this...