BS chicks are not "white" when they hatch. BS chicks that are carrying one copy of white,, It still takes about 3 days before the flight feathers changes from yellow to white
Ks,,each pen is different and it depends on color and age. My lowest number of hens per pen is 3 (Taupe,White,Peach) and the most is 6 hens with my Purple male. But he will be 6 yrs old this year and covers hens pretty well. Opals and BSSP pens has 4 hens but Bronze has 5 hens, My India Blue pen...
Well shucks,,all my purples are together in one breeding pen. three purple b/s,2 purples and a very nice purple pied hen.I'm hoping the peach will do good this year,as this is the first time the peach male and peach hen have been penned together(along with 2 bssp hens). Two years ago I kept...
Okay,,all Pea Palace birds are moved to their respective breeding pens for 2015.All you experts out there,,my overflow pen has 2 cameo w/e hens,Opal pied hen,2 bssp hens,one bronze hen with a bronze barred winged male and a opal barred wing male. Without spending days reading back in the...
Came back from a trip to Central Pennsylvania and since Craig Hopkins is on the way back I called him and stopped in. Seen my first bronze bs silver pied today,,,he has a very nice setup indeed.
You know I have a purple bs/sp male with 4 purple hens,,2 of which are purple b/s. You think in 3 years I can get one,just one plain purple b/s male?? Not a one,,,
"Last year I hatched out several of these offspring but this year so far none have hatched. That is what I get for improving the quality of food, I guess. The IBs and silver pied are hatching and I finally got my first Purple project hatching. I guess I can't have everything."
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Zaz, Dylansmom,New2,,you all 3 in a conspiracy to make Thang some sort of legend,or icon in the pea world? I go out tonight to collect eggs from his pen and all he does is pace the fence,,kinda like he wanted out but had no idea what he would do when he did get out. Thang doesn't think or...
What Thang really is ,,is a dark pied Twink bird. Heading to UPA the next board meeting (heard all is done with secret handshakes over the phone now with total disregard for by-laws,so it should be a shoe in)) and try to get this new species approved. You see,much like a twinkie snack cake,it's...