Has anybody heard of breeding to disease resistance as I have done some reading on this regarding livestock.
Does anybody know if this would work with poultry?
It said to breed the infected animal with the one that shows the least sighs and then do that with theoffspring untill there are know...
I have noticed that when I was holding my pet duck I could hear her breathing and that she also had water coming out of her noise she will sneeze sometimes. And I see her feather fluff up her noise alot Is all this from her fluff . Thank you
Hi I live in Canada and would like to keep ducks in winter ? I cant afford to use a heat lamp for a whole winter and the breed im planning on getting is pekins.
So I havent gotten any new birds at all except for eggs that havent hatched yet. So I went to the basement yesterday to feed the chickens and my Rooster had dust all around and in his nostrills so I cleaned up his noise . And then I went today to feed them again and he had a light runny...
Hi Silkie Experts I saw some pics of Lavender Splash Silkies and they look very nice . And I would just like to know how you would make one ? Do you just cross a Lavender to a Splash or Blue to lavender ? Thank you
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I am just wondering if I crossed a Big Crested Polish to a Silkie, then cross the offspring to a Silkie then that offspring to another Silkie, would I get a Big Crested Silkie.
Hello , Everybody this Summer I noticed a Pigeon explosion in my area and I went to my Babas place she has a small flock in her barn they are very pritty . And weird enough there were chicks born and hatched on the ground they were very friendly I would hold them everyday intill they flew...
I got three no beraded lavender Silkie chicks the mom was white and dad was lavender the person i got them from showed me the dad the lady said that he was a dusty color lavender now how do you make a darker lavender ? do you cross it to a blue or black ?
How do you get your Silkies to have such big Beards, Crests this is the closeist Iv gotten but she died . And this is the closest when it came to my Roosters Please tell what to do so I can have at least breeding quality birds and pllease tell the good things about them and disqualifacations...
Now i am not the best at drawing but i would like to try so if any body would like me to draw there birds. Such as chickens or horses i am willing to try draw them i would like to here after what you think of it and tell me what i could do better for next time. I would like to try...
Hi i was reading on some thread that if you breed buff Silkie male to a blue hen you will get 25% blue male (split for buff) 25% Lilac females and 25% Buff females . I am just woundering if any body has a pic of one . Thank you