If you need Turkey eggs we have a member of our club that has Royal Palms and Narragansetts in Clarksville. You might be able to get some from him this spring.
Donna, no Silver Penciled yet. The Bantam Chocolate can be reduced in size by selection and crossing with proper size Blacks. I might could help you there.
One of my hens has a partial Black tail and the other is Pencilled. This is a problem throughout most of the Pencilled pattern Wyandotte bantams. It is not as bad in the large fowl yet. It is brought on by breeding for intense and crisp pencillings, and because judges will still place birds like...
We all need to try to put the Black back in the tails of the Silver Pencilled and Partridge females. I am starting with Partridge this year and that is my main objective. Breed to what the Standard calls for not the FADS. Also watch closely for "bunny tail" because this is contrary to the...
You usually don't have to cross single comb in, its already there. It is only needed in the males any way. Nothing wrong with it , you just can't show them. If you have a single comb show up with almost perfect markings would you cull it or use it to perfect your Rose combed birds? If a single...
Rose comb (pure two genes for Rose) have lower sperm motility linked with the gene for rose comb. The link is broken if another gene for comb type is matched with a gene for rose comb. In Walnut combs ( four genes for comb type, combination of Rose and Pea combs) if the bird has two genes for...
Donna, would be better if I could hold them to figure out what they are. Silkie down is sometimes difficult to figure out what they are going to be. Too much variability in down colors with them. I have seen almost Black down grow up to be light Partridge,so trying to say right now would only be...
Single comb gene in Rose comb breeds improves fertility due to the fact that there is a flaw in PURE Rose comb. Fertility is lower for pure rose comb, but if you have some birds heterozygous for single comb fertility improves greatly. You cannot tell the difference in Homozygous and heterozygous...
The show is the Volunteer State Poultry Club Spring Show on April 26th. It is a double show this year.Location is the Dickson County Fairgrounds on Hwy. 47. Pm me if you are interested in showing with us.
When shipping eggs they need to be marked Pressurized cabin only. When they are air shipped and put in an unpressurized cabin the air cells rupture when high altitude is obtained. I have received shipment like this in the past also.
You can all come and meet at our show in Dickson April 26th. Easy to find and centrally located. We would be happy to have this event at our show. Maybe even a group photo could be taken. Just let me know what you think.
Salmon was made in England from A Wheaten Maran crossed to Partridge Wyandotte cross. Then crossed to Silver Pencilled male to get the Silver gene on the Wheaten base.
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