Thank you. :) I was lucky enough that Dave Anderson chose to let me take over his line when he decided to no longer work with bantam silver laced. I did add a roo from another line to bring in the frizzle gene. The offspring has been wonderful this year. I'm super excited about it.
The Seaside Feather Fanciers Show will be held April 5th @ The Ventura Fairgrounds. I just got an email from Dave this morning confirming the date change
It's 4 feet wide, 2.5 feet deep. In the summer they move out to the grow out pen pretty quickly because it's so hot where we live. They aren't usually in there linger than 6 weeks. It depends on the weather and how many I am hatching. I have 2 fully enclosed grow out pens outside that they stay...
It is working really well. I still love it and use it year round. The only thing I would do differently would be to maybe put some sort of plastic barrier at the bottom half of the doors to keep the shavings from falling out . And the cat still really enjoys it as well. ;)
It is very normal for feathers to come in all white as they age.
I found great improvements were made when using a larger male with great type/color/crest size over females with good lacing. It improved the size in the offspring, the lacing, and the overall size of the birds.
BUT. I am so...
Crests can be taped up to keep them out of their faces. A larger crest is preferred in showing normally.
I haven't had a problem with the shape of the larger crests. I am looking to improve the fullness and proper color (less color in the WC varieties) in the crests of my bantam polish.
LOL...
My first suggestion in correcting the colors would be to separate your birds and breed colors that are supposed to go together. Otherwise you will always have mixed up non standard colors. Breed with a purpose not just randomly if you are looking to improve. Cull and cull hard. (that does not...
Thank you so much everyone for the compliments. I will be taking a couple of these girls to the show in Paso Robles in 2 weeks. I'm excited to see how they do. I normally only show my bantam polish and runner ducks.
One hint when showing Polish- always check the feet for stubs. Little itty...
I have been raising polish for 4 years or so now. I show mostly bantam polish in several colors. The only LF polish I have are Buff Laced. Here are a few pictures of a couple of my young pullets. (Sorry for the lack of full body shots) They are about 4.5-5 months old in these pictures. They...
12 Bantam Orpington Hatching Eggs
Flock includes a blue rooster over 3 black and 3 blue hens. You will have a chance of hatching Blue/Black/or Splash chicks. These are American Standard type Orpingtons, not English. They have not been bred to and birds from imported lines. I have not shown...