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    Question on Color ID and Genetics... thinking Dun Hmong Chickens

    Hi all... I have a flock of Hmong chickens... that have been selected to be silvers rather than golds for a number of generations. The Birchen gene is common in the flock, as is lacing. In addition some birds are predominantly white. In any event, occasionally, not often... a laced brown-gray...
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    Ok.. for those who use both the Genesis and Sportsman... hatch rates?

    What I am trying to figure out is if the Sportsman is actually better at incubating than the using several Genesis units.... having several means a failure is more localized... but there is the convenience issue.. and cost per capacity.... what i need to have a handle on to make up my mind are...
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    Blue Birchen Marans from Greenfire.... 4 weeks old ?

    # 1 was a rooster... the other 3 were hens.... the splash is the sweetest hen you can imagine... unfortunately... one 2 hens and the rooster there was way too much straw colored leakage to use them as breeders... pretty dissapointed with the quality on the GFF stock w regard to BBS Marans.. the...
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    Sudden Elbow joint issues in Cockerel

    Thanks that was very helpful. Interesting that the valgus diagnosis is often more associated with males...
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    Sudden Elbow joint issues in Cockerel

    Could be... difficult to get pics... its only really visible when he walks... ok from what i see the leg is swollen at the elbow with the swelling on the inside of the leg. When he walks its the opposite of bow legged... so when facing him the elbows point in (more pronounced in one side). He...
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    Sudden Elbow joint issues in Cockerel

    Hi All. I have a cockerel who is 9 months old. I noticed the other day that one leg seems disjointed at the elbow. He was still walking on it but the angle was off... He is in a calm pen with 4 docile pullets... A week later both legs are like this. He is alert... walking... running over for...
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    Comment by 'goedric' in item 'Svart Hona'

    I have these as well, and they are both smart and friendly... especially the hens... i have noticed that some of the roos have sapphire blue earlobes.. quite striking... i was told by some other breeders that black and sapphire ear flaps are acceptable but white should be culled. My birds are...
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    Isbar/Silverudds Blue First Import hatching eggs

    wondering, do you have any 1st import pairs available... I am in michigan, thx
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    Do roos prefer to mate with their own variety?

    Seems like there are individual preferences for 'BLONDES" OR "BRUNETTES" just like with people
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    Do roos prefer to mate with their own variety?

    interesting
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    Do roos prefer to mate with their own variety?

    I realize that roosters will mate with anything... my question is, if there are many hens is there any tendency to preferentially mate with their own variety... or are varieties a human thing... so in a mix of very different chickens like marans and cermani... should we expect crosses to be a...
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    The Svart Hona (Swedish Black Hen) Thread!

    Question on Svart Hona ear lobes... I have 7 from Greenfire... 4 boys and 3 girls... a couple of the boys are now developing bright blue ear flaps... beautiful really but seems like this might be a fault? They are about 4 months old...
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    Can someone explain to me the lavender gene?

    My understanding is that the lavender is a different gene that also dilutes like blue... but it expresses when homozygous double recessive... so no splash... just lavender, split for lav (hidden lav) and black... since its a diff gene birds can have blue as well... effects do not appear to be...
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    Help me please

    I would not risk it either... here is a manual for meat use and poultry disease for developing countries... not that it will be the same in the USA but there are pictures and diagnosis and recommendations... their pics for mareks look similar. anyway...
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    question on genetics feathered shanks naked feet silver hmong

    hmmm with the possibility of it being a recessive trait... may be a good idea not to breed the ones who express cause it could be a bugger to get rid of. From what I have read the Hmong birds are a melting pot of bloodlines... so the strait could have come from anywhere... they are discussed on...
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    question on genetics feathered shanks naked feet silver hmong

    Yikes... i guess i was confused.... when i was working on my PhD in quantitative genetics at the University of Chicago.... (1) partial dominance... incomplete dominance... and semi-dominance.. were used more or less interchangeably (2) Dominance was an critical complicating factor in...
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    question on genetics feathered shanks naked feet silver hmong

    BUT... Gojira.... maybe you are right and I should get more stock from the same line (since i cant find any other lines so far) and add birds with no stubs (may be harboring) at lease it could be closet to where i want to be than using birds with stubs right! :) half a problem is better than a...
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    question on genetics feathered shanks naked feet silver hmong

    haha yes... z w mammal bias showing... no i do not mean incomplete dominance in the BBS way... alleles of course code for proteins/enzymes that do certain things... often there is a threshhold that must be met before a result occurs... there can be any number of alleles coding for a particular...
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    question on genetics feathered shanks naked feet silver hmong

    then why no feathers on the feet whatsoever... anyway you may be right... this particular source claims they are different... and that the sb-1 and sb-2 genes were discovered in Rhode Island Reds in 1990... http://www.edelras.nl/chickengenetics/mutations2.html
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    Pre-fab coop adding ventilation?

    almost forgot... bad critters can easily dig under this... buy some hardware cloth from home depot or wherever... 48" width works well.... cut a piece to match the length and another to match the width.... then cut each in half lengthwise to get 2 long sides and 2 ends each 24" wide.... fold...
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