I was enjoying some authentic Ecuadorian food this Christmas! My family visited my boyfriend and his family and it's been wonderful. I leave tonight though, that's sad, but it has all been a blessing.
That looks like a classic example of split wing. If some of his feathers are still growing in, the axial feather might (it's often one of the last, but most birds have full plumage at 7 months plus it looks like there's a gap there, but I don't know Brahmas well.
Ok, so slow feathering is sex linked dominant. Males or females are equally likely to get the gene from their father. If you had a slow feathering hen though, then it would be the males that are slow feathering.
I need to go to bed :th
I keep writing misinformation and then realizing it's wrong...
Chicks can look fine as chicks but growing up they can have defects, there's no such thing as a show quality chick, you won't know the quality until they are grown.
For Belgian d'Anvers the space recommendations would be more like 1 square foot for bird in the coop and a lot less than 10 or 15 in the run. They don't overbreed like other breeds (partly because they are small and light) so I tend to breed them in trios. And I buy them in quality pairs or...
Turkeys with the black winged bronze base are just so beautiful! Sweetgrass or black winged bronze, I love the "eye spots" and gloss on their secondaries.
Someday I hope to have a flock as beautiful as yours.
I ordered something from an Amazon a couple of weeks ago and they keep pushing it back
I can't speak for Leghorns but the Anconas I had were active yet curious and friendly. Not like lap birds but definitely friendly.
Leghorns are kind of elegant here, you know?
The only difference between Anconas and Leghorns is how their backs are described.
The Italian ones are more upright and long legged.
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