The orgional birds sent to the us were of lesser quality then what is used in country of origion , however the genetics for correct birds are in the DNA of the birds sent over and there are birds being produced that look very much like birds of origion. How people select and have the ability to...
One cross on lavender will give you splits(a bird that carries lavender but does not express it) then you have to cross those offspring together that carry lavender to get a percentage of porcelian. Not all will be porcelain.
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Where I work I handle a lot of cardboard, and in the winter the ends of my fingers often split. I put a little super glue on it and it helps it heal and immediately helps the pain, too! I hadn't thought of it for chickens. Good idea. How well does it work, though, if the wound is...
soldering would be awful...something to alway keep on hand for cuts and such is brand new tubes of super glue, it is sterile enough , i use it to dock puppy tails , its the same ingred. as glue that surgeons use for brain surgery theres just has gentocin violet added to it. super glue is cheap...
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For the same reason you cant have blue laced black(or visa versa) you cannot have chocolate laced blue...that is how i understand it....makes sense
The diluted birds with blue and beige color but not be sexlink chocolate..a psudo sexlink color of it?
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From what I understand the bantam gene is recessive so I doubt you would get a throwback. Do you have a pic of how large they are?
I would think that size would be polygenetic and a little more hard to predict, not so cut and dry as a autosumal recessive.
Does someone know the written difference in the american and UK standard? Apparently Im gathering here there is some dramatic dfference? And how did this come about once the first orpingtons came to america , how did the heritage change?
What are the differences in the UK vs american standard(I was unaware there was a difference) and more importantly WHY is there a difference. Didnt the origion of the birds all come from the UK? When did the americans see fit to tweek the birds that came from the mother country?
Boy have I...