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Well no, you wouldn't expect competition at the state fair, simply because there is only one, maybe two other individual breeders in Minnesota besides yourself. OTOH, there are well over 30 breeders listed in Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee alone. It's the availability of competition that makes the...

"Congrats, best of breed against 3 birds. Keep up the good work cgmccary Thanks Bluface3! I will." I hope so Chris. It's one thing to win Best of Breed when you are the only exhibitor of your breed at a smaller show; (I mean, seriously, when there are fewer than 400 birds, you would pretty...

Congratulations cgmccary and thank you for making the effort to take such nice Buckeyes to Knoxville. In case there were people new to the breed going to a show, it's good to know the birds they did get to see were such high quality. With all the ice and snow in Kentucky and points west, it's...

Just so we know we're talking about the same parts of the bird, I did a quickie mock up (using my own cross breed bird) illustrating these "fluffy' areas as I interpret them. Chris, if this isn't what you're talking about, feel free to correct me.

LOL I should have added that those males that are all fired up to breed without first displaying the necessary courtship behaviors have the shortest lifespan of all. Not because they wear out, but because once I observe a cockerel hanging out near the roosts in the evening, trying to run down...

That's a good average. This is one of those maddening, non committal answers, but, "it depends". Currently, the oldest (working) rooster here is 8, but as I have several males that I prefer to breed from, all he sires is breakfast. I've not had Buckeyes long enough to be able to speak...

Here you go: I call him "Baby Big Ben". His sire was a Buckeye and his mother was a Dominique.

That is nice! Do you have a picture of his Momma?

The Ancona. I started with single comb straight run chicks from Murray McMurray , and not too long ago, added rose comb birds from Fred Zillich which were the ones I mentioned blending into my flock. Because the rose comb variety is so rare, I have since purchased some started birds from Joseph...

I prefer to start out with at least two trios from different sources, but even one trio from a single source is better than trying to start with a pair. With any line, the phenotype (what we see on the outside) may be covering some unpleasant surprises carried in the genotype. (the genetic code...

Quote: I agree, not all close matings are bad; and neither is every "genetic bottleneck". The purebred Alpine dairy goat in the US descended from an initial import of just 13 animals, and the Lamancha breed really traces back to only two individuals. Inbreeding (linebreeding) is a way to...

Quote: The easiest way to get sex link birds is use a solid colored male over a barred hen. The resulting males with be barred, the females will be solid colored with perhaps a red head. Tomorrow I'll post a picture of a Dominique/ Buckeye cross that's running around here. He's not something I...

Excellent resource. I love that you can easily tell the difference when they are so young.

Well, now I know I'm out of the loop. To me using the word "ringer" to describe something means it's very, very good. There's a somewhat similar term "dead ringer", which means switching out one horse before a competition for another one that looks identical, which is not good at all. I had not...

Joe, Sarah didn't ask about "muscular density" she specifically asked about feathers.

I agree. They were apparently not as fluffy and certainly not anywhere near as "jacked up" as the ones I've seen pictures of winning at shows either. I attribute that to fashion, the thinking being that if a bird with little pouf gets noticed by a Judge and wins, alot will make an even bigger...

Well, the Black Breasted Red game isn't exactly a "fluffy butt". Which picture are you referring to?