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  1. JohnEugene

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    I have acquired some new game fowl, two young stags, and two hens. The stags are 3/4 Oak Grove Yellow-legged Hatch and 1/4 Lieper Hatch. The hens are 1/2 Racy Mug, and 1/2 Lieper Hatch. I am posting some pictures of them. They are not very high quality pictures because I'm not that good at...
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    If any of you, who may be following along on this topic… are the frugal type [Not to say tight with your money… as am I] here is the link to a website that looks promising for getting a good grounding in chicken genetics. http://kippenjungle.nl/sellers/page0.html I am finding it to be just...
  3. JohnEugene

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    Is there a publication that describes the SOP for all the various breeds of OEGF. If so where can I get a copy?
  4. JohnEugene

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    I found this article interesting. http://articles.extension.org/pages/65363/poultry-genetics-for-small-and-backyard-flocks:-an-introduction I have studied genetics before... when I was raising horses... and I studied it some back when I was breeding tropical fish. I have got to locate more on...
  5. JohnEugene

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    Grabbing them to take the picture is a great idea. :) I never thought of that. Also the leg color on mine are the same as on yours... whereas the brown leghorns have legs that are more yellowish. (not much but noticeable). I wonder why mine has so much black on his head? By the leg color...
  6. JohnEugene

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    Today is lock down day for the shipped American Game Fowl eggs I'm incubating. Everything looks good up to lock down. Now all I have to do is to wait, and I shall see what happens. I'm hoping for a good hatch... but if any (at all) hatch I'll be happy with that. Considering how many attempts...
  7. JohnEugene

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    Taking pictures of chickens is not easy. They get nervous and run around constantly while you're trying to take the picture. I finally had to bribe them with food to get them to stand still, and even then some of them remained in hiding. But I managed to get some pictures which I edited a little...
  8. JohnEugene

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    Please do. I am interested in the genetics too if you have links for that.
  9. JohnEugene

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    I haven't got a clue how to train. I'm brand new. I do have a book though that supposedly I can learn from. :) Maybe now that I know you guys are here I can get some pointers over time. I'm just doing this as a hobby. My father used to tell me stories though!
  10. JohnEugene

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    I also have some shipped game fowl eggs I started incubating on July 6. There are 6 Miner Blue eggs, 2 Doc Robinson eggs, 2 Radiopullet eggs, 1 Racey Mug egg, and 1 Bacon Warhorse egg. Today is day 16, and I just finished candling them. It is looking good for most of them. I can't be sure about...
  11. JohnEugene

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    Yes I will. But I can't until I take some. I will try to take pictures tomorrow afternoon.
  12. JohnEugene

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    Thank you! Well then it looks like I have at least one male silver duckwing. :)
  13. JohnEugene

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    I bought fifteen baby chicks from cackle hatchery. They are six weeks old now. Five of the chicks were unsexed silver duck wing old English game fowl. Eight of the chicks were female Brown Leghorn's. And two were male Brown Leghorn. When I received the order there were actually eighteen chicks...
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