➡I accidentally bought Balut eggs: 2 live ducks! Now a Chat Thread!

[ShrekDawg]

Even the birds on the their own page look pretty splotchy color wise, particularly that roo on the left in the third picture.

https://www.meyerhatchery.com/productinfo.a5w?prodID=BADS

 

[ShrekDawg]

https://meyerhatchery.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360018411672

 

[BantyChooks]

But as an example on how totally wrong some of their birds can be, I have heard of some of their Wyandottes having single combs instead of rose combs and some feathered legged birds like Marans and others not being feather legged. So I wouldn’t put it past them to produce an oddly colored bird. Even a color that is supposedly impossible. They are hatchery. Not that there is anything wrong with hatchery birds or even Meyer in particular, my birds all came from Meyer and my new 5 (about a week and a half away now ) are also coming from Meyer, so I love them and I think my birds are beautiful, but they are a hatchery like any other and breed for production rather than perfectly matching the standards or even matching it at all sometimes haha

Rose combs can genetically be either Rrpp or RRpp, with no visual differences. The first type, if bred to another Rrpp, has a small chance of throwing a single combed offspring. Test breeding can eliminate most of these individuals, but RRpp birds frequently have poor fertility, so occasional single combed birds should probably just be put up with. I think a Rrpp rooster x RRpp hen would be ideal, but that's a bit much for a hatchery. That's what I believe, anyway, I'm not good at genetics so I could be wrong. This is just what I've read.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Rose combs can genetically be either Rrpp or RRpp, with no visual differences. The first type, if bred to another Rrpp, has a small chance of throwing a single combed offspring. Test breeding can eliminate most of these individuals, but RRpp birds frequently have poor fertility, so occasional single combed birds should probably just be put up with. I think a Rrpp rooster x RRpp hen would be ideal, but that's a bit much for a hatchery. That's what I believe, anyway, I'm not good at genetics so I could be wrong. This is just what I've read.

That makes a lot of sense!! So I suppose it is probably highly likely then that since there are no visual differences and they don’t see the chicks grow out, they may not even know they are producing single combs? Or not care? Like I guess what I am saying is that all the parent stock may have the correct rose combs and they don’t have single comb parents but they just sometimes throw single combs??

 

[BantyChooks]

That makes a lot of sense!! So I suppose it is probably highly likely then that since there are no visual differences and they don’t see the chicks grow out, they may not even know they are producing single combs? Or not care? Like I guess what I am saying is that all the parent stock may have the correct rose combs and they don’t have single comb parents but they just sometimes throw single combs??

Well, they've probably had complaints, but test breeding every single bird would be a huge waste of time and money and would result in poor fertility in some instances. So, dealing with the occasional customer that doesn't know genetics isn't that much of a price to pay. I mean, it's not like the rest of their breed qualities are up to standard.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Is it possible the BCM is one of these?? She doesn’t fully look like one though and doesn’t appear to have feathered feet so it is weird... I would definitely email Meyer and ask what she could be.

https://www.meyerhatchery.com/productinfo.a5w?prodID=BRCBS

 

[ShrekDawg]

Well, they've probably had complaints, but test breeding every single bird would be a huge waste of time and money and would result in poor fertility in some instances. So, dealing with the occasional customer that doesn't know genetics isn't that much of a price to pay. I mean, it's not like the rest of their breed qualities are up to standard.

That’s true!! I am sure the hatcheries don’t want to spend the time and money doing that. Especially since they’re not show birds or up to standard anyway like you said. Although it would be nice if they could have a warning like they do for the blue birds that you may occasionally get a single combed bird.

 

[CrazyCrttr75]

Is it possible the BCM is one of these?? She doesn’t fully look like one though and doesn’t appear to have feathered feet so it is weird... I would definitely email Meyer and ask what she could be.

https://www.meyerhatchery.com/productinfo.a5w?prodID=BRCBS

That is what I am wondering. I already have the page up and have been scouring the website, going between this breed and that breed. She definitely has feathers on her legs. This is her when we first got her.

This is her now at almost 6 weeks old.

She is sweet and fluffy and I think I probably just need to let her grow out a little more to know for sure.
The difference between a BCM (hen size is 7lbs!) and a Frizzled Cochin (hen size 28oz!) is massive.
Maybe I should email and ask but by what age do ya'll think I would know for sure?

 

[Glitterchicks]

This is one of mine. She doesn't like people but she lays beautiful eggs.
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What color are her eggs?

 

[Glitterchicks]

Nice pictures!! Didn’t realize Ams could be silver. I have some better pictures of my Barred Rock and some of the other birds somewhere but I think they are on my old phone and I don’t feel like digging it out or digging through Dropbox right now lol

My mom has an EE who is almost purple! I'll get a picture tomorrow.