andi_freeze
In the Brooder
- Mar 1, 2024
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Hello!
I'm Andi, this is my third year keeping chickens, and today I just got the chicks for my first breeding project
The first time I got chicks (my current flock) I went to a local chicken keeper and just got a variety -- no real focus. But since then I have dug deeper into chicken breeds, and genetics and thought about what my Ideal Chicken would be... I love a cute but fancy bird that is friendly! I want my chickens to be primarily pets, secondarily decoration, and a relatively distant third to be egg producers.
So after looking through many many lists of chicken breeds, and spending a lot of time lurking on this forum, I eventually decided that Barnevelders are almost perfect -- they are gorgeous, and I love a big round soft chicken... The classic black double laced gold barnevelder is one of my favorite patterns. The only thing holding me back from just getting all Barnevelders is that I really, really love a long tailed rooster.
But then I thought - maybe I could work with that.
So! I decided that some day I would try to cross a Barnevelder with a Phoenix, aiming for a double laced gold(or golden, or lemon, or buff) bird with the various long feather genes that give Phoenix Roos their beautiful tails.... And ideally more of the barnevelder body shape, and a nice friendly attitude.
And today is the day! Or rather, today is the day at least a year or two before the day I actually start crossing anything, because today my batch of 3 barnevelder female chicks and 5 phoenix SR chicks arrived
I am planning on using this forum post to keep track of my progress, in raising these chicks up and also what will probably be a 10ish year breeding project hahaha
I'm Andi, this is my third year keeping chickens, and today I just got the chicks for my first breeding project
The first time I got chicks (my current flock) I went to a local chicken keeper and just got a variety -- no real focus. But since then I have dug deeper into chicken breeds, and genetics and thought about what my Ideal Chicken would be... I love a cute but fancy bird that is friendly! I want my chickens to be primarily pets, secondarily decoration, and a relatively distant third to be egg producers.
So after looking through many many lists of chicken breeds, and spending a lot of time lurking on this forum, I eventually decided that Barnevelders are almost perfect -- they are gorgeous, and I love a big round soft chicken... The classic black double laced gold barnevelder is one of my favorite patterns. The only thing holding me back from just getting all Barnevelders is that I really, really love a long tailed rooster.
But then I thought - maybe I could work with that.
So! I decided that some day I would try to cross a Barnevelder with a Phoenix, aiming for a double laced gold(or golden, or lemon, or buff) bird with the various long feather genes that give Phoenix Roos their beautiful tails.... And ideally more of the barnevelder body shape, and a nice friendly attitude.
And today is the day! Or rather, today is the day at least a year or two before the day I actually start crossing anything, because today my batch of 3 barnevelder female chicks and 5 phoenix SR chicks arrived
I am planning on using this forum post to keep track of my progress, in raising these chicks up and also what will probably be a 10ish year breeding project hahaha