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Thank you all so much for the great information. I hadn't mentioned before that my turken hen carries the silkie gene- so my thought was 1 in 4 should result in showgirls- I may be wrong...I'm used to reptile genetics-still dominant/recessive...I'll get used to it- that's why I come here.
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I have some better pics of my mystery chicken now...again s/he's 17-18 weeks and very tiny 4.5" tall



 
kamperkate said:
Thank you all so much for the great information. I hadn't mentioned before that my turken hen carries the silkie gene- so my thought was 1 in 4 should result in showgirls- I may be wrong...I'm used to reptile genetics-still dominant/recessive...I'll get used to it- that's why I come here.
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I have some better pics of my mystery chicken now...again s/he's 17-18 weeks and very tiny 4.5" tall
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I'm no expert, but that looks like a Serama mix, due to size and wing carriage. That's kind of a large comb, too. It's a really pretty little bird. Where did you get it again?
 
kamperkate said:
Thank you all so much for the great information. I hadn't mentioned before that my turken hen carries the silkie gene- so my thought was 1 in 4 should result in showgirls- I may be wrong...I'm used to reptile genetics-still dominant/recessive...I'll get used to it- that's why I come here.
smile.png
I have some better pics of my mystery chicken now...again s/he's 17-18 weeks and very tiny 4.5" tall
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I'm no expert, but that looks like a Serama mix. That's kind of a large comb, too, for a girl. It's a really pretty little bird. Where did you get it again?
 
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I picked her up at OK feeds in Tucson- they sometimes get extra 4h "project" birds- I was thinking serama mix too- I'd really love to pick up a few seramas if anyone in Tucson has any- otherwise I may have start looking in the Phoenix area...
 
kamperkate said:
I picked her up at OK feeds in Tucson- they sometimes get extra 4h "project" birds- I was thinking serama mix too- I'd really love to pick up a few seramas if anyone in Tucson has any- otherwise I may have start looking in the Phoenix area...
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I want Seramas, too. DH even built another coop for them, but then I had a broody hen and ended up with chicks. Then when they were all grown, I "somehow" ended up with more chicks. So my Serama coop as been a grow out pen! NURSESHELLY in Tempe has awesome Seramas, and I think a couple of others do, too.
 
MagicChicken said:
Been working on the new hoop coop this week. Got to hurry - the chicks will be out of the brooder in another week. This is what it looks like so far. The hoops are cattle panels, covered in 1/2" hardware cloth. It's 8' wide by a little over 12' long. I used 3 cattle panels. It's tall enough for me to walk through the door frame comfortably. (I'm 5' 6".) And I should still be able to walk inside when there's 5 or 6 inches of deep litter in the thing. So far, so good...

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That coop probably looks awesome, but I misplaced my magnifying glass. Why is that picture so tiny? It isn't 1990.
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AZKat said:
A couple of years ago, I went to Tropica Mango and bought a Arizona Sweet orange tree as a Christmas present for my husband. We planted it. We fertilized it at the proper times. We watered it. The first year, I dutifully picked off all of the blossoms. More water. More fertilizer. The second year, we let it set a few fruit. I painted over the tear when a branch with three oranges on was ripped off during a windstorm. I covered it when we got a hard freeze this year. I worried when it got nipped by cold in spite of my best efforts.

Then, came the day I had dreamed of for years. My oranges were ripe. They were a bit large for an orange, but not freakishly so, given that they were the only two oranges on the tree. I sat down, and started to peel the first one. The skin was a bit thick, as I'd expected. Then, freed from its skin, I beheld the naked orange. I split it in half, ready to pull off a section. I noticed that it was pink. This was.....not what I'd expected. I thought, clinging desperately to hope "Maybe its one of those fancy Cara-Cara navels". I separated a small section, raised it to my mouth, and bit down. My orange tree is a grapefruit. A juicy, tasty, pink grapefruit, but still a grapefruit.

There is, I have no doubt, some deep and profound lesson about life to be learned from this experience. And I will learn it. Once I get finished being totally and completely vexed. Because grapefruit.
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I don't know if I should laugh at you, or feel bad. That is both awful and funny!

Because Grapefruit.
 
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