Doggie door. My dog sticks her head out and holds the door open to sniff before she goes out. The chickens run under her and sneak past. I found an egg on a blanket on my couch once. They started laying in the pine shaving bags in the laundry room. I have crazy chickens. I love those guys.
I agree. Many of my splash hens have just a handful of dark blue feathers ( the random darker " splashes" that occur). These darker feathers had good double laced pattern, but the rest of their bodies were very poorly laced and most were single laced. The splashes full sisters in black and blue were all double laced. So the blue gene in homozygous state effects the action of the melanizers that normally allows for double lacing. My splash cockerels show the same issue. If you look close you may be able to see some evidence of good pattern, but it is still difficult to see if the splash have good enough pattern to use as breeders. I will probably use splash birds as layers or meat birds and not use them for breeding unless an individual splash has something very special in another trait. Trisha
Exactly Trisha, if its an outstanding bird in all other parts, use it!
The splash really hides the pattern.
Just wondering here..............why 3 opened bags of shavings?Doggie door. My dog sticks her head out and holds the door open to sniff before she goes out. The chickens run under her and sneak past. I found an egg on a blanket on my couch once. They started laying in the pine shaving bags in the laundry room. I have crazy chickens. I love those guys.
There was only one bag but the first hen showed the others where to lay and there was a line. Sometimes 2 in a bag.
