Blue Laced Red Wyandotte THREAD!

[delisha]

Quote: Not a great comb but acceptable in my book..I do not see any DQ's from this picture..Love her beak color and shortness of it.

 

[Countrypunk92]

But I thought inverted and indented combs are DQ? I'm confused.

 

[Farmer Viola]

You guys are getting so good..

I get so excited when people show a genuine interest in the breed and what not to breed..It makes my heart sing..

leaders that grow where they are not supposed to grow is a DQ.(Side sprigs) Inverted leader is a DQ.(rear leader inverted) Incorrect comb is a DQ.(single) The rest are points off and not a huge amount of points off. A comb is only 5 pts.

YAY! I am learning!!!

lol this made me so excited you've no idea

 

[Farmer Viola]

yeah I took shim to the show, he's got a little bit of one, and I saw dottes there all over the place with comb types (all rose of course) and some way worse combs than I've seen on the roos here lately. I don't remember seeing any dq's. the bantams had several because of feather stubs but the combs were nicer in general I think...

So interesting, I find myself wanting to go to shows now! what was it I said about not showing? can I take it back? LOL

what do you have to do to bring a bird to a show? I am assuming everyone must be NPIP and AI cert?
I would worry so much about them catching something or bringing it home. maybe not worth it. oh boy...

 

[DMRippy]

No, I think they are just faults, DQ is a foreign comb to the breed, ( Single comb or any other then ROSE)

Oh, okay. I am almost positive that inverted comb is DQ (Delisha told me, cause I have a chick with one) but the "thumbprint" may not be...? Seems like the thumbprint look is way more common also.

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[DMRippy]

But I thought inverted and indented combs are DQ? I'm confused.

they are you said they were faults not DQ.

 

[delisha]

But I thought inverted and indented combs are DQ? I'm confused.

Two different things

 

[delisha]

Quote: You should always worry about bringing home disease..it is a huge risk when you take your birds out of your yard. A bit of precaution and you will be fine..

You must have the birds tested before showing. You have to send in your paperwork with entries. You need to keep copies with you at all times at bird shows and have them at entrance(check in) in some shows.
I keep my birds in condition pens for showing..they are away from the general flock..when I get home they go back in those pens. If I have a bird that did not cut it at the shows and the Judge tells me it is not breeder quality I just cull it when I get home. They stay in those pens for the remainder of show season or 30 days. I feed them differently and give them added herbs and fermented feeds to keep them safe from cocci stress of traveling.

I retest all birds before I put them back with my flock and I add one of my flock birds to the show birds the last two weeks of confinement.

 

[ki4got]

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nothing says you can't go to the show and observe... there's a lot to learn just by looking at the other birds and comparing them to what you have, or think you have.

 

[delisha]

delisha,
Okay, heres the deal Hopefully this spring I am acquiring 2 new breeds I have done a little homework on. I will be raising and breeding these for both meat and egg color quality. I will be getting fertilized eggs, so I have some hatching to do and will be waiting all summer long for them to develop. I most likely wont be able to sample the delicate taste of these until fall.
One of these birds is the black copper morans. Noted for deep rich chocolate brown eggs and dual purpose for meat. Fair tasting I am told.This is not the U.S. strain but from Belgium and France.
The other breed I want you to go on line and read up on. It is the Belgian Mechels/Malines. A rare and world wide breed known for its delectable taste and meat qualities. A movement is being made in an effort to bring the numbers back through the minimal bloodlines and true stock available. It is moving along very well and its numbers are ever increasing. I am very fortunate to be acquiring some eggs from this source to be a part of this effort. These birds are unknown to my knowledge in the U.S. anymore.They all died off.
I have acquired the recipe for making a 100% true golden cuckoo marans breed and need a true golden cuckoo Marans cockerel to get started. This is why I posed the question to you! I have 3 blrw's if you would like to take them off my hands. They are 7 months old and have great coloring with a bit of splash going on in their hackles. Good size and ready to lay! Dont know where you live, but if you are interested, please contact me for directions.

Good luck with your Belgian Malines. They are pretty rare here. Let me know how they taste.
Thank you of the offer of your birds..I will have to decline.