California - Northern

[chiqita]

They have one hiss for you are wonderful give me mealworms (usually accompanied by a tail wag) and one for threat go away. Takes a while to tell the differences howevrt.

 

[member 142084]

Quote: Good to know. Well quiet is definitely not a Pekin trait, but all my neighbors and I Quack up because the females sound like Donald duck laughing.

And when they get scratch thrown in their puddle... they make all this funny noise like they can't shut up from talking to each other for one second... even with their mouth full *snicker* But they are purdy.

Are Muscovy's the same size and get butcher weight in 8 weeks too?

 

[member 142084]

Howdy all. I am a newbie here and I have lots to learn. My wife of 45 yrs and I live in the Real Nor Cal. A small town called Happy Camp on the Klamath River. Nearest traffic light is over an hours drive. SF is a 6 hr drive SOUTH. We retired here in 01 and are now ready to settle in and have some chickens. I have no questions now but will be reading up on all the info here and surely have plenty of questions later. Have a great day all.

Walt

Hi!

 

[ronott1]

Howdy all. I am a newbie here and I have lots to learn. My wife of 45 yrs and I live in the Real Nor Cal. A small town called Happy Camp on the Klamath River. Nearest traffic light is over an hours drive. SF is a 6 hr drive SOUTH. We retired here in 01 and are now ready to settle in and have some chickens. I have no questions now but will be reading up on all the info here and surely have plenty of questions later. Have a great day all.

Walt

Happy Camp is a very nice place!

My Dad knew a person that had access to the Hearst Castle. We went up and had a private tour way back when one of the Moon landings happened. We tried fishing in the Klamath River but did not catch anything.

Please post pictures and experiences!

 

[AmyPaperlady]

Howdy all. I am a newbie here and I have lots to learn. My wife of 45 yrs and I live in the Real Nor Cal. A small town called Happy Camp on the Klamath River. Nearest traffic light is over an hours drive. SF is a 6 hr drive SOUTH. We retired here in 01 and are now ready to settle in and have some chickens. I have no questions now but will be reading up on all the info here and surely have plenty of questions later. Have a great day all.

Walt

Yet another person that's 4+ hours away--the closest "Northern California" person is still the Oregonian

Not too far as the crow flies, though

 

[farmhand]

I found this info on egg color genes somewhere. Don't know who to give credit for it to.

white x blue = light blue
white x green = 50% light blue, 50% brown
white x brown = brown
brown x blue = green
brown x green = 50% brown, 50% green

1. Is this information correct?
2. Does "white x green = 50% light blue, 50% brown" mean that half of the resulting hens will lay blue eggs, and the other half lay brown eggs?

 

[ronott1]

I found this info on egg color genes somewhere. Don't know who to give credit for it to.

white x blue = light blue
white x green = 50% light blue, 50% brown
white x brown = brown
brown x blue = green
brown x green = 50% brown, 50% green

1. Is this information correct?
2. Does "white x green = 50% light blue, 50% brown" mean that half of the resulting hens will lay blue eggs, and the other half lay brown eggs?

Blue is an incomplete dominant but I thought you could get double blue Genes. That might be specific to a flock or Breed.

If there is one white and one blue egg shell gene in a hen, then the Rooster can contribute a white so some of the offspring will have no Blue gene and two white genes for egg shell color. Some eggs will be green and some will be white and some will be brown depending on what Genes the parents have.

Egg shells are either white or blue. coating color is either no brown genes or 8 pairs of brown that change the brown coating color from cream to 9 darkness on the Marans scale.

Sorry if I confused you more!

Ron

 

[farmhand]

Sorry if I confused you more!

Ron

Maybe not more confused; just created more questions.

 

[ronott1]

Maybe not more confused; just created more questions.

It is complicated by not know exactly what Genes the parents have. Selective breeding and good record keeping can help figure it out.

One of the hardest things to wrap your mid around it that shell color is always either white or blue. Brown comes from a coating. Green comes from blue bleeding through brown. Brown is complicated by 8 genes that will determine the darkness of brown on a whit shelled egg. The darkness of green is determined by the brown level of the coating.

It takes a fairly dark brown to make olive. Olive colored eggs will get lighter during the laying cycle as the hen loses pigment. They will be darker after a hen molts and starts a new laying cycle.

Did I answer any questions or make more again?

 

[liz9910]

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