California - Northern

[EZFarms]

Do they hens look like their molting?

 

[debs_flock]

@debs_flock. Or anyone else keeping olandsk dwarf . Which are you preferring for breeding: I have hens with both "fan" tail feathers AND hens with a rounded rump. Hmmm

Rounded rump? You mean like on a brahma? As far as I know, they should have the typical hen tail. All of mine have the typical tail (you made me doubt it enough, I just walked out to the pen to look).

I currently have three pairs, this is something that may be on the downsizing list. They are cute, DH loves them, but somethings got to go! Right now every time we look at a pen it's....................."but I like those".

 

[Flowers of Abba]

Rounded rump?  You mean like on a brahma?  As far as I know, they should have the typical hen tail.  All of mine have the typical tail (you made me doubt it enough, I just walked out to the pen to look).

I currently have three pairs, this is something that may be on the downsizing list.  They are cute, DH loves them, but somethings got to go!  Right now every time we look at a pen it's....................."but I like those".

Yes! You know what I'm talking about... I'll go take pictures after I get David out of the bath . I can find nothing other than land race blah blah diversity in colors of feathers and legs..... I'd hate to breed for things I like then BAM their out of whatever standard is made...

 

[Flowers of Abba]

ND
@debs_flock

NO you can't give them up or I'll have NO ONE local breeding!!!!

 

[PetRock]

@debs_flock. Or anyone else keeping olandsk dwarf . Which are you preferring for breeding: I have hens with both "fan" tail feathers AND hens with a rounded rump. Hmmm

Do you mean that some have tails like an inverted V and some have tails like an inverted U?

 

[debs_flock]

Quote:
I see no rounded rumps on the Feathersite page.

http://feathersite.com/Poultry/CGK/Olansk/BRKOlansk.html

 

[chiqita]

lol! yeah, they look a bit odd in the IT dept...

Mario takes chicks and eggs in for people who don't want to come here in the summer. He has an aquarium on his desk and he says the only issue is people come to coo at the chicks and he gets less work done. Is that a note to to turn it off? lol.
Now I want to see you bottle feed kittens there!

 

[debs_flock]

Mario takes chicks and eggs in for people who don't want to come here in the summer. He has an aquarium on his desk and he says the only issue is people come to coo at the chicks and he gets less work done. Is that a note to to turn it off? lol.
Now I want to see you bottle feed kittens there!

The worst was when I was tending a seriously ill pet (a puppy that had been injured at birth and trying to feed a tiny finch with a toothpick point). People always want to stop by to see the babies, sometimes they don't always survive.

Then you tell your co-workers...................they're sleeping. Then the next day tell them they died overnight at home. I don't want people to know I have a deceased pet under my desk in a box

 

[mendocinosunris]

Do they hens look like their molting?

They might be molting. Their feathers look kinda torn up from breeding - are they in a pen with a rooster? Give 'em a little extra protein - that might help.

 

[chiqita]

The worst was when I was tending a seriously ill pet (a puppy that had been injured at birth and trying to feed a tiny finch with a toothpick point). People always want to stop by to see the babies, sometimes they don't always survive.

Then you tell your co-workers...................they're sleeping. Then the next day tell them they died overnight at home. I don't want people to know I have a deceased pet under my desk in a box

LOL. This is like they said don't say whats in the box to davis.. " lab samples"


also @ronott1 Here is a small article on pre incubation i found in quail. did you guys ever do your experiment?
http://backyardfarmer.co.nz/2013/12/26/effect-on-hatchability-with-pre-storage-incubation-of-stored-eggs/