California - Northern

[highcountrybell]

I'm sooooooooo far behind, but just saw this video (sorry if you guys and gals have already seen it).

-Kathy

that's awesome! ive never seen that

 

[OR4-hmom]

I can't imagine any of my girls coming anywhere near me if I took them over a waterfall!

 

[chiqita]

Petaluma KOA.  They have a petting farm and are getting rid of the chicken portion of it.  Am I right about their mix.   I thought Gracie Belle was a pure silkie until I saw how much she looks like Julie and you only get a sizzle with a cross right?

They have to be at least 75% silkie to have silkies feathers but they need some work on type if you cared.

Sizzles are supposed to be silkies in everything but the hooked feather and frizzle gene. In fact a fb site I'm on is doing a point by point overview of colors and sop starting next week if you want o learn more!

 

[chiqita]

I can't imagine any of my girls coming anywhere near me if I took them over a waterfall!

Video is a fake no chickens were made to wear a camera I love it however but still like the Mercedes on better!

 

[casportpony]

Quote: This one is real, lol.
Story is here:
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com...hot-whats-not-from-the-peahens-point-of-view/

-Kathy

 

[PetRock]

This one is real, lol.
Story is here:
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com...hot-whats-not-from-the-peahens-point-of-view/

-Kathy

Very cool! Thanks for sharing that with us!

 

[chiqita]

Shake shake shake! Shake shake shake! Shake your symmetrical bottom display feathers!

 

[tommysgirl]

They have to be at least 75% silkie to have silkies feathers but they need some work on type if you cared.

Sizzles are supposed to be silkies in everything but the hooked feather and frizzle gene. In fact a fb site I'm on is doing a point by point overview of colors and sop starting next week if you want o learn more!

The 75% is good to know and haha no I don't really care...these guys are just for fun and broodiness. Isn't their crest all wrong? I see silkies with the turban looking poofs and these gals look like they are sporting mohawks. It really makes no difference to me but if I ever hatch their eggs I would like to be able to tell people if they are mixes.

Julie' feathers are not silkie but they are curled and in every other way: comb, toes feathered feet and shape she looks like Gracie Belle...what does that tell me?? Sorry to be a pest I have a thing about accuracy and I don't want to call them something they aren't.

Shake shake shake! Shake shake shake! Shake your symmetrical bottom display feathers!

The peas round here...in addition to being feed thieves and porch poopers will display and shake it like a polaroid picture for the chicken hens when there isn't a pea hen willing to "eyeball their width". mostly it's the youngsters without the enormous train. Ray would NEVER have let the peacocks close enough. Ozzie and the General are like "what evs" I miss my old guy.

 

[JDXX]

Just got our first pullet egg from our Cream Legbar pair we have in the Isbar pen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Soon as they mature enough and I know the Isbar roo has been mating them, walla, Super Blue sex link eggers, according to nicalandia.
We had a couple of Blue Andalusian hens for a while last year, they sure were pretty, they got me dreaming about a blue chicken that lays a blue egg. We ended up parting with the Andalusian hens then I found the Isbars. I really like the BBS look and the other day I learned about the IBXCL blue sex link cross. Maybe dreams do come true.

 

[ronott1]

Just got our first pullet egg from our Cream Legbar pair we have in the Isbar pen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Soon as they mature enough and I know the Isbar roo has been mating them, walla, Super Blue sex link eggers, according to nicalandia.
We had a couple of Blue Andalusian hens for a while last year, they sure were pretty, they got me dreaming about a blue chicken that lays a blue egg. We ended up parting with the Andalusian hens then I found the Isbars. I really like the BBS look and the other day I learned about the IBXCL blue sex link cross. Maybe dreams do come true.

Post some pictures!

Will the isbars make the eggs a bit green?