California - Northern

[BCollie]

Alrighty, so my Tolbunt Polish hatched...And although she seems lively and healthy, it seems like one of her legs is more turned in towards her body than it should be. She keeps falling over when she stands up, but that could just be because she only just hatched. It's hard to get a good look at it since she's in the bator, but I'll take her out tonight once she's dry to get a better look at it before she goes into the brooder. I'll post pictures to show you guys what I mean.

 

[chiqita]

Yeah but the standard in the US is to be feathered down the shank and the outside toe. If I remember correctly, it's just the outside. I'd have to go pull the standard and look. I have a copy tucked into my APA standard, but I've stopped showing my marans.

yeah, its not french style that was chosen for the american standard. clean legged is english and a b *&C* to breed out of your line, don't add it to anyones breeding pens. How was the egg color?

 

[chrissyr]

Yeah but the standard in the US is to be feathered down the shank and the outside toe.  If I remember correctly, it's just the outside.  I'd have to go pull the standard and look.  I have a copy tucked into my APA standard, but I've stopped showing my marans.

I'm reading that light feathering is called for and heavy feathering is a fault.
Don't have a copy of the standard but that's what I keep seeing.
So whether it's no feathering or heavy, it can help balance out each other in breeding

 

[debs_flock]

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You can go back to her incubator pictures, it appears to be feedstore marans egg color. I have a feedstore cuckoo marans. Her eggs are darker than the normal brown, but she would not cut it as a marans. Not that she lays too much, she is ALWAYS broody.

 

[debs_flock]

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Genetics don't work that way. Breeding two faults together will not balance, you'll just end up with chicks with both faults. One parent should be correct. Hang on, I'll go get my copy of the standard.

 

[debs_flock]

Male & Female read the same
Shanks - lightly feathered down the outer sides
Toes - Outer toes lightly feathered, middle toes free from feathers.

 

[chiqita]

Breeding to a clean footed bird just gives you recessive nekkid legs that pop up when you have an otherwise fablous bird making you curse the name of whomever stuck that gene into you breeding stock. But bc is likely just hatching backyard egglayers ans zero erm... cares... will be given. They will just be happy to have blues!

 

[BCollie]

Breeding to a clean footed bird just gives you recessive nekkid legs that pop up when you have an otherwise fablous bird making you curse the name of whomever stuck that gene into you breeding stock. But bc is likely just hatching backyard egglayers ans zero erm... cares... will be given. They will just be happy to have blues!

Correcto. I'm not hatching out show quality birds here, they're just going to be peoples pets.

 

[alibra]

Very Nice!

Any Eggs yet?

Any day now!

 

[BCollie]

So far I have: 5 hatched, 1 pipped, and 1 zipped.
Hatched is:
1 Black Tail White Japanese Bantam - sold
2 Blue Copper Marans - sold
1 Olive Egger - keeping for myself
1 Tolbunt Polish - might have a messed up leg/foot.

Zipped is another Marans, obviously I don't know the color yet. Kind of hoping for a Splash! That is one lively chick, that egg is wiggling and peeping very loud! Go chicky go, you can do it!!
And pipped is a Welsummer.
This is all so eggciting.

I can't stand it, I keep getting up to look in the incubator every 2 minutes lol!