California - Northern

[SpringPeeper]

I'll pass it along anyway. If someone on the EE thread comes up with something cool, I'll let you know.

Thanks. It is a really attractive color, I think. I'm hoping to get some blue-red/copper OEs from them next year. I've got some nice salmon-colored EEs I might try to make myself a little Favaucana-ish hen with, too.

 

[ronott1]

I went back and looked at all the chick pics I have of my Pita Pinta breeding flock. Every single one of them had bright yellow legs. I guess white legs are not dominant in this case. Would that mean that Zorro has a recessive white leg gene as well as at least 1 of his girls? He still has nice yellow legs but the pullets' legs have faded.

Did you read the article I posted about shank color? It is three or five genes and is not a simple dominant and recessive inheritance.

Yellow is the expression of a pigment. The same pigment that is used for the yellow on the egg yolks. The yellow will fade in pullets because they use the pigment for the egg yolks. Since Pita Pintas lay a lot of eggs, the legs will fade a lot. Feeding them corn is thought to increase the yellow. Marigold extract also has the pigment in it.

If you were to breed using the Hens with the yellowest legs, you would lower egg production since those are usually the hens that are laying the most eggs. Withe yellow shanked and skinned Hens, one way to tell if they are laying is to look for yellow around the vent. If you do not see yellow then they are laying and using the pigment up. This will not work for other shank colored hens.

 

[ronott1]

The Video is ready!

They are Pita Pinta and one Partridge Penedesenca:

 

[ronott1]

Since there are EEs being hatched and colors requested, can someone tell me what Penny's coloration is called. It seems to be common - the rust and gray (or is that called blue??)

Thanks!
And congrats to all the hatchers with the pips and zips.

She is very pretty!

Post a picture on the EE Braggers thread, they will love her.

 

[ronott1]

The first two Konza Ranger chicks are out:

 

[PetRock]

Did you read the article I posted about shank color? It is three or five genes and is not a simple dominant and recessive inheritance.

Yellow is the expression of a pigment. The same pigment that is used for the yellow on the egg yolks. The yellow will fade in pullets because they use the pigment for the egg yolks. Since Pita Pintas lay a lot of eggs, the legs will fade a lot. Feeding them corn is thought to increase the yellow. Marigold extract also has the pigment in it.

If you were to breed using the Hens with the yellowest legs, you would lower egg production since those are usually the hens that are laying the most eggs. Withe yellow shanked and skinned Hens, one way to tell if they are laying is to look for yellow around the vent. If you do not see yellow then they are laying and using the pigment up. This will not work for other shank colored hens.

I missed that post. Was it on this thread?

 

[PetRock]

The first two Konza Ranger chicks are out:

Adorable!!!

 

[ronott1]

I missed that post. Was it on this thread?

It makes sense that you missed it since this is a busy thread!

I will see if I can find the article again for you.

 

[PetRock]

It makes sense that you missed it since this is a busy thread!

I will see if I can find the article again for you.

Thank you, Ron! I've fallen behind on reading lately so have just been skimming through. Our youngest daughter turned 13 this week and we had a big day long surprise celebration for her that wiped me out. We took her to 13 different places that she likes starting off with Krispie Kreme followed by hiking to an archery range, Jamba Juice, a horseback riding lesson, lunch, an art gallery, yogurt, and several different stores where she got money to spend. By the time we ended up at one of our adult daughter's homes for dinner, I was out of steam. She said that it was the best day EVER!

The art gallery had some pottery by an artist who must have a fondness for chickens. I'll try to post a couple pics that I took of her work. I need to download all the photos from that day.

 

[PetRock]

Ron, I found your post with the link to the leg color article. Thank you for posting it! Off to get cup #2 of coffee and to read it...