Gray Angel Farm
Songster
Good Afternoon,
I haven't been on for a couple of years. Life has been keeping me very busy as is our ranch. Hi to all in North Idaho and elsewhere!!!
We are going to be building a new chicken coop soon. My sweet husband is pouring a 10 x 20 concrete slab to build it on. I have decided that rather than just raising mixed breeds I want to raise a couple of breeds. We really love the coronation lavender sussex birds we have. I've been looking up charts on coloring. I'm wondering if anyone here is good with the color part because I am not! It says a coronation x coronation = coronation, but one site said that after a couple of years the feathers become ratty looking and you have to breed back to get a new coronation. I don't know if anyone raises these and has any advice or knows. I have some light sussex that are white with the black neck and tail feathers, but really prefer the lavenders. My biggest question is if I need to hold on to some of my light ones for the purpose of breeding back to get a new lavender from time to time or if that sounds like a bunch of crap lol.
I haven't been on for a couple of years. Life has been keeping me very busy as is our ranch. Hi to all in North Idaho and elsewhere!!!
We are going to be building a new chicken coop soon. My sweet husband is pouring a 10 x 20 concrete slab to build it on. I have decided that rather than just raising mixed breeds I want to raise a couple of breeds. We really love the coronation lavender sussex birds we have. I've been looking up charts on coloring. I'm wondering if anyone here is good with the color part because I am not! It says a coronation x coronation = coronation, but one site said that after a couple of years the feathers become ratty looking and you have to breed back to get a new coronation. I don't know if anyone raises these and has any advice or knows. I have some light sussex that are white with the black neck and tail feathers, but really prefer the lavenders. My biggest question is if I need to hold on to some of my light ones for the purpose of breeding back to get a new lavender from time to time or if that sounds like a bunch of crap lol.