Cream Legbars
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and what does it take to actually brood them? im hoping my Sussex will show brooding capabilities because my Wyandotte is laying and she's non-broody
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Do you have pictures of the girls and your rooster(s)? I have a few birds from GFF's new 2013 line and while some are cream some are just as gold as the other lines and I have 2 uncrested and colorful boys from them. I rehomed the 2 gold pullets and kept the 3 cream ones but have 3 created boys I'll grow out. The other two will probably hit the cull list soon. Some of their new line birds are really nice. GFF won't actually have a new imported Line until they start selling the Rees birds. 25 is a nice number of pullets to have on hand and you are very fortunate.. How many boys are covering all those girls? Good luck with your Eggies!
Earlene Henny laid her first egg yesterday at 24 weeks and 4 days of age. She hatched two days early and was the only chick to hatch from the eggs that were out if heat for hours from the tornado back in March. I was so tickled over that egg!
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Oh, congratulations! How big is the egg and what color is it? I can see why you are so happy after the trials and tribulations you went through!
Blue eggs on BoingBoing.net today:
http://boingboing.net/2013/09/16/why-did-the-chicken-lay-a-blue.html
Not a place where I expected to find chicken news!
http://boingboing.net/2013/09/16/why-did-the-chicken-lay-a-blue.html
Not a place where I expected to find chicken news!
Should the cream legbar eggs I got from ebay be a sea green or a light blue? They are more green than blue, but in the right light there is a blue tint.
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The answer: Because of a harmless-to-humans viral infection.
The bluish egg above was laid by an araucana, a breed of chicken native to Chile and one of two breeds well known for occasionally popping out a blue egg. Turns out, it's the result of the chicken being infected with a retrovirus — a virus that can insert its own genetic information into the host's DNA. In this case, the virus just happens to turn eggs blue.
I think this retrovirus article is pretty convoluted stretch of the truth. I am not buying it. They say a new study was done, but the information on the make up of the Blue eggs was studied in the 1930's. The 1930's study also included the inheritance of the blue egg and proved it was a dominant gene. I am going to be the first to say that this idea of "an occasional blue egg popping out" as a result of a "high concentration of a retrovirus" is totally ridiculous. The gene may work in a different manner from other genes, but it is not a retrovirus. I think BoingBoing.net is full of it.
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Yes, this is true. All my CLs are from GFF's third line. I have one spectacular cream pullet, 2 so-so, and 1 that is very gold whom I will not breed. My two roosters are far too colorful. It will take some work on my part to get my flock where they need to be, but that is the fun of it.
Anyone who wants to buy CLs (or any other type of poultry, for that matter) should ask to see the parents before buying and evaluate how they compare to the proposed SOP.
They got it from Popular Science, who got it from the VirologyBlog, which has a less condensed explanation. I still don't have a clue what they're talking about, though. :-/ I'll go with your judgment. http://www.virology.ws/2013/09/11/a-retrovirus-makes-chicken-eggshells-blue/ http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-09/find-blue-chicken-egg-congrats-your-chicken-has-virus
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