Diary & Notes ~ Air Cell Detatched SHIPPED Chicken Eggs for incubation and hatching

[Sally Sunshine]

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[Sally Sunshine]

Netanya, Israel

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[Sally Sunshine]

Good news, the insurance claim I filed online for the smashed shipping eggs says it has been approved. Now I don't know what happens next - guessing check in the mail? Still holding out hope something might hatch but only on day 3 so long time before I find out.

YAY!!!! I am checking out your album, why didn't I see this before, I am such a bad skimmer! what is in the window containers?

 

[familypendragon]

YAY!!!!  I am checking out your album, why didn't I see this before, I am such a bad skimmer! what is in the window containers?

Hubby's experiment to see how things grow on the porch, and at the wrong seasons, LOL! Watermelons doing OK, not much else, LOL!

 

[familypendragon]

That it great.

Everyone should file claims.

Cheers

Yes, they really should! Maybe they would find a way to take better care from point a to point b since you can file for detached air cells - which they almost always are.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

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[scooter16]

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I am really liking the look of the frizzle. I read up on the gene and brittle/poor feathers if 2 frizzles are bred. Am I correct in understanding ANY breed chicken can be a frizzle?? Where does the original gene come in then?? Can you have a frizzle Buff Orpington???? I will keep reading. Also are "barnyard mixes" suppose to breed? I read....I think...that egg production is poor with 2 mutts??? I wish I had actual poultry instead of just reading.....soon I will... Thanks for any input from anyone.
Lynn Marie (trying to be patient till I can get some land and chickens)

 

[ozexpat]

Barnyard mutts can breed. The problem lies in that people just dont know what to expect in so far as color and qualities go but if you have a barnyard hen that is say a RIR cross Leghorn and a roo that is a Marans cross Rock, you could expect decent size dual purpose birds that lay 4-6 eggs a week. Guessing egg color and feather color may be challenging.

I have no clue on frizzle genes.

 

[loveourbirds]

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im studying the frizzle gene a little too. i have heard its not a good idea to breed to frizzles due to bad feather quality, also poor livability. im not sure where the gene originated, but yes any breed can be frizzled. most people stick with crested, bearded and feathered leg varieties.

on breeding barnyard mutts: the cross will determine the quality of egg production, and meat quality. they are usually healthier than pure or full blooded breeds, for the simple reason of you weaken the "bad" genes in a breed. im guessing several breeds where probably created this way.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

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im studying the frizzle gene a little too. i have heard its not a good idea to breed to frizzles due to bad feather quality, also poor livability. im not sure where the gene originated, but yes any breed can be frizzled. most people stick with crested, bearded and feathered leg varieties.

on breeding barnyard mutts: the cross will determine the quality of egg production, and meat quality. they are usually healthier than pure or full blooded breeds, for the simple reason of you weaken the "bad" genes in a breed. im guessing several breeds where probably created this way.

a tad to add about frizzles since you pretty much have that answered without going too far into genetics... to put it laymans terms.... don't breed frizzle to frizzle, the gene can hide, so a bird can carry the gene and you may not know it, I think this is why so many frazzled looking frizzle serama are popping up, plus the fact that people don't research the genes and breed correctly. But technically I could add the frizzle gene to any bird I want but I would end up with more mutts than what I want out of it which is frizzle.... make sense? If there is a way to get 100 frizzle, I have no clue, Brian if you figure it out PLEASE share all that with us BUT in LAYMANS terms please lol

So many people ask me "Can I order only frizzled hens" and my answer is this.... I will incubate a dozen and you get what you get, I cannot promise anything I have three frizzle hens and three straights under two straight roos.
Eventually I will spit the serama saloon but so far I haven't a frizzle roo to put with my straight hens besides the mean one that left promptly after biting half through dh finger!