Dominique Thread!

[centrarchid]

CA Gray cocks have large fan tail feathers unlike the roosters in that video. They are lighter and the hens are darker. The hens have tail feathers very much like Leghorns.

CA depicted in an aggressive posture. The types which one might compare would involve neutral postures.

 

[JediJinx]

Maybe you could import some, Michael? Where is Greenfire farms when you need them!?

 

[jane s chickens]

Looks like a California Gray or Barred Leghorn. and Barred Holland.

Barred Hollands don't have white ear lobes.

 

[jane s chickens]

Barred leghorns are a standard breed in Europe, but not in the US.

 

[centrarchid]

Barred Hollands don't have white ear lobes.

I should have said similar to rather than looks like.

 

[Michael Apple]

Barred leghorns are a standard breed in Europe, but not in the US.

Of course they are a standard breed in the U.S.
http://www.amerpoultryassn.com/PDF Forms/APA Recognized Breeds and Varieties Sept2012.pdf

 

[Michael Apple]

Maybe you could import some, Michael? Where is Greenfire farms when you need them!?

The expense wouldn't be worth it. I like the CA Grays, Leghorns, and other breeds enough to keep me occupied. I'm not a big fan of Greenfire. Overpriced and not that impressed with what I've seen.

 

[JediJinx]

Kidding of course, but I am curious how people get birds from overseas to here. It seems like it would be quite a process with quarantines, shipment, etc.? I have no experience myself, the only tidbits I hear about Greenfire are the eggs sold on ebay supposedly from their lines.

 

[Michael Apple]

Kidding of course, but I am curious how people get birds from overseas to here. It seems like it would be quite a process with quarantines, shipment, etc.? I have no experience myself, the only tidbits I hear about Greenfire are the eggs sold on ebay supposedly from their lines.

They were all the rage with the new folks around here as a designer name. I have a number of ten year old hatchery birds that still lay good quality eggs, so while Greenfire slags "hatcheries", some of us have $2 chicks that turned out to be good looking, egg producing machines. From what I've experienced, the breed clubs are where the information exists. Poultry Press is a good source too. I can't believe anyone would buy birds or eggs off Ebay, Craigslist, etc. They would have to be incredibly naive.

 

[TheGeekySheep]

Okay I think I know the answer but I'm going to ask anyways:

Six weeks old, roo or roo?