Everything Chicken Chatter Thread

[MysteryChicken]

Ewww!

Not pleasant when eating breakfast.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Should I candle a day early, or wait until tomorrow?

Little impatient if you can't tell.

 

[MGG]

Should I candle a day early, or wait until tomorrow?

Little impatient if you can't tell.

I candle everyday, lol. I vote go ahead.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Gonna cross these Two for an Experimental breeding.
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Wait, is she a booted bantam? Or did her beard just get picked off? I’ve had several d’uccles, but I’ve never had a booted bantam.

 

[MysteryChicken]

I candle everyday, lol. I vote go ahead.

I'll see, but I might wait until tomorrow night.

Sometimes I do it every day.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Wait, is she a booted bantam? Or did her beard just get picked off? I’ve had several d’uccles, but I’ve never had a booted bantam.

She has tiny wattles, which my Porcelain D'uccles hens have, so they must be restricted due to the beard gene, but they just don't show a beard. Only my Porcelain D'uccle rooster has a beard.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

She has tiny wattles, which my Porcelain D'uccles hens have, so they must be restricted due to the beard gene, but they just don't show a beard. Only my Porcelain D'uccle rooster has a beard.View attachment 2577730View attachment 2577728

I didn’t think of that. But couldn’t she have small wattles anyway? I wouldn’t expect the beard gene to not show up as a beard but still restrict the wattles. Beards are dominant- right? Though beards are a bit confusing, since pure bearded x unbearded crosses sometimes produced unbearded chicks, though that shouldn’t be the case if they’re pure.

Booted bantams seem to have small wattles, though, even the roosters. My sebright hen does, too, and I doubt she carries the beard gene.

 

[MysteryChicken]

I didn’t think of that. But couldn’t she have small wattles anyway? I wouldn’t expect the beard gene to not show up as a beard but still restrict the wattles. Beards are dominant- right? Though beards are a bit confusing, since pure bearded x unbearded crosses sometimes produced unbearded chicks, though that shouldn’t be the case if they’re pure.

Booted bantams seem to have small wattles, though, even the roosters. My sebright hen does, too, and I doubt she carries the beard gene. View attachment 2577746

Who knows what they do at Hoover's. Bought them as D'uccles, so they must have Booted Bantams, & D'uccles breeding in the same pen.

I also know the Pea comb gene also restricts wattle growth, but not sure rose comb does the same, or not.

Yes, the Beard Gene is Dominant.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Who knows what they do at Hoover's. Bought them as D'uccles, so they must have Booted Bantams, & D'uccles breeding in the same pen.

I also know the Pea comb gene also restricts wattle growth, but not sure rose comb does the same, or not.

Yes, the Beard Gene is Dominant.

I don’t think the rose comb gene does the same, due to the many large-wattled wyandottes and Dominiques I’ve seen. Did you order them from the hatchery or buy them at a feed store? They could have been mislabeled or switched? Or maybe they’re just hatchery quality d’uccles.

 

[MysteryChicken]

I don’t think the rose comb gene does the same, due to the many large-wattled wyandottes and Dominiques I’ve seen. Did you order them from the hatchery or buy them at a feed store? They could have been mislabeled or switched? Or maybe they’re just hatchery quality d’uccles.

Okay, I'm not that into rose combs, & how they work.

In their description they say D'uccles, & Booted Bantams are the same, so it makes me assume both are kept together.

Bought them at the feed store 6 years ago. They were actually were more orderly, & labeled the birds correctly then. Now they became more sloppy for some reason.