Farm chatter

[MysteryChicken]

I've been told that Tillie is ok quality for a leghorn aside from her squirrel tail.

I'm fighting with squirrel tail in my Orpingtons, & so far Goober doesn't have it.

I did discover a trait in my Orpingtons I didn't know about. Goober has really long legs, a slim body, & an upright sporty posture. I'll get a picture soon.

 

[MysteryChicken]

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this is her at a little less than a month old.

She looks nice.

 

[black_cat]

I agree we with the breed standards being insane. It's hard to get a perfect bird.

Wish we could show whatever breed in whatever quality like a really long time ago before a standard was set.

While I agree with you, I also think that breeding to standard would be an AMAZING thing for me. I think that I'd LOVE looking critically at birds, learning about genetics, and picking crosses to achieve perfection. I'd also have a great time training birds to be brought to shows and (hopefully) showing and winning with them.

 

[human1]

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s h e uses BYC

Noooo, it's
she u s e s B Y C

i was gonna say that

she j u d g e s y o u f o r d o i n g i t w r o n g

oh yeah are we chopping off your head or not? I propose we find a new poll topic

i think you can only edit the poll for a certain amount of time...?

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this is her at a little less than a month old.

why are her legs so short and huge

I've been told that Tillie is ok quality for a leghorn aside from her squirrel tail.

i think my leghorn is low quality because she has black flecks

 

[HappyDuckie]

why are her legs so short and huge

She’s a Cornish x.

 

[MysteryChicken]

While I agree with you, I also think that breeding to standard would be an AMAZING thing for me. I think that I'd LOVE looking critically at birds, learning about genetics, and picking crosses to achieve perfection. I'd also have a great time training birds to be brought to shows and (hopefully) showing and winning with them.

Yeah.

 

[human1]

She’s a Cornish x.

oh. i know nothing about meat birds

 

[black_cat]

The squirreliest of tails.

 

[HappyDuckie]

I think one of my BRs has a squirrel tail.

 

[black_cat]

I think one of my BRs has a squirrel tail.

Is your BR Tillie shaped? If so, she does.