Farm chatter

[Dottie the Chicken]

where did everybody go

There you go

 

[JadeFarms]

@black_cat @JadeFarms @CluckNDoodle @cluckmecoop7 @CHlCKEN @Corbdee @duckiemum @Fuchsia

I’m here

 

[HappyDuckie]

I was cleaning out the ducklings cage and letting them swim for a few minutes.

 

[ackie]

I think it's so funny to look at craigslist farm&garden and there are roosters from "free to a good home" to "purebred suchandsuch 300$"

 

[SBFChickenGirl]

I think it's so funny to look at craigslist farm&garden and there are roosters from "free to a good home" to "purebred suchandsuch 300$"

And then their "purebread Americanas" are just EEs.

 

[ackie]

I mean...how do you even prove purebred in a chicken?

 

[SBFChickenGirl]

I mean...how do you even prove purebred in a chicken?

You cross it with a known purebred and if you get offspring conforming with the standard, then you know.

 

[ackie]

You cross it with a known purebred and if you get offspring conforming with the standard, then you know.

that makes total sense... but what about before you buy it?

 

[SBFChickenGirl]

that makes total sense... but what about before you buy it?

You really don't know.
Ask to see the parents, maybe?

 

[HappyDuckie]

You really don't know.
Ask to see the parents, maybe?

I was thinking that... but honestly someone could claim those were the parents, but they may not be.