Forest Forager

[VI KING RANCH]

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The hens are dun laced white. The Roos on the other hand look like bcm.

 

[Luke0987654321]

any updates?

 

[Ducks and Banny hens]

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How about now?

 

[rancher hicks]

You can't ship to the U.S. ? What about them being carried into the U. S.? over the border? Is this Canadian law or U. S. law?

They do look nice and we do need more rosecomb breeds for the North.

Rancher

 

[VI KING RANCH]

I have been having problems of the odd black feathers. Other than that we have already had days below zero and they still walk around looking for any food.

 

[VI KING RANCH]

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It is a HUGE deal to ship into the states or from the states to canada. I still have lots of work but in spring I am going to be crossing over to hite jersey giants to improve the size and then I will be distributing eggs and chicks to local breeders.

 

[Illia]

Apologies for not reading the whole topic (in case this was mentioned earlier) but will color still be a work in progress?

If one wants a good forager that is effective, I'd assume color is a big importance to keep the bird from being spotted by predators, yes?


For example out here I try and keep from having solid colored birds or pale colored birds, and aim more for colors like silver laced, silver duckwing, blue partridge, and any wildtype pattern (BBR, partridge, crele, mutt colors) Out here the hens are on a large pasture of grasses, stumps, twigs, shrubs, and logs - The best blending colors for ALL seasons here are mixed up black, brown, white, or even bits of blue or gold. A sort of fall theme is best, since winter fall and spring all look the same, and summer only differs in a little more green, little less brown/orange color.

 

[VI KING RANCH]

I am going for these colors as it blends best ith my property all year round.

 

[Ariel301]

If they don't come in unless you make them...do you have to go on an egg hunt every day? I had some game hens that were the same way, and they were really good at hiding those eggs!

Interesting project. If it were me, I think I'd keep the separate coloring of the genders, if they are being used as laying birds, a sex-linked coloration can be a nice thing. That dun color would blend nicely in the Arizona desert. Solid white birds and silver laced birds and solid black birds are pretty much just vulture bait if they free range here.

 

[Illia]

Sex-linking only works once though

I always recommend true-breeding, easy to sex at birth colors like barring. You can introduce it to just about any color, even as a poor cuckoo type pattern, and it works great.


The main bird shown appears to have barring; that or spangling.