Fugly Farm

[BlueBaby]

Ok, I wont thanks for the help. I have another question though, I have a Cornish X roo that is about 4 months old now, and I dont expect him to live long, but i am trying to see if i can breed him. Has anyone else ever tried this? I have had 2 meat birds make it to just over a year old before, and i never saw them breed, and she never laid any eggs, mind you this girl and guy were the biggest 2 birds ive ever seen lol. But has anyone ever tried to breed cornish x?

I would ask your question about that over in this thread, because I believe he can answer it:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/crossing-my-red-ranger-hens.1281099/page-58#post-21712387

 

[igorsMistress]

I got a text from Igor that there were 2 eggs in the poop board this morning and we got another one in the nest box today. Bigger than the last and a darker color.

 

[Compost King]

(age 6 weeks)
Here are the brothers and sisters of your Dorking's. By looking at the patterns you have one will likely be grey with little leakage and the other will be grey with Red Leakage. Its possible both could end up with Silver and Gold Duckwing patterns because both of them haver very distinct chipmunk patterns and I believe those are the ones in which some ended up with that pattern but not many ended up with Duckwing patterns most ended up with something halfway between Duckwing and Columbian patterns. The mostly white one in the 3rd picture came out of the egg white (or maybe yellow) and some of the lighter grey came out with with a faint chipmunk pattern.

 

[BlueBaby]

@Compost King The one that I have has a strong chipmunk pattern right now. Cute little thing though, and tried to hop up on my arm earlier.

 

[igorsMistress]

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Here are the brothers and sisters of your Dorking's. By looking at the patterns you have one will likely be grey with little leakage and the other will be grey with Red Leakage. Its possible both could end up with Silver and Gold Duckwing patterns because both of them haver very distinct chipmunk patterns and I believe those are the ones in which some ended up with that pattern but not many ended up with Duckwing patterns most ended up with something halfway between Duckwing and Columbian patterns. The mostly white one in the 3rd picture came out of the egg white (or maybe yellow) and some of the lighter grey came out with with a faint chipmunk pattern.

Thanks for the pics! I love seeing the possibilities! I'm thinking about banding one so I can track color until adult molt.

 

[N F C]

How are all your little ones doing IM?

 

[Compost King]

I was half asleep when I posted those pictures, I forgot to say that the red birds (not the ones with red leakage) only came out of eggs marked Dork-O, they had their mother/father reversed from the Dork-X marked eggs. And the black ones were just a totally different breed that I used to fill out the Incubator.

 

[igorsMistress]

I moved the 2 week olds and the Dorkings to the big brooder with the roughly 4 week olds; no more babies in the office which is nice. Everyone seems happy to be reunited and there's lots of chatter.

Made the decision to cull the Nn that hatched with the Dorkings. It was still really weak, I'd seen it eat but it was eating less often as time passed. I never saw it drink and it spent all day every day under the heat plate; poor little thing was going to die a slow death.

I'm getting eggs from at least 2 pullets but I think 3 are getting started. We've had a few in the nest box and a few on the poop board in the morning over a few days.

Working on the mini coop Sunday.

 

[BlueBaby]

@igorsMistress Well, you still have the other Nn's that hatched, so you are still ahead. Do they all have the bib's, or did you get any with a bowtie?

 

[igorsMistress]

@BlueBaby i think one might end with a bowtie, the one I already think is a rooster.

Which is fine because then I can keep the pullets I have except the smaller ones and still have a functional flock I can breed with so I'm happy.