Genetic Hackle Fowl Chat

[JacinLarkwell]

The hen that is a light fawn brown all over, but with striations on the wings?

The one in front on the right

 

[Dovemaiden]

Which one are you calling red Pyle? The male in the group photo?

I do sell birds, usually they're older though
For some reason, it's almost impossible to sell st run chicks despite being able to sell sexed males and females almost easily

The Red Pyle is the red rooster with the white tail, in front of him to the right is a hen with a chick on her back. I knew of only one other person who raised Red Pyle Phoenix,but was too ill to raise birds any more, I never did get to buy any from him. . The hens that match Red Pyle are a sort of Wheaton color. I had some Red Pyle Ohikis many years ago, and enjoyed them very much.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

That is sad, but it shows what a game bird they are, to take on a far larger predator that way. That red- breasted ( roan) was beautiful, such a shame.

Yeah, I was so scared she was throwing all these colors. She likely was, but the tiny one with the striped wings is proof someone else also is throwing those colors since she was laid after I lost her.

Funnily (well, not really) enough, they don't stand a chance against cats. I've lost multiple chicks and young birds, as well as at least one hen to feral cats

 

[JacinLarkwell]

The Red Pyle is the red rooster with the white tail, in front of him to the right is a hen with a chick on her back. I knew of only one other person who raised Red Pyle Phoenix,but was too ill to raise birds any more, I never did get to buy any from him. . The hens that match Red Pyle are a sort of Wheaton color. I had some Red Pyle Ohikis many years ago, and enjoyed them very much.

Oh, he has too much red I think, and it's in different chest patterns than the ones I've seen. His full sister's are most likely the two with those tiny stripes on their wings. He had a sister on his clutch that was much better contrasting with her stripes, but we had to put her down after she lost a foot to frostbite.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Those Hackle males are so pretty. I'm just in love with their saddles. They're like ballroom dresses almost

 

[Dovemaiden]

Yeah, I was so scared she was throwing all these colors. She likely was, but the tiny one with the striped wings is proof someone else also is throwing those colors since she was laid after I lost her.

Funnily (well, not really) enough, they don't stand a chance against cats. I've lost multiple chicks and young birds, as well as at least one hen to feral cats

That is a bummer. It was only two years ago we ran into a cat that went after my chickens, a barn cat that certainly was not lacking in food. None before ever bothered them, though I had problems with Cooper' s Hawks ( and sometimes Sharp Shinned, a smaller version of the Cooper)

 

[Dovemaiden]

Which one are you calling red Pyle? The male in the group photo?

I do sell birds, usually they're older though
For some reason, it's almost impossible to sell st run chicks despite being able to sell sexed males and females almost easily

I wonder why that would be?

 

[JacinLarkwell]

That is a bummer. It was only two years ago we ran into a cat that went after my chickens, a barn cat that certainly was not lacking in food. None before ever bothered them, though I had problems with Cooper' s Hawks ( and sometimes Sharp Shinned, a smaller version of the Cooper)

We dispatch the cats when we find them usually now. Sad, but I hate losing birds to pets people toss out here. We lose chicks to magpies too, but usually those ones are runty ones that aren't going to make it anyways.

 

[Dovemaiden]

Those Hackle males are so pretty. I'm just in love with their saddles. They're like ballroom dresses almost

If you look at the two photos with the Barred Red ginger male in the background, you can see his saddle hackles drag the ground. I have two nearly identical males in that group, but he is the one with the longer saddle, and just turned a year old.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

I wonder why that would be?

Who knows. It's half the reason I'm doing sexlinks now too, so I can move the male's early and don't get attacked