Granny's gone and done it again

[CapricornFarm]

How is the word shag an inappropriate word ?

In Britain its slang for intercourse!

 

[CapricornFarm]

Gotta go, bbl.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

The breed club site says light bodied dual purpose and med eggs for first year, but lrg the following yrs


In chickens, the female carries the short sex chromosome, so her pair of sex chromosomes is like a pair of shoes that has the toe missing from one shoe. All her other pairs of chromosomes are equally matching. The barring gene is sex linked (meaning on the sex chromosome, at the end which is missing in the females) so at most, a hen can only get one gene that causes white bars to form. Males (with 2 full sex chromosomes) can get 2 barring genes or one, or none, depending on their breeding. 2 barring genes produce a white bar that is twice as wide as a single gene can produce.

The pictures show pairs of chromosomes for 3 different chickens. One chromosome came from the father and one from the mother, to make up each pair. Every pair has equal lengths, except for the zw pair, where sometimes the w chromosome is shorter. The top picture shows rooster DNA... zw are the same length. The middle and bottom pictures are showing females... see the shorty w for each? That means the hen is missing some DNA (genes) that is found on the short end of the w chromosome.

The barring gene is on the zw pair of chromosomes at the tip where the genetic material is missing from the w gene. This is how sexlinking works. Any genes on that missing bit of w are sexlinked... feather color is just one that can easily be seen.

Yup, thats exactly what I said Wishing.

 

[Wishing4Wings]

yes, the hens and roos both were beautiful. Creamy white /blue ? I dont know what color you call them. I seriously need my ass kicked. I was downsizing .

You had to downsize... remember the mites, remember the frozen water, remember the ice and snow and how hard it was to get out to feed.
You made a hard decision, but a good one.

Granny you’re just feeling the blues. I sold off all but two of my birds from Sally, and I babied them like they were the last birds on the planet. I understand feeling sentimental. I didn’t give it a second thought when you sold those birds, and you shouldn’t either. Chicken lives are too fragile and fickle to get worked up over them. There will always be more great birds that we love.

I reminded DD this morning that we got plain breeds so we can sell them in the fall instead of wintering them all and losing them anyway. We’ll probably keep a few that are particularly endearing, but other than that we’re not planning to keep the majority.

 

[pertnear09]

trolls lol

Hey now. I played the part of a troll once in a school play. 7th grade. It was all done in Spanish. Three Billy goats gruff or something like that.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

Gotta go, bbl.

congrats on the sale and score .

 

[Granny Hatchet]

Hey now. I played the part of a troll once in a school play. 7th grade. It was all done in Spanish. Three Billy goats gruff or something like that.

Who is that tip tap toeing over my bridge !

 

[Granny Hatchet]

You had to downsize... remember the mites, remember the frozen water, remember the ice and snow and how hard it was to get out to feed.
You made a hard decision, but a good one.

and it seems I am right back up there again.

 

[AlleysChicks]

ya, trolls . I would love to sell them but since the van is gone and I cant do it all in one day its just not worth it.

Wonder if you got some of those big storage totes if you could put in your back seat and one in passenger? They could double as a brooder.

One of those styrofoam ones with 2 windows. One window missing but i can fix that.

sweet!

 

[Granny Hatchet]

Hey now. I played the part of a troll once in a school play. 7th grade. It was all done in Spanish. Three Billy goats gruff or something like that.

you speak spanish ?