grannys gone and done it

[Granny Hatchet]

I spanked both my kids and I have to say, I dont agree with it anymore. maybe something light on the hand when they are 2-3 just to get their attention and teach them the word no but not even that if it could be avoided.

 

[twisted-acres-farm]

so after I left here last night and had a chir nap , I head to the bedroom only to realize I still needed to make my bed

And then since I had clean sheet , I needed a clean body so shower time, then I had wet hair so had to stay up until it dried. Other wise I look sort of like Don King

 

[twisted-acres-farm]

I spanked both my kids and I have to say, I dont agree with it anymore. maybe something light on the hand when they are 2-3 just to get their attention and teach them the word no but not even that if it could be avoided.

I still truly believe that a couple good hard swats to the back side is the way to go. LOOK at all the monsters growing up with no discipline ,manners, or respect for anyone ,anything including themselves.

 

[twisted-acres-farm]

Cackle hatchery must be missing me they sent me a catalog.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

so after I left here last night and had a chir nap , I head to the bedroom only to realize I still needed to make my bed

And then since I had clean sheet , I needed a clean body so shower time, then I had wet hair so had to stay up until it dried. Other wise I look sort of like Don King

Soo funny , I do the same thing. and dont like to blow dry my hair at all. Poor ol Don . he was an ugly sort wasnt he ? I think he died ? they said he was the best boxing promoter of all time. LOL

 

[Granny Hatchet]

I still truly believe that a couple good hard swats to the back side is the way to go. LOOK at all the monsters growing up with no discipline ,manners, or respect for anyone ,anything including themselves.

that also comes from having too much discipline too. acting out. I think some parents just dont stay involved enough with the kids. these things are taught through example not do as I say. They are only going to do as you say in front of you.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

Cackle hatchery must be missing me they sent me a catalog.

Is this who you will use again ?

 

[Wishing4Wings]

Good morning to all! Drippy little bit of rain here for the next couple of days, but colder.

All the bantams are broody now. Poor rooster is getting lonesome. 10 little hens trying to cover 16 tiny eggs. No more eggs being laid, so we'll see if we get anything.


Granny, hope your van comes back in one piece

and you get your meds.

I have no idea how that colored egg business works. It confuses the h3LL out of me. All I know is I've never had a ee roo, but my ee hens that I have mated with my roosters around here have ended up having offsprings that layed green eggs.

Quote: Basic genetics isn't too hard. Genetic material is formed into chromosomes. Chromosomes come in pairs, like shoes. Genes are sections of a chromosome that have the information for specific traits (eye color, feather type, size, sex...), so genes also come in pairs. That means every chicken has 2 of each gene. So lets say we look at the "sneaker" pair of chromosomes in the chicken because it has the gene for blue eggs (the shoe laces!). -We will ignore the sandals, high heels, loafers and all the other pairs of chromosomes.-

Now imagine your chicken wearing a cool pair of high top sneakers, and we want to focus on just one gene, the shoe laces. Shoe laces can come in blue or white. (Shells are either blue or white.) So your chicken might have 2 white laces, 2 blue laces, or 1 blue & 1 white. In eggs, that would be white, blue, and light blue shells. A chick gets her laces from her parents. Mom and dad give her one lace each. If mom and dad both have all blue laces, then all of their chicks will have double blue, because that's all they have to give. If mom has only white and dad has only blue, then every chick gets one white from mom and one blue from dad.

What if mom has 2 white laces, and dad has 1 blue 1 white? Their chicks will always get a white from mom, but dad will give some chicks white and some blue. So some chicks (half) will have white shells (2 white laces), and some light blue (1 white lace, 1blue lace). It's always easier to imagine when they're in high tops!

Too bad chickens don't really wear sneakers so we can see what genes they have! Much of the time, you don't know. Rooster's egg color genes can only be determined by looking at what color eggs his daughters lay, so you see how is is tough to determine.

What about green eggs? and brown eggs? Those come from a completely different gene (like what tread is on the bottom of the sneaker). In fact, it is possibly 8 or more genes that determine how much and what type of brown "paint" is sprayed on the outer layers of the shell toward the end of egg production. If a hen is wearing 2 white laces, and has dark brown treads, she'll lay a dark brown egg. The shell itself is still white, which you can see when you look at the inside of the shell, but it's been coated in dark brown. Maybe her treads are light brown or cream, so that would be her egg color. No color on the treads gives you a white egg for a hen with both white laces.

Green eggs come from a hen with 1 or 2 blue laces. 2 laces (2 copies of the gene) means that more blue color is mixed with the basic white shell material while the egg is formed. The shell is blue throughout, no longer white at all. One copy of the gene means there is less blue to mix in, so you get a lighter blue. Now you have to see what kind of treads are on the hen with blue laces. A light brown tread means a light brown coating over a blue shell, and you get green eggs. Olive eggs are dark brown over blue shells. You can see how there is lots of room for variation.

Here's the tricky part. If both parents have 1 white & 1 blue, and if each parent gives darling daughter chickie a white gene, she will never lay a blue or green egg. How much brown her egg has, if any, will be determined on what types of treads (brown genes) she got. This is why many hatchery EEs will lay brown eggs. If a breeder is careful and keeps only chickens with 2 blue genes (2 blue laces), 100% of their offspring will also have both genes for blue shells. Yay! The green/brown is a whole other issue! Check the treads!


I forgot to say what was tricky about this part. The shell color of the hatching egg is all about the mother's genes. It will not automatically mean the chick will have the same genes. You can hatch a blue layer from a white egg, and green layers can hatch from brown. And a chick hatching from a blue or green egg might lay white or brown eggs. The the color of the egg a chick hatches from only tells half of the story.


And that's the basics of chicken shell color. You have to look at two types of genes (laces= white or blue) (treads=lots of brown possibilities or none at all) and how the genes combine to get the blues-greens-browns and those exotic white eggs.



Going to go catch back up now (70 pages).

 

[twisted-acres-farm]

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yep they are my go to hatchery. always extra birds and healthy prices are good. and the information on each breed it very good

 

[Granny Hatchet]

wishing is a great teacher. I will add to that if your barefoot, he is shooting blanks