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[Molpet]

I heard in chickens inbreeding for 4-5 generations was ok
I was told that turkeys have less genes so inbreeding effects them quicker

 

[Justso]

I'm wondering about genetics, this poult was a father daughter breeding and her parents were hatch mates. This poult was hatched and under her mother the whole time, so it wasn't an incbator issue.
Not sure which hen footless came from, however same genetics... but Breeder wondered about his incubator too.
Vitamin deficiency in breeding stock is another possibility.

I don't know if this is your case, but I've heard cold/cool flooring can cause this.

 

[Molpet]

I don't know if this is your case, but I've heard cold/cool flooring can cause this.

You're right I heard that cold brooder floor too.
They were in a spare bedroom in a dog crate with a Mama heating pad, on a table, against a inner wall. Not cold in there. I had the AC off until it got about 75 in the house ... I would think that if they were in the basement on the floor in the stock tank

 

[homeschoolin momma]

Mine hatched out that way. And she wasn't the first. One chick that died just before hatch had deformed feet.

 

[homeschoolin momma]

Aww I love that! I thought he was a Welsh harlequin. DH2B have thought about adding them.

Well, we should be getting eggs in a couple of months, so maybe I can send some your way soon!

I'll take fluffies from you. Especially that little recessive white.

I also like the recessive whites too. Since I seem to have the gene in my flock, there may be more on the way! Faraday thinks that my silver laced is probably the daddy.

Okay I would like to see the ones you're referring to with gold leakage if you can manage to get any pictures of them.

This roo is the one with the leakage.

Im trying to find him a good home. Still have too many roos and he's all the way on the bottom of the totem pole.

Secondly I don't think that chick is silkied. Your spitzes would have to carry it for it to show unless you have other birds that carry it

Well, I also too don't think they are silkied, even though those strands are still there, but they definitely aren't pure spitz. Jasper has done his deed and has a secret hostel somewhere. Jasper carries the silkie gene, so I guess these spitz mixes will too.

Also I've never had a chipmunk striped chick come from two mostly black parents even if they had legbar in their background.

I think it came from one of two chocolate hens, plus that roo above. Faraday thinks its a partial laced chick. Time will only tell on this one. Here's an updated picture of her.

 

[Faraday40]

We drove up to visit our former neighbor yesterday. (She was like the "grandma next door" and enjoyed spoiling our kids.) Her actual grand-kids were up visiting from TX & our children have played together every summer for over a decade. It was nice to see them again.

On the way we drove by this:

This big guy was posing perfectly for us, so I slowed down to grab a pic.


We were pretty tired after such a long, fun day ( & late night), so we took it easy this morning. I made a nice breakfast with cheese crepes & fresh strawberry sauce from last weekend's harvest with @chickendreams24 . (If our blueberries were in I would have made it look patriotic.)

YUM!

* Our poor cherry bush was put into shock when the gas co dug up 1/3 of it's roots. The left side of the pic shows our entire cherry harvest this year. Thankfully the tree is putting energy into recovering, so I think it will live to bear fruit next summer.

 

[Molpet]

We drove up to visit our former neighbor yesterday. (She was like the "grandma next door" and enjoyed spoiling our kids.) Her actual grand-kids were up visiting from TX & our children have played together every summer for over a decade. It was nice to see them again.

On the way we drove by this:
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This big guy was posing perfectly for us, so I slowed down to grab a pic.


We were pretty tired after such a long, fun day ( & late night), so we took it easy this morning. I made a nice breakfast with cheese crepes & fresh strawberry sauce from last weekend's harvest with @chickendreams24 . (If our blueberries were in I would have made it look patriotic.)

YUM!
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* Our poor cherry bush was put into shock when the gas co dug up 1/3 of it's roots. The left side of the pic shows our entire cherry harvest this year. Thankfully the tree is putting energy into recovering, so I think it will live to bear fruit next summer.

The big guy that posed on the way back likes to hunt in my flooded land... the dog takes offense lol
Duluthralphie has a cherry tree that puts yours to shame..... Every year he gets ONE cherry

 

[Faraday40]

The big guy that posed on the way back likes to hunt in my flooded land... the dog takes offense lol
Duluthralphie has a cherry tree that puts yours to shame..... Every year he gets ONE cherry

Normally we get TOO many

About this much at ONE picking.... and about 3-4 big pickings each year. They must all happen during a 2 week period at the end of June.

I pit them and make giant pots of pie filling. I seal it bags and freeze it for the year.

THIS YEAR:

Our hope is to the future. The tree seems to be putting its energy into regrowth.


...and there's this little gem we added last spring.

In it's 1st year, it already gave us 2 cherries.
Yet, can you see the gas co's yellow flag right next to it? They're about to push a new line to our house - right next to this little cherry bush. I hope to talk to them before they dig. Since it's small, I would rather they use a machine to dig it up for me to move it out back than to have them leave it & mess up the roots.

 

[Faraday40]

Our dog took off due to the fireworks tonight. We have not found him after 3.5 hrs of driving around the area where he was last seen Please pray that he is returned home to us. His birthday is on Sat. We even have new toys & chewys waiting for him. We’re all crying ourselves asleep tonight.




If anyone has some advice on ways to spread the word of our search, please let me know.

I keep telling myself that
- he's got a collar with a tag
- he's micro-chipped
- he's friendly & may let someone bring him in
- we reported him to the police
- he's part hound & may find his way back to where we were when he took off
- a few people living in that neighborhood know to look for him

Tomorrow we'll try calling shelters. He must be so scared and alone.

 

[homeschoolin momma]

Our dog took off due to the fireworks tonight. We have not found him after 3.5 hrs of driving around the area where he was last seen Please pray that he is returned home to us. His birthday is on Sat. We even have new toys & chewys waiting for him. We’re all crying ourselves asleep tonight.




If anyone has some advice on ways to spread the word of our search, please let me know.

I keep telling myself that
- he's got a collar with a tag
- he's micro-chipped
- he's friendly & may let someone bring him in
- we reported him to the police
- he's part hound & may find his way back to where we were when he took off
- a few people living in that neighborhood know to look for him

Tomorrow we'll try calling shelters. He must be so scared and alone.

Oh sweetie I'll say a prayer for pupK to come home or someone to bring him home. Please keep up posted.