In this Breeding thread, we post our Breeding Wishes

[nicalandia]

Which requires import and health papers, and pay for quarantine board for at least 30 days

Peanuts compared to the Beauty of the birds..!

 

[Iluveggers]

A blue speckled Sussex. That would be so cool looking!

 

[nicalandia]

A blue speckled Sussex. That would be so cool looking!

Like a normal Speckled but with blue dots instead of black dots?

 

[Iluveggers]

Like a normal Speckled but with blue dots instead of black dots?

Blue feathered with the white, green & black spots.

 

[nicalandia]

Blue feathered with the white, green & black spots.

 

[Shabby Chic-Hens]

Which requires import and health papers, and pay for quarantine board for at least 30 days

 

[Shabby Chic-Hens]

why does it have to be so hard????
I know why, I just really need those dinosaurs!

 

[JacinLarkwell]

why does it have to be so hard????
I know why, I just really need those dinosaurs!

To keep illness threats lower

 

[SourRoses]

My All Time Wish Would Be: Pink Colored Silkies

Maybe with Crispr adding the Flamingo genes that let them use the color from their diet??

 

[NatJ]

Here we post poultry breeds that we wish someone would create.

I would like a dual purpose breed with a pea comb, that comes in many colors.
There are Wyandottes with rose combs.
There are several breeds with single combs (Plymouth Rock, Sussex, Orpington)

Buckeyes are pretty much right-- but they only come in one color.

Standard Cornish are close when they are hatchery-grade, but the "good" ones are way too broad. And they still only come in a few colors.

They should exist in several patterns: single laced, double laced, spangled, and columbian.
Each pattern should come in gold and in silver, and maybe in red as well.
The lacing (or spangling or columbian markings) should be black, blue, splash, white, and chocolate.

It might also be nice to have them in solid colors (red, buff, black, blue, chocolate, white), along with barred, crele, mottled, and mille fleur. The barred and mottled could also be in black, blue, and chocolate.

Basic traits would be like any other good dual purpose breed: grow quickly to a moderate size, with hens that lay plenty of brown eggs and rarely go broody. I also want the pullets to start laying eggs at an early age.

I like eggs with darker speckles, but good production is more important than whether the eggs have speckles or not.

They should have normal feathering that does not require any special care, like what you would find on a Rock or Wyandotte or Rhode Island Red. So no feathered feet, crests, muff/beard, silkie feathers, frizzle feathers, extra-long tails, or the really fluffy feathers that can interfere with mating. No hen feathering either.