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[daxigait]

It's snowing well, flurries

 

[kwhites634]

That's there way to lie themselves out of what they don't really have. They may cross a Heritage Red with something then say they have PRIR's. I guess it's like advertisements saying something is free then charging you for it. Again, people must have knowledge on what they are actually getting.

I ordered 6 RIR pullets & a rooster from Southern States last spring. When I picked them up, the rooster was white! Either S/S or the breeder had slipped RSL's in on me, & I didn't know the difference 'til I started digging around on BYC & discovered that RSL roosters are white.

I'm told the sex-links are better layers than pure Reds, so I figure I got the better end of the deal, but the fact remains that I didn't get what I ordered, so won't be buying birds from Southern States again.

 

[Jessimom]

After I buried the other Cockeral and brought the other in the house I came down to put the PRIR hen in a separate coop. She is not very calm or anything, I was trying to herd her into the other coop. After 15 minutes I went to take a break and she attacked another duccle! She is definitely going to freezer camp! Luckily I caught her in time and the bird wasn't hurt. Stupid RIR

Are these birds that have lived together comfortably for a while? Do you know WHY she attacked?

 

[shahtir101]

Are these birds that have lived together comfortably for a while?  Do you know WHY she attacked?

They have lived together comfortably for almost a year. I have no clue what made her do attack.

 

[daxigait]

That's there way to lie themselves out of what they don't really have. They may cross a Heritage Red with something then say they have PRIR's. I guess it's like advertisements saying something is free then charging you for it. Again, people must have knowledge on what they are actually getting.   

I agree. A few are close to brick like, and some look like the production. Some also have better color and the nice black just on the tips of the neck feathers. I was going to breed a pen of just heritage, and a separate one to put a heritage roo over to keep as a production line with at least nice color and closer to a traditional look. At least it will make the heritage only people happy if these all go and I don't cross lines with one group. I did not plan on calling those heritage, just saving an extra roo, and better the temper of a heritage roo for this group than a production roo.

 

[ChickenLady2014]

@Sally Sunshine

Just wanted to share with you this picture of my Silkies 2 fertile eggs. The egg on the left is fresh & the egg on the right was incubated under broody for a 24 hour period. Note the growth started on the egg on the right just in 24 hrs.

Excellent pictures!

-Kathy

Thank you Kathy, that is the first time I've looked at one after its been incubating for a 24 hour period. Can you tell I'm on Silkie overload at the moment

 

[AnnikaLF]

Question for y'all. I have read on here and a few other places that Japanese tend to hatch early. Like on day 19 is that true and if so when should I put my egg that is on day 11 in the hatching incubator? This is making me nervous all over again....

 

[Ur-ur-ur-urrr]

That's there way to lie themselves out of what they don't really have. They may cross a Heritage Red with something then say they have PRIR's. I guess it's like advertisements saying something is free then charging you for it. Again, people must have knowledge on what they are actually getting.

It's like saying my grandfather was Indian, so I'm Indian... even though the other parts are Caucasian. All production reds originally come from heritage reds, but that definitely doesn't make them heritage by any stretch of the imagination...

I agree. A few are close to brick like, and some look like the production. Some also have better color and the nice black just on the tips of the neck feathers. I was going to breed a pen of just heritage, and a separate one to put a heritage roo over to keep as a production line with at least nice color and closer to a traditional look. At least it will make the heritage only people happy if these all go and I don't cross lines with one group. I did not plan on calling those heritage, just saving an extra roo, and better the temper of a heritage roo for this group than a production roo.

If the breeder introduced a heritage bird or two into the flock, there may be a few offspring that will show some similarities to heritage birds, but this most likely won't get passed down into the next generation. It's virtually impossible to breed out the production gene, so it's best to either go all out heritage... or not at all. While you make change the appearance of the productions to make them look "nicer", it's probably not going to end with satisfactory results. Either color will be messed up, egg production impacted, or both. Mating a thoroughbred to a mutt does't give satisfactory results with other animals, and chickens are no different. Just my opinion...

 

[daxigait]

So about what on average is the difference production wise?

 

[Ur-ur-ur-urrr]

Are these birds that have lived together comfortably for a while? Do you know WHY she attacked?

They have lived together comfortably for almost a year. I have no clue what made her do attack.

I suspect it's because she knew the roo was weak. Animals sense these things, and tend to speed up the natural process of elimination. Survival of the fittest kind of thing...