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[Faraday40]

IT'S SNOWING ON BYC!

(Look up!)

My fav type of snow..... The kind you don't have to shovel!

 

[Faraday40]

Genetics question:
I have a lav cockerel with gold leakage. I believe it comes from his grandfather, Mr Dummy-pants. When he was between 1-2 years old, he had a single gold hackle feather. After that year's molt, I haven't seen any gold feathers on him. None of his children ever had any gold, but this is the 3rd grandson (out of many, many grand-chicks) to show some gold. Is this common? Will I continue to see it every other generation? and Why only does the leakage only occasionally show in males - never females?

The chicks from my Sept 22 hatch are now 3 months old. I thought I had 2 males & 6 females. One male is the boy with the gold leakage. Once I saw the gold, I figured he'll be going to freezer camp. However, as his feathers grow in, I'm beginning to see such interesting color patterns. His saddle feathers look like they have gold lacing while his head & hackles are turning gold. The other "male" has large wattles, but the comb is still medium-small. No signs of pointy saddle feathers or the awkward leggy look. 13 wks old. I guess I'll have to keep both around for a while longer to see what develops.

 

[Indyshent]

Females have only one allele for the gold/silver locus, but even so, they can get leakage in some colors (like red sex links), which may be due to other modifiers and similar color genes. Boys have two alleles, and even though silver is dominant vs gold, heterozygous males often have gold feathers in their shoulders, hackles or saddles. Black, blue and especially lavender might make gold leakage less than some other colors, depending on modifiers, I would guess, and sometimes leakage is such that it appears more like a dun or chocolate color instead of a proper gold/red.

 

[Indyshent]

Craigslist finds

https://indianapolis.craigslist.org/grd/d/heritage-turkeys/6396319952.html 9 young heritage turkeys hens, $20 each. Sweetgrass, RP, penciled RP and crosses. There are some lovely young ladies in this bunch, including a penciled Sweetgrass. Wish I had a pile of twenties.

https://indianapolis.craigslist.org/grd/d/show-quality-orphingtons/6434283603.html Show quality Orps

https://indianapolis.craigslist.org/grd/d/show-quality-barred-rocks/6434283405.html Show quality Barred Rocks.

https://indianapolis.craigslist.org/grd/d/white-leghorn-chicks-pullets/6414419989.html WL pullets

https://indianapolis.craigslist.org/grd/d/golden-laced-wynandots/6434184937.html Whole bunch of breeds

https://indianapolis.craigslist.org/grd/d/roosters/6434647565.html Bunch of roosters. I don't know why he put a picture of a Sicilian Buttercup from Feathersite in that pile, and I pity that Speckled Sussex with all that black on his comb.

 

[sfaith102]

My fav type of snow..... The kind you don't have to shovel!

Right?! XD XD

 

[Leahs Mom]

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

IT'S SNOWING HERE

 

[Nyla]

I'm so shocked. The 5 Rhode Island Red Hens I just got last week are laying everyday from the day I got them. I guess I didn't stress them out too much during the move. Sadly they hate my Muscovy's.... They try to attack them. So I have to keep them in my Broody Aviary That I use for my Muscovy Mama's. Come spring I have a new building project for the chickens to roam in.
I really want a rooster to breed to my girls.

 

[Indyshent]

I'm so shocked. The 5 Rhode Island Red Hens I just got last week are laying everyday from the day I got them. I guess I didn't stress them out too much during the move. Sadly they hate my Muscovy's.... They try to attack them. So I have to keep them in my Broody Aviary That I use for my Muscovy Mama's. Come spring I have a new building project for the chickens to roam in.
I really want a rooster to breed to my girls.

RIR and relatives are about the worst breed to integrate. For whatever reason, their flock vs non-flock instincts tend to be very rigid. They have keen eyes for who and what belong and will actively take on newcomers, pretty much every time. RIR roosters are hit and miss but I've never had a problematic one. Hens tend tend haze newbies far harder than roos, in my experience (roos haze each other but generally welcome new girls). Free or cheap RIR roos are usually on craigslist, and right now someone in Liberty, IN is trying to sell one.

 

[Nyla]

I might be getting a ayam cemani rooster. My friend has one she doesn't need! Would they make cute chicks?

RIR and relatives are about the worst breed to integrate. For whatever reason, their flock vs non-flock instincts tend to be very rigid. They have keen eyes for who and what belong and will actively take on newcomers, pretty much every time. RIR roosters are hit and miss but I've never had a problematic one. Hens tend tend haze newbies far harder than roos, in my experience (roos haze each other but generally welcome new girls). Free or cheap RIR roos are usually on craigslist, and right now someone in Liberty, IN is trying to sell one.

 

[JanetMarie]

Most of what is considered RIRs are Production Reds. Thanks to hatcheries for selling Production Reds falsely as RIRs.

Not saying @Nyla or @Indyshent that you don't know the difference, but just want to put the information in general out there for anyone reading, because it is annoying that a lot of people mistake Production Reds for true RIRs, again because of hatcheries.