Kayla’s Chat Thread

[Amer]

The swap was quite cold but I made 90 bucks and used 20 of them for drinkers and feeders and should have spent 6 more for these awesome button quail eggs.

 

[Amer]

Spike yesterday:View attachment 1736886

White toes

 

[HuffleClaw]

Bataan down the hatches Kayla, this is another nasty storm front. It runs from TX to MA.

Will do

 

[Cyprus]

The swap was quite cold but I made 90 bucks and used 20 of them for drinkers and feeders and should have spent 6 more for these awesome button quail eggs.

Did you sell everyone?

 

[Cyprus]

The creeper gene annoys me. It's been proven to be a detriment to the health and well being of the chicken, yet the standard still calls for it.
Cruel.

 

[MagpieDucks]

The creeper gene annoys me. It's been proven to be a detriment to the health and well being of the chicken, yet the standard still calls for it.
Cruel.

Japanese?

 

[HuffleClaw]

Japanese?

x2

 

[Amer]

Did you sell everyone?

Except for 1

 

[Amer]

The creeper gene annoys me. It's been proven to be a detriment to the health and well being of the chicken, yet the standard still calls for it.
Cruel.

Idk, it helped me sell this chicken, so I'm all for it.

 

[Cyprus]

Japanese?

Yes. The standard for Japanese bantams calls for short shanks (Cp/+)

Idk, it helped me sell this chicken, so I'm all for it.View attachment 1736898

Here's the thing. It looks cool and all but it can and often does cause extensive irreversible damage to the bird internally.
Chickens expressing heterozygous Creeper gene (Cp/+) have shortened extremities, and can have bone deformities and nervous system damage as well as abnormalities in the guts. The Cp gene is only caused by a mutation that causes a deletion of Indian Hedgehog Gene (IHH) which is responsible for embryonic cartilage development. The deletion of this gene is linked to the Cp gene and in lethal embryos the expression of IHH is 0, while Cp (Creeper) chickens express lower numbers of IHH proteins. Thus, creeper Chickens have shortened and sometimes malformed bones in all ages post natal to adult. Homozygous embryos die by day 4 of embryo development because they lack the proteins needed to support proper bone growth, vascular systems and nervous systems.