Landrace project F1 chicks!!!

[chickengr]

I've hatched 23 chicks in total and I only have 1 make rn, It's is crazy! All the wheatens are almost 95% orange in all their plumage except for the tails, and my birchen hatch has a singular male with a red crest and wattles and he hatched only to get splayed hours later so I can't use him in my project. Idk if it's genetic and even though I fixed his leg issues idk if I should use him in my project. They're all quite friendly though!

is the surface of your brooder slippery? or somehow other chicks stepped on him? I did have splayed leg chicks but they were like that from the moment they hatched.

 

[Sir Sacabambaspis]

is the surface of your brooder slippery? or somehow other chicks stepped on him? I did have splayed leg chicks but they were like that from the moment they hatched.

He hatched normally, and my incubator was lined with paper towels. He was moved to a brooder that had a wire bottom but had paper towel and straw over it for the first week so the chicks can easily move in the brooder. However, overnight the chick had developed splayed legs by the morning.

 

[chickengr]

He hatched normally, and my incubator was lined with paper towels. He was moved to a brooder that had a wire bottom but had paper towel and straw over it for the first week so the chicks can easily move in the brooder. However, overnight the chick had developed splayed legs by the morning.

many chicks have hard time getting out of the shell. my personal opinion is that genetic faults cannot be corrected by a piece of tape or anything. if genetic it will show up later as the chic grows. of course I am not a vet, it is just my opinion and my experience. if this chic grows into a healthy roo(?) I would use him for breeding.

long time ago I had a pullet with some genetic leg issue. as she was growing her legs could not carry her body properly so it was too obvious.

 

[Sir Sacabambaspis]

many chicks have hard time getting out of the shell. my personal opinion is that genetic faults cannot be corrected by a piece of tape or anything. if genetic it will show up later as the chic grows. of course I am not a vet, it is just my opinion and my experience. if this chic grows into a healthy roo(?) I would use him for breeding.

His legs aren't splayed out too bad and did kinda heal but they are kinda spaced outward. However he can get around just fine.

long time ago I had a pullet with some genetic leg issue. as she was growing her legs could not carry her body properly so it was too obvious.

I've had that happen in my larger heavier breeds when I was breeding them. Sad when you get birds like that

 

[Sir Sacabambaspis]

I think I'm going to call Saffrons landrace the "Crocus
sativus fowl" or "Crocus Fowl" for short!

 

[Sir Sacabambaspis]

I love how these lighter ones are looking!

 

[Sir Sacabambaspis]

I'm looking into getting a golden Phoenix rooster to cross to the birchen pullets that end up laying green. Hopefully I get the phoenix broodiness and thin Gamefowl-like look and skate legs, while keeping the blue egg gene and birchen coloration.

I think once I find out which birchen chicks are laying green I'll cross them and my other Vadakor fathered pullet, Kikimora, to the phoenix rooster. Then I'll just line breed those phoenix Vadakorian cross pullets who lay light blue for 1 more generation.

Then I'll see what boys I like and test them for the blue gene and pick one of the absolute best boys who also has a blue egg gene. However that's my rough idea for all of 2026 and probably into early 2027. Obviously plans will change as needed, but I'm in the process of lining things up for this year so that I can be more efficient!

 

[Sir Sacabambaspis]

For those of you wondering, this is the rooster I'm looking into getting!