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Pretty muchWow you got a chicken zoo.
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Pretty muchWow you got a chicken zoo.
They are all so lovely..one and all..I want some more variety in my flock..my favorite is my little rhode island/mutt cross (bitsy)..I think her mummy is part rhodebar maybe..Pheonix cockerels
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(Rusty)
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(Not named yet)
Love, the sebright and Giggles' mama
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Polly. Poor gal kept accidentally going outside when I had the door open
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Butterball is a doll and the name is appropriate I also like the little black one with the white ear lobes..too cute.EstrellaView attachment 3368451
Ambrose (super old flock master) and either Un or Deux (probably Deux)View attachment 3368452
Asian Black female (Big Boy's sis), Jezebell and a Naked Neck Mix
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Mr. Zoom Zoom's sister
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ButterballView attachment 3368455both Mr. Zoom Zoom's galsView attachment 3368456
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The Spanish and Polly
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The black one is my ancient Spanish. She as well as the splash cochin and possibly the standard EE I own are the oldest birds here I know for sure, clocking in at 10 this spring. My main pheonix male, Westeros is likely close to that age as well. My orange leghorn mix, Estrella, and Ambrose are 9 this spring as well.Butterball is a doll and the name is appropriate I also like the little black one with the white ear lobes..too cute.
Wow you got some oldies..she looks like she has personalityThe black one is my ancient Spanish. She as well as the splash cochin and possibly the standard EE I own are the oldest birds here I know for sure, clocking in at 10 this spring. My main pheonix male, Westeros is likely close to that age as well. My orange leghorn mix, Estrella, and Ambrose are 9 this spring as well.
Yeah, they're from when hatcheries had good genetics. Nowadays I struggle getting my hatchery birds to 2. I have a few that will be getting to 3 and 4, but they're breeds that aren't common and thus not as messed with by the hatcheries yetWow you got some oldies..she looks like she has personality
I have to agree..I have several breeds but I'm fond of leghorns and those girls do have fertility issues..hubby had to put my one leghorn down, she was 2 and a half and had a busted egg inside here...I did all I could. Then I had a another leghorn same age die. I know again it was probably fertility thing. And I give oyster shell and make sure they're fed right. I'd love to have some heritage leghorns of the non economy kind in different colors then white. And some heritage rhode islands ,there color looks so much richer then economy rhode island. I'd love to get into several new breeds.lol. You have such a fun flock.Yeah, they're from when hatcheries had good genetics. Nowadays I struggle getting my hatchery birds to 2. I have a few that will be getting to 3 and 4, but they're breeds that aren't common and thus not as messed with by the hatcheries yet
You would need to source your birds from breeders. Cause they are more attentive to there birds.I have to agree..I have several breeds but I'm fond of leghorns and those girls do have fertility issues..hubby had to put my one leghorn down, she was 2 and a half and had a busted egg inside here...I did all I could. Then I had a another leghorn same age die. I know again it was probably fertility thing. And I give oyster shell and make sure they're fed right. I'd love to have some heritage leghorns of the non economy kind in different colors then white. And some heritage rhode islands ,there color looks so much richer then economy rhode island. I'd love to get into several new breeds.lol. You have such a fun flock.
Are you crossing your Phoenix this year? Or working on other projects?Yeah, they're from when hatcheries had good genetics. Nowadays I struggle getting my hatchery birds to 2. I have a few that will be getting to 3 and 4, but they're breeds that aren't common and thus not as messed with by the hatcheries yet
I am crossing my mottled Java with my recessive whites. Apparently their type of flrecessive should make really cool patterns with that mottled gene that theoretically should somehow breed true if I remember right.Are you crossing your Phoenix this year? Or working on other projects?