Lavender-Based Leghorn Breeding & Improvement Discussion

[Miami Leghorn]

OH -- and -- I'm going to write an eBook on the project. That was made possible by the marvelous and intrepid Kiki. To make it possible she went through the thread from making Lavender-patterned Isabel Duckwings (Barred) - Lavender Brown and extracted all the instructive posts and the remaining pictures. -- (some pictures get los 'cook book' of how my project was conducted for anyone else who wants to go the route of making autosexing lavender creles.

I think that is a tremendous idea. I think the "cook books"would definitely get a lot of people going in their projects there's so many good people on this site willing to share very valuable information and insight.Sometimes even if you're not following a certain variety or pattern just the things they learn during the project can benefit someone else on another project as well. So it's a win-win for everyone.

 

[The Moonshiner]

There's a lot of breeders especially project breeders that don't share anything. Some try real hard to not even answer questions.
Those go back to being the ones that are looking towards profits done the line.
One reason I really click with ChicKat besides her just being "good people" is because she is willing to share and took everyone right along with her through her project. She is an info and research freak. It's all in the details for her and she puts in work that I don't care to. I hate reading so I don't research or dig for stuff.
I'm all about just using whats in my head and learning from doing. Her thread was so much fun because she was putting birds on the ground but along the way she was also putting in so much other info and asking questions and digging more.
Way above and beyond what ive seen from anyone working on a project.
It was so sad when she got out of her birds so I'm super excited to see her back into them.
Hopefully there will be a lot more to come.
I wish her all the best.

 

[Miami Leghorn]

Yes and when you combine putting in tons of work plus the research side and data side of it,it makes that much more interesting and educational. I also like what ChicKat says anything to help you reach your goal directly with minimal waste. But also somebody like you Moonshiner puts you on the other side of the coin is from what I understand of the tremendous amount of birds that you've gone through there is a knowledge there;a history and a backlog of data that you're sitting on that is PURE GOLD.

 

[Tbird84]

So, that broody is contagious thing....I moved some of my Cochins to a different coop that has younger birds in it. One of the hens is broody but was sitting on nothing. 1 day after putting her in there, one of the other young pullets started sitting. ‍

 

[ChicKat]

We were told whites hid various patterns and we were trying to see what we could find.

haha - the above was sitting in my quotes clipboard, so I meant to insert with Silverudd's mention.

1 day after putting her in there, one of the other young pullets started sitting. ‍

That is just so cool. Sometimes I wish they would invent a pill and one could produce instant broody. Stick it down her throat just add water and there she would set and then raise the little hooligans. I have had some broodys loose chicks though.

Thanks for all the good words Moonshiner & Miami. Too bad there isn't a swelled head emoji.
Also what Miami Leghorns said -- the approach that Moonshiner and I take are probably each on the farther end of a continuum. I'm the control-freak style and he's the creative-genius type. What a great example of how different approaches can be successful.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Speaking of creative genius type. I started a project yesterday.
I'm in desperate need of some new breeder pens. Well with things as they are right now I could spend some money on materials or skip it and spend my money on chick food so I could hatch more chicks. Of course id rather hatch more chicks but that puts me back to needing breeder pens.
What's a hillbilly genius to do? Then it came to me. I'll just build some pens out of some junk or freebee stuff I can find. Go back to my roots. As a kid back in the day I had some real ramshackle pens because I had to make due with what I could find or build with scrap materials.
My first project is gonna be a few small pens for one or two hens in each and rotating roosters.
I have some scrap pallets from a couple years or so ago when I bought feed by the pallet.
I also had some pretty cheap looking 2x4s that really weren't nice enough to use on much that I got from a neighbor that was gonna burn them.
Anyways I'll probably copy and paste this to my thread and take some pics along the way and see how it turns out.

 

[Miami Leghorn]

Moonshiner I built my coops using used pallets and scrap wood from Home Depot at 70% off.

 

[Miami Leghorn]

Here are several pictures of a brooder and a chicken coop built on purely on used pallets and scrap wood from Home Depot

 

[Miami Leghorn]

Too bad we don't live closer to each other Moonshiner I wouldn't mind giving you a hand maybe you could show me a thing or two about a thing or two about coops.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Thats looking d@mn good. I ever have that barn raising get together you're definitely gonna have to come.
I don't think I'm gonna have as nice of materials to work with.
Just some old weathered pallets and some slightly twisted 2×4s with split ends and one or two really rough sides.