Another split (basket) and two more isabels hatched while I was gone! So only one of the dozen has been split so far, with five eggs left. The other two splits were basket chicks! One isabel pip left, then I have four pips under baskets.
Lavender patterned Isabel duckwing barred - lavender brown cuckoo barred - project and genetic dis
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More. (I let the other split out)
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That is so great! --More. (I let the other split out)
Another thing I will be really interested in is what % Isabel you end up with..Sounds like you are doing very well.
In the middle picture -- the Isabel right next to the purple basket -- looks so saturated. That is wonderful. Looks like you have a range of saturation/dilution in your Isabel chicks.
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YES! of course you should 'go for it'. I'm an enabler too! I'm really interested - -- What breed do you plan to work with?
We would be very similar -- I'm concerned in mine that the cream diluter would lighten the birds more than I wish for in my end product...but different breeds and varieties express those traits in different ways. IF you feel like posting any pictures here - feel free --Just identify that it is a bit different desired result so anyone who jumps on to read won't get too confused.
Yes it is doable! I bet you will get a pretty bird in the end too.
Chick...That is so great! --
Another thing I will be really interested in is what % Isabel you end up with..Sounds like you are doing very well.
In the middle picture -- the Isabel right next to the purple basket -- looks so saturated. That is wonderful. Looks like you have a range of saturation/dilution in your Isabel chicks.
Are you referring to the "dark gray" chick in this middle pic?
Is that a "better" chick for your project?
Up to 10, 4 splits and 6 isabel. They're so sweet and cuddly! The wild type markings are not indication of barring, right? That's from the duckwing patterning?
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Yes - the 'chipmunk' relates to duckwing aka wildtype.
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Yes, I think so -- my brooder has a pretty wide variety now of that light silvery-white, and the deeper steely-slate color in the center dorsal stripe. I am guessing that the ones that are a bit darker, are going to be more saturated as they grow up -- but come to think of it -- I think my first three are proving just the opposite.
Here are their chick pictures:
I think that the camera lens distorted the heads to make them look larger of the front two - but if you look at the back chick, that chick seems to have a bit darker dorsal stripe That turned out to be the female that is barred. The the left-most chick is the non-barred female and the right chick is the male.
Here the chick on the left is the same one that was on the left in the baby picture and the male in front - looking ultra light there-- he now has a bit more 'color' -- and the chick laying down is the barred female -- her head is darker but her body is lighter than the other chick. I'll try to get some better pictures tomorrow or the next day-- Here is her body with a close up showing how her barring is developing.
Well drat, having internet trouble -- see if reboot will fix it. and then I will post the pict if I can.
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This view makes her head look really dark and her body really light --
So that dark dorsal stipe for her as a chick didn't make the overall plumage more saturated. Still too many unknowns to predict what the transition from chick to adult will be.
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Well my big project right now is building/finishing my tiny house so it might be a little while lol. I want to create my own little mix, i am not aiming for a recognized breed, just something that will do well with little human help in my missouri hills, a duel purpose breed... Thinking of starting with a dom/crele gamecock so it will have that instinct to survive and the barred gene and pattern , it would be amazing if I could find an Ozark Dom but I'm not sure they exist anymore, then a lavender orpington breed till colors are stable( chicken quest says 1 in 16 will be lavender patterned isabel duckwing barred) then maybe lemon cuckoo niederrheinrs? // idk I havent worked it out yet and have so much more clogging up my brain, it will be a lifelong project, once i'm living at my homestead i wont be doing anything else but gardening and raising animals // I'm not really concerned what the end body type is but I tend to have an eye for gamefowl and will probably select birds with body types similar to them
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1cock2hens - that sounds like a good plan.
When you say 'tiny house' -- as in the tiny house movement? -- wow - and your place is in the ozarks? That is a beautiful part of the country. Of course it does sound like you are juggling a lot -- and you can get yourself there step-by-step -- that's for sure. There is a bantam OEGB here that is really something - and I imagine that the full size of that breed has similar traits. They are admirable birds.
Whenever your chance allows or if a brain storm hits-- be sure to post so we can follow your adventure!
When you say 'tiny house' -- as in the tiny house movement? -- wow - and your place is in the ozarks? That is a beautiful part of the country. Of course it does sound like you are juggling a lot -- and you can get yourself there step-by-step -- that's for sure. There is a bantam OEGB here that is really something - and I imagine that the full size of that breed has similar traits. They are admirable birds.
Whenever your chance allows or if a brain storm hits-- be sure to post so we can follow your adventure!
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