LGBTQ+ Poultry Keepers

[TropicalChickies]

I believe genetic traits can definitely be manipulated to some degree with breeding. So definitely give breeding a try!

Oh, and I've been meaning to ask you, how is your hen now, the one that had the crop troubles, is she fairing well?

Butchie. She just had her 3rd birthday a few days ago. Amazing she's still with us. I actually just posted an update to that thread two days ago. Thank you for asking.

Post in thread 'Can anyone recommend a feed for a hen with crop / digestive issues?' https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...h-crop-digestive-issues.1570206/post-27083638

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Same!

So far, I've seen three different species here. Thankfully, none are venomous.

We had our first rattlesnake of the year a week ago. Got hit in our driveway when my brother left after dinner

 

[TwoCrows]

Same!

So far, I've seen three different species here. Thankfully, none are venomous.

We've got Prairie Rattlers here, I have to be on guard all summer long as to where I step. They have perfect camouflage colors, nearly invisible until you are right on top of them. One got into my Quail aviary years ago, talk about panic!

 

[TropicalChickies]

While I've got the drive loaded...
Mini Minx demonstrating how to do the broody pancake.
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Otic. Mean as a bag of snakes. Mini minx's daughter. One of four. She got thrown out of Tribe 1 and Harold from Tribe 2 took her in (she's half Marans and half bantam) to help keep Bluespot warm from what I could see. Otic became Tribe 2s enforcer.
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Gedit, I've never laid an egg in my life, mentioned above. Big gentle easy going hen.
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Myth, Gedit's half sister. Lovely little hen except she killed any chicks she hatched and was generally shunned by the other bantam hens. Ended up living with Gedit and Donk.
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Wow, that Otic has a look to kill.

 

[Canadian Wind]

Hey. You're the one enabling me to get scovies

Muscovy are LIFE! They are the BESTEST!

 

[JacinLarkwell]

We've got Prairie Rattlers here, I have to be on guard all summer long as to where I step. They have perfect camouflage colors, nearly invisible until you are right on top of them. One got into my Quail aviary years ago, talk about panic!

We always had some of ours (either westerns or diamond backs I think, I honestly don't care apart from they're Mr. Buzzy Tushes) in the rabbit room. Had several in chicken runs last year

 

[fluffycrow]

Wow, that Otic has a look to kill.

I had one of those back in the day. For some reason they were always the first to perish

 

[TwoCrows]

Butchie. She just had her 3rd birthday a few days ago. Amazing she's still with us. I actually just posted an update to that thread two days ago. Thank you for asking.

Post in thread 'Can anyone recommend a feed for a hen with crop / digestive issues?' https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...h-crop-digestive-issues.1570206/post-27083638

Yes Butchie! Thanks for the update. I will check out the link!

 

[fluffycrow]

Now I'm really really annoyed. First the fox, now a cat. Just caught it eyeing the babies. Cruella was giving warning calls like crazy, which is very odd for her

 

[Shadrach]

I'm not so sure about that. There's a reason a lot of breeders do this.

I was adopted as a baby (3 months old). I was *always* different from my adoptive family. Years later, as an adult, I met my birth mother and my uncles and aunts and cousins. I fit in so well it was scary!

So yeah, I firmly believe in the genetics of behaviour.

One would have to let/have every offspring live to their maximum age (for good genes 10 or 12 years old) to get any real idea of what their behaviour was like in a wide enough variety of circumstances to have any meaning full relevance.
How many generations would one need under these conditions; five, six?
That's a fifty year study!
I've done ten years, five generations down and have yet to see a pattern.