LGBTQ+ Poultry Keepers

[Canadian Wind]

At FiberFest, they would often have a "Fleece to Shawl" competition. Teams would compete to be the fastest to take a newly shorn fleece, spin it, and then weave it into a shawl. They could have the loom dressed ahead of time. No carding (too slow), just spining the locks of wool. Spinning the raw, unwashed wool (called "spinning in the grease" because of all the lanolin) was a great way to have very soft hands.

If the competition included shearing the sheep on the spot, it was a "Sheep to Shawl" competition. A good shearer, doing a good job, really helped make the spinning easier and therefore faster.

Oh wow! That would be something!

Nah, this is just a small booth with a very small demo of one spinning wheel.

 

[Tonyroo]

I finally got a brooding hen and there's 3 chicks to boot. Although I noticed today that one of the chick standing on mom's back look like it had yellow legs. I thought that's odd. So I tried looking again but it snuck under her. There suppose to have gray green legs. I wonder if my Swedish flower rooster got her at some point before she started brooding? Weird.

Anyway these pictures proved what I saw today.

 

[TwoCrows]

I finally got a brooding hen and there's 3 chicks to boot. Although I noticed today that one of the chick standing on mom's back look like it had yellow legs. I thought that's odd. So I tried looking again but it snuck under her. There suppose to have gray green legs. I wonder if my Swedish flower rooster got her at some point before she started brooding? Weird.

Anyway these pictures proved what I saw today.

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SO adorable!!!

 

[Tonyroo]

@JacinLarkwell , had a question. Do both male and female Phoenix carry the long tail gene?

 

[JacinLarkwell]

@JacinLarkwell , had a question. Do both male and female Phoenix carry the long tail gene?

I'm thinking so, but I'm unsure. If they do, I think it's on the Z chromosome based on what I've seen in my flock

 

[Tonyroo]

I'm thinking so, but I'm unsure. If they do, I think it's on the Z chromosome based on what I've seen in my flock

If that's the case then the chicks will have the long tails despite the gender difference of the parents.

Now I'm wishing they would grow out fast so I can see what they will become. The leg color of the chicks is still troubling. I can't image my big rooster mating her, she's smaller then my SF hens. And they all carry the yellow leg gene. Ugh..

 

[JacinLarkwell]

If that's the case then the chicks will have the long tails despite the gender difference of the parents.

Now I'm wishing they would grow out fast so I can see what they will become. The leg color of the chicks is still troubling. I can't image my big rooster mating her, she's smaller then my SF hens. And they all carry the yellow leg gene. Ugh..

It's all just speculation. I just know my males show it alot more often than my females do, but I did get a short tailed phoenix cockerel last fall. Looking at him, Phoenix would probably be one of your last guesses.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

I will say, I've now typed and posted more of my story than I've managed to habd write so far

 

[fluffycrow]

Some peer pressure for a select few of yall

 

[TwoCrows]

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Wow, what a beauty! GORGEOUS feathering!! Nice conformation too!