LGBTQ+ Poultry Keepers

[KikiDeAnime]

Hello. Haven’t been here for a minute. Just stopping by to say that I hope my trans siblings are holding strong. I’ll stay nonspecific and apolitical on BYC, but I know how hard it is right now for people like us, especially if you are younger.

I’m over by Seattle but fortunately unaffected by the flooding. Hope you guys are all okay too.

Glad to see you posting after being gone a while!

Probably not the time to ask but if in the spring time you happen to have hatching eggs available again, can you let me know? I'm still hoping to buy some from you

 

[Lgbchickie]

I mean im kinda obvious but hi the lesbanise has entered im also active on tumblr

 

[allosaurusrock]

Glad to see you posting after being gone a while!

Probably not the time to ask but if in the spring time you happen to have hatching eggs available again, can you let me know? I'm still hoping to buy some from you

I will try to remember! I have a few people wanting eggs this year. I’m linebreeding really close for this year so I want to do a couple hatches first to make sure they’re good before they end up with someone.

 

[allosaurusrock]

I mean im kinda obvious but hi the lesbanise has entered im also active on tumblr

lol I am also on tumblr. But have been on BYC for longer.

 

[KikiDeAnime]

I will try to remember! I have a few people wanting eggs this year. I’m linebreeding really close for this year so I want to do a couple hatches first to make sure they’re good before they end up with someone.

Question. Do you ever end up with a couple pet quality birds when hatching?

 

[allosaurusrock]

Question. Do you ever end up with a couple pet quality birds when hatching?

I get mostly pet quality with maybe 20% I feel good about as breeders, less than that as showers. Just kind of how it works especially when you haven't been linebreeding for many generations. I ended up with 3/10 this year that I really truly like from my main pen (also ended up with about 15 more out of a trio that I ended up culling all of + the parents) but am going to keep a couple more pullets out of my "good" hatch as backup breeders.

I don't currently sell live birds tho, just hatching eggs, which is opposite of what most serama breeders do. It’s better biosecurity and I also just don’t hatch enough to keep up with the pet market. And I’ve had people go on to breed pet quality birds they’ve gotten from me, rehome the very very ugly offspring, and say that they were my breeding

Keep in mind that I am breeding health first, temperament and type second. So I doubt anything you’d hatch from me would be a show winner, however they would still be good representations of the breed.

Also no guarantees on health, they’re a difficult breed and selecting for multiple traits at once is a slow slow process. I’m doing my best.

 

[TwoCrows]

I mean im kinda obvious but hi the lesbanise has entered im also active on tumblr

Hello, and welcome to this thread!

 

[KikiDeAnime]

I get mostly pet quality with maybe 20% I feel good about as breeders, less than that as showers. Just kind of how it works especially when you haven't been linebreeding for many generations. I ended up with 3/10 this year that I really truly like from my main pen (also ended up with about 15 more out of a trio that I ended up culling all of + the parents) but am going to keep a couple more pullets out of my "good" hatch as backup breeders.

I don't currently sell live birds tho, just hatching eggs, which is opposite of what most serama breeders do. It’s better biosecurity and I also just don’t hatch enough to keep up with the pet market. And I’ve had people go on to breed pet quality birds they’ve gotten from me, rehome the very very ugly offspring, and say that they were my breeding

Keep in mind that I am breeding health first, temperament and type second. So I doubt anything you’d hatch from me would be a show winner, however they would still be good representations of the breed.

Also no guarantees on health, they’re a difficult breed and selecting for multiple traits at once is a slow slow process. I’m doing my best.

As long as the bird hatches healthy with no issues, I honestly wouldn't mind a bird that won't ever win a show.
This is all good info

 

[KikiDeAnime]

Just want to say if anyone ever passes through Battle Ground, WA at any point in the future, I highly recommend checking out Rabbit Hole Eatery & Coffee.
Anything they don't sell by the time they close gets donated to the food bank. Everything is made by scratch.

 

[Echelontheory101]

Just wanted to drop in and say hi to everyone here!! I read through like the first 10 pages and then I realized there were almost 2,000 pages of this thread and was like I'll never be able to read through this one by one haha so I'm just going to introduce myself and say hi since there seems like there is a bunch of cool folks in here! I try to be an ally, feminist, homesteader etc but mostly just a servant to my cats and chickens that lives alone in the middle of the woods