Making Lemonade [Selective Culling Project - very long term]

[JacinLarkwell]

Morning shot of a semi-succesful effort in advancing the project, puffed out in the weather (37, light wind), standing on one of the feeders. That plastic gutter has been in use as a trough for about 15 months now. Stays pretty clean.

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Lovely

 

[Solanacae]

Morning shot of a semi-succesful effort in advancing the project, puffed out in the weather (37, light wind), standing on one of the feeders. That plastic gutter has been in use as a trough for about 15 months now. Stays pretty clean.

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Not saying you’re a terrible photographer or anything, but I’d love to see a clearer picture of what the patterning on the breast and back look like.
She’s got a pea comb, it looks like? Brahma influence but no feathers on the legs? Those are the colors you’re looking for, right?

 

[U_Stormcrow]

Not saying you’re a terrible photographer or anything, but I’d love to see a clearer picture of what the patterning on the breast and back look like.
She’s got a pea comb, it looks like? Brahma influence but no feathers on the legs? Those are the colors you’re looking for, right?

I AM a terrible photographer, that's a cheap cell phone as camera (an S-10 I think? that I kept when I upgraded several years ago), and I was 3x digital zoom. I'm just happy you can tell its a chicken.

Yes, those are the colors I'm looking for (though too dark, it makes the pattern very "muddy"). I want more red/gold than black/brown. and more comb, to help with the heat. But the patterning looks good.

 

[Solanacae]

I AM a terrible photographer, that's a cheap cell phone as camera (an S-10 I think? that I kept when I upgraded several years ago), and I was 3x digital zoom. I'm just happy you can tell its a chicken.

Yes, those are the colors I'm looking for (though too dark, it makes the pattern very "muddy"). I want more red/gold than black/brown. and more comb, to help with the heat. But the patterning looks good.

Yes, it is definitely a chicken!

Is the pattern pencilled like a Brahma, then?

 

[JacinLarkwell]

She's still youngish looking. I've got a pullet with a similar comb size, but it should get at least a bit larger when she decides to start laying

 

[U_Stormcrow]

Yes, it is definitely a chicken!

Is the pattern pencilled like a Brahma, then?

Its half way between an SLW and a DB, to me - like the one funny white bird I've got with mixed markings - though less obvious because the top is so dark. But I've not closely inspected and could be completely wrong. None of my birds "come to hand", that's not the way I raise them. Mostly, a bird in my hand is being introduced to a SHARP! knife. Which is my next project for the day, after I start up the crock pot.

/edit see below - the bird came to check things out while I was setting up the culling station, and permitted me to hold it for (bad) photos. I no longer thing there is any Brahma in it, after further inspection.

 

[U_Stormcrow]

Better photos

 

[U_Stormcrow]

That's got to be all SLW on the hen side, with the black becoming red, and the white becoming black, due to Pretty Boys' E gene, right???

 

[Auntiejessi3]

Better photos
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She's pretty

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

That's got to be all SLW on the hen side, with the black becoming red, and the white becoming black, due to Pretty Boys' E gene, right???

The white would be becoming red, SLWs have a different gene than dominant white- silver. I definitely see columbian influence in this pullet.