Michigan

[fuzzybutt love]

Fuzzy, lavender is actually a genetic color, also (although confusingly) called "self blue". As opposed to a pattern. To get lavender birds you have to start with birds carrying the lavender gene (lav, the recessive form, codes for lavender, while Lav, the dominant form, will not be lavender). Both parents must carry the recessive lav gene for the offspring to be lavender.

ok here's my limited understanding, probably wrong: Ok so i put my white and black roo with my brown and (blue) hen. According to the kippenger chicken calculator, all my hens will be black and white, and my roos will be brown and black. So then if i have one lav hen with my boy too, and then one lav roo for the new hens, and then between the 2 lines shouldn't they have some lavender? I know they should, but the problem is that lavender dilutes black, and red, and buff same as blue. Only color not supposed to is white, but mine's recessive white i think and not the silver i thought he was...

So my wondering is if i can use the white to repell the lav in some spots, then fill it in with red after the lav is in? My bird's color changed in adult molting, so the color is unstable... my hen is getting white in her head feathers, and my roo is now black with white,instead of white with black. Could the instability work for me in this case?

 

[taprock]

Has anyone figured out what the Public Message and Lists do on your profile page?
There was another thing I couldn't figure out but now I've forgot what it was

, I know it was on the profile page because that's what I've been messing with. Oh well.

 

[1muttsfan]

You may be mixing up the way the blue (Bl) and lavender (Lav) genes work. Blue dilutes black, but not other colors. Lav is a stand-alone gene. None of the offspring of a lavender (lav/lav) cross with a non-lav (Lav/Lav) bird would be lavender, as they would be Lav/lav, and you need 2 copies of lav to exhibit the lavender color. If you crossed their offspring, you would end up with 1/4 lavender birds (25% Lav/Lav, 50% Lav/lav - all of these would be non-lavender - and 25% lav/lav, which would be lavender, but would probably require heavy culling). It is a very complicated way to get lavender birds but it could be done over several generations.

 

[NovaAman]

I so do not know about chicken coloring. LOL. But then again, I am not breeding to get a certain color. I will worry about that later when I start breeding faverolles...

Ok, so I went and did my candling. Of the 7 eggs, 5 were developing. 2 had absolutely no development. Which I guess is good, cuz when I candled them, they looked pourous. They were the wyandottes eggs. SO, both of Buffy's eggs are growing well. Then the 2 cochins mutts and Asters eggs. The one egg of Buffys, is a little behind the other ones, but developing nicely. YEAH! I cracked open the other ones that were not doing anything to look, and doesn't even look like they were fertilized at all. Glad I didn't just leave it to nature! LOL. Those would have been some stinky eggs.

SO, as promised!! With out further ado...

 

[chicken grandma]

What a pretty hen Nova~ Really lovely!

 

[Chickmate]

Oh, Chickmate...I forgot to mention, I cannot be expected to follow you around the continent..so, you have to stay put.
ANNNDD- you have a macaw? No wonder why I am following you! I love them- dont like gettin bit by them when i have to trim their wings or beak, or nails, but I do indeed love them.
How old is your macaw? What kind do you have?

Oh Mom, I forgot! It must be getting pretty crowded back there behind me. I got another email this morning that mavimarzook355 is also following me on Twitter, along with about 12 other people. Aren't you all tripping all over each other? And the funny thing is, I never go anywhere! Well, except church and Kroger and TSC.

I have a Severe macaw named Merlin. I drove to Philadelphia one weekend 10 years ago and picked him up and had to hand feed him for about a month after I brought him home. Since they can live to be 80 years old I have a clause in my will that he goes to a reputable rescue with a $3000 tipend to care for him. He is quite a character but the only thing he ever says is "Wanna take a bath? Do you wanna take a baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaath? Wanna take a take a take a bath bath bath bath? Wanna wanna wanna take a bath bath bath?" He says it as many different ways as he can think of. Very funny. And he laughs in my voice. Very creepy.

Or you could just sign over the deed as a charitable contribution.

 

[Opa]

That sure is a pretty bird. There's a guy here in town I see from time to time with a bright blue one that rides on his shoulder everywhere he goes.

Chickmate, my folks also moved here from Missouri in 1946. They didn't ask me either but I probably wouldn't have answered them with any intelligible reply since I was less than a year old.

 

[Mom 2em All]

Oh Mom, I forgot! It must be getting pretty crowded back there behind me. I got another email this morning that mavimarzook355 is also following me on Twitter, along with about 12 other people. Aren't you all tripping all over each other? And the funny thing is, I never go anywhere! Well, except church and Kroger and TSC.

I have a Severe macaw named Merlin. I drove to Philadelphia one weekend 10 years ago and picked him up and had to hand feed him for about a month after I brought him home. Since they can live to be 80 years old I have a clause in my will that he goes to a reputable rescue with a $3000 tipend to care for him. He is quite a character but the only thing he ever says is "Wanna take a bath? Do you wanna take a baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaath? Wanna take a take a take a bath bath bath bath? Wanna wanna wanna take a bath bath bath?" He says it as many different ways as he can think of. Very funny. And he laughs in my voice. Very creepy.

He is beautiful! I have an African Grey, named Dino- and he is my feathered son. Cant imagine NOT having him. He talks all day long in my voice, and he changes to other family voices...some times he is so accurate. Heck, he answers me in my hubbys voice and vice versa more than we answer each other..lol.
His favorite thing to say is "Want some water?" whenever we are eating something and he wants some. Took me forever to figure out he is mooching a bite of food with that comment. His favorite noise is some gosh-awful high pitched sound though...over and over and over.,,makes the household crazy.

Twitter followers and BYC followers...must feel rather creepy to know someone is always following you around.watching your every move.

 

[Opa]

Anyone care for a cup of Folger's Black Silk? I spent part of yesterday trying to sort out my photos and smilies. For some neason not all made it through the transition to this new system. A couple of the welcome smilies that I really like and I wonder how many hours it will take to go back through all of last years Michigan thread posts in an attempt to retrieve them.

While I'm starting to feel a little more comfortable with the new system there are many features I don't understand. If you place your cursor over a member's name in their post a window opens giving you several options. If you right click on a choice such as view profile you can open it in another tab. Once there you can look at their photos. I just opened Taprocks and left a message on the Public Message screen. Not sure what that did but hopefully we'll find out.

 

[NovaAman]

What it means is, now if I go visit taps profile/page, I can read what you wrote her.

I'd love some coffee. But I want to have something spicy. Make my nose clear. Lol.