Minorca thread!

[danhonour]

In bantams it is good for early maturity slows or stops growth.In large Minorcas they may start laying by 5-6 mos. but they continue to add muscle and weight for another 6 months or more. Egg size gradually gets bigger into the second season.

 

[Coveny]

Weekly update

 

[SanderB]

You got rid of the roosters? Sad, would have been amazing to have seen a Buff Minorca rooster. Sadly in Europe they don´t exist any more.

 

[Coveny]

Ya. Sorry but I don't have a lot of room for them. I almost picked one and kept just him, but I don't really know what to look for because I'm new to raising chickens. Maybe in a year or two I'll want to expand and I'll get some more chicks and then I'll keep some roosters.

 

[Coveny]

Weekly chicken update. I'm a bit unhappy they are showing signs that that aren't within the breed. One has black dots on her tail, and one has yellow legs. I didn't intend to show them or anything, but I'm a bit unhappy with Murry McMurry on the whole deal.

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

My McMurray Minorcas are nice...all 8 of them have white legs and no smut in the feathers...just buff (but I haven't looked extremely closely...edited to add I am watching your video now and that amount that you showed with the camera I may not have noticed in mine...will look tomorrow at mine).

Once I got a Buff Orpington (don't remember which hatchery) with yellow legs (Buff Rock most likely). I think sometimes the genetics just pop out a certain way...not sure- or maybe it was a Buff Rock after all.

Your chickens are beauties...I would be proud of them Coveny!!!!

 

[WyandotteTX]

Buff breeds will occasionally have black feathers or specks show up in their plumage at times. Dan is the Buff expert on this though.

 

[CRAJ]

My Buffs from Sandhill have some black feathers in their tails. I haven't found this with my McMurray stock. I think the black feathers will be lost with their first molt though.

I received a large, Buff chick (supposedly a Buff Minorca) from Sandhill that has large and wide yellow legs/feet. It also has a rose comb...if this is really from the breeding pen we can only imagine how the genetics came through?

 

[CRAJ]

Coveny, there may have been an infusion of Buff Leghorn blood in to the breeding flock at some point...that may account for the yellow legs. It is quite noticeable. Interesting....

 

[SanderB]

The yellow legged one is probably a buff Leghorn.
They are looking good.