New Blue Laced Red Wyandotte Flock

[chickenlittle32]

I think "mossy" is the texture of the feather...rough...stringy....but of course I could be totally wrong...lol

 

[hoppy]

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I thought "mossy" was smudgy, less defined coloring, it's usually on the breast feathers.

 

[chickenlittle32]

Like I said...I could be wrong...lol Thanks Hoppy...mossy also means smut then.....

 

[big medicine]

I understand mossy backed to have too much color in the interior of the feathers on the back. Ideally would be a clean interior with a thick edge of color. I have read on some overseas forums where they talk more openly about double mating that mossy backed hens are preferred in cockerel breeding pens for silver laced wyandottes.

 

[maryk117]

Been lurking here. Some great info available. I posted in another forum about some of the BLRW that I purchased. Take a look an feel free to comment if you like

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=350252

 

[NYREDS]

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I thought "mossy" was smudgy, less defined coloring, it's usually on the breast feathers.

And you were right.

 

[dak]

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I thought "mossy" was smudgy, less defined coloring, it's usually on the breast feathers.

And you were right.

Thanks for clarifying the terminology.

dak

 

[bishopschickens]

I know it has been a while but here is a small update with one of my 2 favorite hens. We ended up keeping 2 roos and 7 hens out of 28 total we started with. Our favorite roo we were raising passed away several weeks ago during the extreme heat we had here. Highs several days reached 108 with high humidity and was horrible.

Brandon

 

[colby318]

Several of us have lost birds to the heat this year. I lost several of my good hens to a racoon...

 

[Camelot Farms]

Brandon, are yours Standards or Bantams?

I cant remember.