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[TipihlowLadies]

Oh I thought a doxy or doxy mix

you may be right I can see it now very easy to train corgi.s have bigger heads

 

[bardies]

I've been told that a good trick, for snakes, is to plant a few golf balls around. The snake eats the golf ball, obviously can't digest it, then can't get back through the fence, because of his engorged digestive tract.
Same fellow (has a small chicken farm of 20K chickens, near me) tells me that turkeys are great to have around, as they will eat the snakes. I'm new at it, so I don't have any experience with them, yet. But, I have turkeys and chicks, and am happy to go by the golf course, and get a few strays.

ugh, sorry, but sounds like a horrible way to die. I will kill a snake if it an it or mine thing (and have).... but in general - I'd take the snake over all the mice an other nasties it would be eating. On the other hand, my main coop is snake proof. Now that I have outside runs that might not be...I might be singing a different tune later on.

 

[TipihlowLadies]

X2. Kass is right, although you might get a few light olive layers on the first cross it just depends on what exact egg genetics the Marans roo carries and how they are passed on. There are something like 15 different "brown egg genes" and Marans darken their eggs by "stacking up" multiple brown genes. It's hard to tell unless the rooster came from your own flock which exact genes he may be carrying.


X2 I was thinking doxy mix.

what will happen with ee roo on ee hens, thanks for info. he has huge feet and short fat legs like my cow dog no matter he has a home now I do wish I could catch the person that turns pups out in the wild helpless no then I would lose my freedom.

 

[lonnyandrinda]

what will happen with ee roo on ee hens, thanks for info. he has huge feet and short fat legs like my cow dog no matter he has a home now I do wish I could catch the person that turns pups out in the wild helpless no then I would lose my freedom.

It just depends on the genetics of your ees. EEs are mixed breed, usually with at least one blue egg gene. Genetically if the bird has two blue egg genes, OO, every chick gets a blue egg gene O and will lay blue or green eggs (if it is a girl). If the bird has only one blue egg gene, Oo, and is bred to a non-blue egg parent with oo, then half the babies get O and lay blue/green/olive and the other half get an o and will lay white or brown depending on the other parent. If neither parent has the blue egg gene none of the chicks will get one, they will all be oo. But EEs are so varied genetically unless you know your flock very well there is no way to predict what the exact genetics are.

In the chart below Mendel was testing pea pod color using a dominant gene G and recessive gene g. The same concept applies with blue egg gene, O is blue and o is non-blue. GENOTYPE is what genetics they carry, PHENOTYPE is what you SEE- what is expressed. OO and Oo will both lay blue eggs with no visible difference in the egg color. Only by test mating and growing out the chicks to point of lay can you determine if your original hens are OO or Oo. If they do not lay blue eggs there is no blue gene, they are oo.



The parents are on the top and left, Gg and Gg, the possible offspring are in the squares. If you hatched enough chicks from Oo parent X Oo parent you would get 25% OO, 50% Oo, and 25% oo just like with the peas.

 

[TipihlowLadies]

It just depends on the genetics of your ees. EEs are mixed breed, usually with at least one blue egg gene. Genetically if the bird has two blue egg genes, OO, every chick gets a blue egg gene O and will lay blue or green eggs (if it is a girl). If the bird has only one blue egg gene, Oo, and is bred to a non-blue egg parent with oo, then half the babies get O and lay blue/green/olive and the other half get an o and will lay white or brown depending on the other parent. If neither parent has the blue egg gene none of the chicks will get one, they will all be oo. But EEs are so varied genetically unless you know your flock very well there is no way to predict what the exact genetics are.

In the chart below Mendel was testing pea pod color using a dominant gene G and recessive gene g. The same concept applies with blue egg gene, O is blue and o is non-blue. GENOTYPE is what genetics they carry, PHENOTYPE is what you SEE- what is expressed. OO and Oo will both lay blue eggs with no visible difference in the egg color. Only by test mating and growing out the chicks to point of lay can you determine if your original hens are OO or Oo. If they do not lay blue eggs there is no blue gene, they are oo.



The parents are on the top and left, Gg and Gg, the possible offspring are in the squares. If you hatched enough chicks from Oo parent X Oo parent you would get 25% OO, 50% Oo, and 25% oo just like with the peas.

thank you for the diagram that helps greatly for me seeing is easier for me. So a lot like breeding my appaloosas

 

[Kassaundra]

I thought about adding peat moss to my bedding. I thought I read others on BYC using it but it's been awhile since I read into it.

Be careful about how you use peat moss, it is a nonrenewable resource.

 

[Kassaundra]

It just depends on the genetics of your ees. EEs are mixed breed, usually with at least one blue egg gene. Genetically if the bird has two blue egg genes, OO, every chick gets a blue egg gene O and will lay blue or green eggs (if it is a girl). If the bird has only one blue egg gene, Oo, and is bred to a non-blue egg parent with oo, then half the babies get O and lay blue/green/olive and the other half get an o and will lay white or brown depending on the other parent. If neither parent has the blue egg gene none of the chicks will get one, they will all be oo. But EEs are so varied genetically unless you know your flock very well there is no way to predict what the exact genetics are.

In the chart below Mendel was testing pea pod color using a dominant gene G and recessive gene g. The same concept applies with blue egg gene, O is blue and o is non-blue. GENOTYPE is what genetics they carry, PHENOTYPE is what you SEE- what is expressed. OO and Oo will both lay blue eggs with no visible difference in the egg color. Only by test mating and growing out the chicks to point of lay can you determine if your original hens are OO or Oo. If they do not lay blue eggs there is no blue gene, they are oo.



The parents are on the top and left, Gg and Gg, the possible offspring are in the squares. If you hatched enough chicks from Oo parent X Oo parent you would get 25% OO, 50% Oo, and 25% oo just like with the peas.

I just had a high school flashback!!!!!!!

 

[TipihlowLadies]

ugh, sorry, but sounds like a horrible way to die. I will kill a snake if it an it or mine thing (and have).... but in general - I'd take the snake over all the mice an other nasties it would be eating. On the other hand, my main coop is snake proof. Now that I have outside runs that might not be...I might be singing a different tune later on.

mothballs will kill snakes. when I lived in ark. we had copperheads really bad you could not go outside at night without a shovel and a light so my grandmother told me to put mothballs under the porch. So I did and the next few days I would find dead snakes just all dried up . Idid this four or five times the snakes disappeared.

 

[Ksane]

Is the Blanchard auction still on 2nd and 4th Saturdays?

Yes, as far as I know, Brandy. I've not heard that they cancelled it. I know they sell a a lot of "junk" at that auction, but I sure like the people that work there. Friendliest group I ever met ruuning an auction.

I don't see any corgi in the pup either. How old is it and how much does it weigh? It could be something like a Doberman mix.

 

[lonnyandrinda]

FYI Coweta auction is back to 6 PM 3rd Friday of the month, which would be May 16 this month.