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[sshavney]

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check with poco pollo thats where i got mine and they are gorgeous! the roo, Galahad is the sweetest roo! the others are still young- but you might check with her

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/24037_eeflock.jpg

Thank you, I will check with poco pollo. They are very nice looking!

 

[Sooner]

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What kind of chickens are these?

Traci

I wondered if the genetic's carried through to the next generation.


Traci I am not the best to explain but basically they have made the feathers where they are long & skinny so they are better for tying jigs......someone else will have a more technical explanation later.

 

[mjgigax]

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I always like to see your artwork in your avitar but the little chick is nice too; sweetest expression.

i just did some new photos of the babies- they are still so tiny!
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/24037_100_6268.jpg

They are irissistable!
My NN is 6 weeks old now and has the funniest bow tie. Got to get some pictures!

 

[mjgigax]

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A huge trend in Hair stlyes now is to put long saddle or hackle feathers in your hair. - not alot, (I just got a visual of a woman looking something like a polish!) just one or two. I have seen both Barred Rock and Creel in women's hair. Stylists put them in like hair extensions, hiding the quill near the scalp.
My hairstylist told me her friend's father has a farm in the Blanchard area and came to her friend one day with a handfull of feathers. He had heard of the trend. When she explained to him, "Not that kind of feathers", he answered "Poor chickens".

 

[tgperg]

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When I went looking for genetically enhanced chickens fly tying on google, that's the only article I could find, about the saddle feathers in hair styling.

Traci

 

[Cuban Longtails]

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What kind of chickens are these?

Traci

I wondered if the genetic's carried through to the next generation.


Traci I am not the best to explain but basically they have made the feathers where they are long & skinny so they are better for tying jigs......someone else will have a more technical explanation later.

They are a breed of chickens that have been selectively bred to grow very long hackle & saddle feathers used in fly tying & now hair extensions. "Genetic Hackles" http://stevenojai.tripod.com/genhack.htm

 

[tgperg]

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That's really interesting. I still don't know what breed they started with though!

Traci

 

[poultryand bees]

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That's really interesting. I still don't know what breed they started with though!

Traci

The rooster I saw looked like a HUGE golden maran - with gold and black crele style hackle and saddle feathers.

 

[Cuban Longtails]

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That's really interesting. I still don't know what breed they started with though!

Traci

The rooster I saw looked like a HUGE golden maran - with gold and black crele style hackle and saddle feathers.

Pretty Barnyard Chickens. Cockers call them "dunghills"

There was no specific breed, which is why they have no uniformity in shape, just feather type.

I've read a lot of pit game, barred rocks, probably even china game and phoenix were used.

 

[NanaKat]

Day started early in the pens at 6:30am Have a hormonal teen BR rooster that will get butchered later today....bad boy is pestering the hens during the heat of the day and was at it this morning. He is kicked out of the pen now with food and water available.

Yogurt turned out lovely and silky smooth Yummy with granola and honey this morning.

Blood sugar has been acting weird the past few nights.... too high this morning. Seeing the doctor on Tuesday... bet he chews me out for breaking the diabetic diet after he gets my H1ac test results back.