*** OKIES in the BYC ***

[sjarvis00]

I had to poke fun at everyone.. They are different and she really doesn't look bad. I just can't get used to the NN.

 

[GotGame]

I was wanting to put her under a good spangled old english cock, see if I could get some spangled NN but decided that would be next thing to sacrilegious...

 

[sjarvis00]

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You wouldn't have to be concerned with hackle color being too light or dark.. Just a thought.

 

[GotGame]

thats a fact...oh well, we will never know now...I am lookin around to see if I can find any good mottled hens that I can run under my spangled cockbird, maybe get a little more tail spread...what do genes mottled look like?

 

[sjarvis00]

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I'd wait and look around a little more, there are better ones out there.

 

[GotGame]

ok, im not in a hurry, I have some pretty decent spangles to start with...do you find that the rooster or the hen contributes to the tail spread and tail carriage more? Or is it just a crap shoot

 

[sjarvis00]

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For male lines you want good tail carriage in both sexes, for hen lines you want a high tail carriage in the male. For tail spread you will find it closely related to carriage, if teh brood cock has high tail carriage you get better tail spread in the offspring but when possible use well spread breeders.

 

[GotGame]

ok, both males have good tail spread, and a couple of the hens have pretty good tail spread, the others are not pinched but could be wider...I think I am gonna just go with what I have and selectively replace my breeders when I get improvement...

 

[artsyrobin]

hi guys- how ya all doing? i am spitting nails right now- barny, my sweet brahma roo that i have bragged about flogged me! the BRAT!!

ok, now on the neat side is those awesome shots of my nn that kassaundra is holding for me!! WOOHOO!!

 

[GotGame]

lol, ask sjarvis about the langshan rooster they used to have