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[NoelleBell31]

Hey everyone. I live in Gilbertsville bordering montgomery and berks county. and I am looking to fill our new run with sand. My research suggest river and or concrete sand. Any reccomendations on where to get it and cost of a 16 x 16 foot run? Thanks!

 

[dheltzel]

Genetics, now they confuse the ### out of me.
The bantam Cochin are hatching mostly black, that pen is the mille fleur ( need to talk to blarney to get the background on them) and the one Wheaton rooster...so can I assume that Wheaton over mille fleur will throw black.

I am very interested in this also, especially since I have some of those eggs from you. I have never hatch MF chicks of any kind, I'm not sure of the genetic makeup of the MF color. I will research this and get back to you because I'd like to know what to expect when my cochin chicks hatch.

Are they pure black or with white undersides? Any white head spots? Are their flight feathers coming in all black or with white or buff markings?

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: Sally I do a lot of ducks and they got messy till we put them in a rabbit cage with a small priority mail box used for a dry area, this is easily changed and the mess drops to the pan below
you brood them outside?

 

[chiques chicks]

Hey everyone. I live in Gilbertsville bordering montgomery and berks county. and I am looking to fill our new run with sand. My research suggest river and or concrete sand. Any reccomendations on where to get it and cost of a 16 x 16 foot run? Thanks!

No idea how much you'll need, but find a local brick and masonry sales yard. They'll have masonry sand by weight and deliver, probably for a small fee. I think that sand would work, although I've never used sand. Others here swear by it.

And welcome!

Edit to add: an online calculator says 900 lbs will cover it just over 4 inches deep. I do not know from experience.

 

[wingstone]

Genetics, now they confuse the ### out of me.

The bantam Cochin are hatching mostly black, that pen is the mille fleur ( need to talk to blarney to get the background on them) and the one Wheaton rooster...so can I assume that Wheaton over mille fleur will throw black.

I am very interested in this also, especially since I have some of those eggs from you. I have never hatch MF chicks of any kind, I'm not sure of the genetic makeup of the MF color. I will research this and get back to you because I'd like to know what to expect when my cochin chicks hatch.

Are they pure black or with white undersides? Any white head spots? Are their flight feathers coming in all black or with white or buff markings?

Black with yellow undersides and the very ends going down the feet have some yellow color,
So far they either hatch like that or a solid yellow.

But if I remember correctly, the mille fleur had mostly yellow as chicks

 

[LittleMissPurdy]

Did you ever play the card game Spades (a simplified version of Bridge)? Genetics are like Spades where their are genes that function like the Spade cards that can trump any other suit. In color genetics that would equate to Dominant White. Then their are genes like the Diamond cards which can trump anything but a Spade. Then their are the Hearts which can can trump the Clubs. And poor recessive Clubs just doesn't get to show unless it it the only cards on the table.

Now this is a loose analogy. It doesn't explain co-dominance where two equally dominant genes express simultaneously. If you were to force a Spades analogy then these genes would be Hearts. I have found that a familiar Loose Analogy is sometimes a good framework to start an understanding of a subject and you just catalog the differences in the Analogy to the Reality of the situation.

great analogy!...keeps it simplified

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[wingstone]

Does anybody know if ducklings would be able to drink and eat from these

ducks are a mess, this is what we do to keep the mess to a min..... scroll to the waterers and feeders section https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/duckling-care-brooder-ideas

Sally I do a lot of ducks and they got messy till we put them in a rabbit cage with a small priority mail box used for a dry area, this is easily changed and the mess drops to the pan below

you brood them outside?

I start them in the basement for 2 weeks in a rabbit cage with a light hung over it, then they move to a brooder in the barn with the same set up for awhile.. Ducks seem to like it a little colder than chicks so I take that into consideration when placing the light

 

[Penny Hen]

great analogy!...keeps it simplified

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There are many skills being lost because our children are not taught some of the basic games that we grew up on. (I grew up in the '70s.) I played Bridge with my great aunt and uncle. I played Spades with my friends. I worked jigsaw puzzles with my mother and aunt. I played the sliding squares puzzles and later Rubik's cube which took the concept to 3D. I learned half of the Cat's Cradle string game.

It continues to amaze me how many of my interests in science have analogies in children's games. It leads me to conclude that games and science are closely related and that the key is to hold onto the wonder of exploration that we all had when small. Not to be frustrated by a mystery, but intrigued. The thrill of learning a new game, not the worry of how well we will perform in it.

 

[3riverschick]

that teaching technique is Japanese by my understanding .....VS
memorizing the multiplication tables....its is supposed to make
multiplying large number more easy....my two cents

Go straight to cyber school. Do not pass Go, do not collect ulcer.

 

[dheltzel]

Black with yellow undersides and the very ends going down the feet have some yellow color,
So far they either hatch like that or a solid yellow.

But if I remember correctly, the mille fleur had mostly yellow as chicks

Wheaten is the classic "yellow down" chick. White birds also of course. I'll have to try to look this up, but I expect MF is also wheaten based, probably with mottled genes and mahogany to darken the buff of wheaten.
I think Mottled is recessive, so all the chicks from the wheaten roo will probably not show any MFpatterns.

Do you have only the wheaten roo, or a MF roo also?