Red Laced Cornish X and project talk (pics p. 8)

[KatyTheChickenLady]

rumpless will have no TAIL at all . . . is the bird in question an EE? they can often appear rumpless until you feel for that tailbone, I have never had a truly rumpless bird (they are quite rare) but the tail feathers do eventually grow in on the imposters.

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

It has no tail at all and I don't see an oil gland. And it's one of yours Katy! Maybe it just hasn't grown in or something, but it doesn't look like any other tail feather-less chicken I've ever seen. It even has a sort of bunny walk. Also it's JUST as stocky but about half the size of the other ones!

 

[SteveH]

Looks like my BLRC are going to run into the 22nd day to hatch, so I candled my mixed lavender Orpington eggs and had 7 of 11 to add to the hatcher. I do have 2 BLRCs out now and a second white; and they're large hatchlings.

I even saw the one that the old fool, who runs my hatcher on the night shift, goofed up on is still alive. Thinking they might all be dead, I........................ er......................... he float tested one last night. Seeing no movement, I..................... he........................ will I guess it was me

................ decided to open it up at the top. There was a perfectly developed, live chick sleeping in there. It still had not pipped internally, and wasn't even shrink wrapped; so I wet a paper towel, covered the now open top, and put it back. One of the hatchlings knocked the now dry towel off, and I could see it has now pipped the membrane and is breathing. I wet the towel and covered it again. If it lives, it doesn't have to pip and zip the shell; it can just stand up and shove the towel out of the way.

 

[knjinnm]

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Please post some pictures of the chick. If it's truly tailless ... that's one long throwback.
Joe

 

[SteveH]

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Whether you all it a birth defect or mutation................ it occurs in a small percentage of chickens. Some find it unusual enough to be attractive, and since it's a flaw that occured in the genetic code, it's breedable. Araucanas have both that and the tufts intentionally bred into them, the tufts being a more serious genetic disorder as they can be fatal to the chicks when homozygous {pure} for them, and they die in the shell before hatching........................ not a great thing for someone trying to breed food for their table IMHO.

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

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Whether you all it a birth defect or mutation................ it occurs in a small percentage of chickens. Some find it unusual enough to be attractive, and since it's a flaw that occured in the genetic code, it's breedable. Araucanas have both that and the tufts intentionally bred into them, the tufts being a more serious genetic disorder as they can be fatal to the chicks when homozygous {pure} for them, and they die in the shell before hatching........................ not a great thing for someone trying to breed food for their table IMHO.

Unless you want chicken Balut!

J/k!

 

[SteveH]

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Whether you all it a birth defect or mutation................ it occurs in a small percentage of chickens. Some find it unusual enough to be attractive, and since it's a flaw that occured in the genetic code, it's breedable. Araucanas have both that and the tufts intentionally bred into them, the tufts being a more serious genetic disorder as they can be fatal to the chicks when homozygous {pure} for them, and they die in the shell before hatching........................ not a great thing for someone trying to breed food for their table IMHO.

Unless you want chicken Balut!

J/k!

 

[KatyTheChickenLady]

go steve and that maternal instinct!

WMR . . . what??? no way . . . really??? maybe it got stuck in the shell or something

. . . pic please

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

K I'll get one tomorrow you guys can tell me what you think. I'm voting for Bantam Rumpless Idaho Red Ranger.

 

[SteveH]

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Nah; Katy slips an EE egg in every shipment just for grins and giggles.