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

[SteveH]

Pepper, Al, or others,
Any guess on the ages of these DCs? [They still have some whisps of down behind their eyes, and some "chick color" left on their wing tips, so have to be pretty young.]

 

[SteveH]

A blue laced red[?] cockeral and white crop out pullet from Big Medicine's project, 10 weeks old..

a close up of the single lace color

Please excuse the rapid snapshots posted today, heat index of 109, and I went out sockless in tennies and brushed a prickly pear with my ankle, so was not in a mood to wait for good poses.

[For those that didn't know, we do have cactus growing here in IL]

 

[al6517]

I can't get a good idea of their size for lack of anything to contrast it to, but they look to be late teens, their type seem Ok for young birds, good legs on them Steve. The crop out white should be a feather in your cap, you better keep it safe and healthy or else I'll come up there and give you a shelacin

. the feather lacing is hard to see or lack of on the dark. Are those some you hatched recently ?? We haven't seen them before have we??. I like the head on the white, nice wide brow and flat topped which is good, it does however look to be not as tight in the feather is there a reason for that or could it be attributed to the crosses used in getting Gary's BLR.

 

[Totalcolour]

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Those are some nice looking birds Steve - I'm trying hard not to be envious - sigh! So, after all the losses to the buffalo gnats, how many are you back up to?

TC

 

[Totalcolour]

Just came in from feeding - lost a nice young Speckled Sussex, not long dead either, and one Ameraucana has symptoms. That's six so far. And, I was looking up this medication on the web, and the FDA banned it for use in Poultry in 2005 - apparently causes resistant strains of bacteria, so I'm going to discontinue use. The hen is doing good though - but, don't want to add to any future problems.

Hoping to hear from the State vet tomorrow.

Going to go and have a very stiff Gin and tonic minus the gin

Night All!

 

[SteveH]

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I got 12 juvies and a baby chick with the DC hens from Sharon M.'s stock. By the way, she is now sold out and done breeding.

The chicks I hatched from Gary's project have a W Cornish X SL Cochin ancestor, then Bramah and Wyandotte added before a crop out Cornishy male was put over some Lewis Strait WCs, which started his Cornish projects. I'm actually a bit amazed at the tighter, harder feathering of the 3 laced chicks, and while the three whites have softer looking feathers, they could have easily thrown back to be fluff balls.

I've got two more whites I believe to be cockerals and better than the white pullet, but not wanting to show my full hand quite yet.

 

[SteveH]

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ETA: not sure on a head count, but more than i had before

 

[al6517]

I have never known Sharon to stop breeding, I could only hope it's temporary or was it just for the season, I will see her at crossroads and again at Shawnee.

 

[SteveH]

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Maybe you will see her, but she told me on the phone she had changed jobs, and sold out. Told me where the last of her flock went and suggested I go there. I did, and came home with all he had gotten from her except one hen and two juvies he would not part with; though he had lost some to a dog and thought a fox was still picking them off as they free ranged during the day.

 

[al6517]

Well I do know she changed jobs and was looking for a place closer to keep her birds but that's the last I heard of her. She hasn't e-mailed in awhile.