Schijndelaar

[JuliB]

Ordered from Greenfire and one of my free extra as is a Schijndelaar. From a quick glance on their website, they’re an ornamental long tailed blue/green egg layer. They’re also $99 per straight run chick, so I don’t see myself ordering a pen of them. Anyone have experience? If it’s a pullet, I guess it will be the most expensive layer in my general production pen, making the occasional Easter Egger, if it’s a cockerel, I may play around a bit to see if I can produce some pretty long tailed EEs.

anyone actually have these? Wondering about personality, genetics, (dominant or recessive white), or have any info on the genetics of the long tails in general?

who knows. Maybe I will be wowed by then and end up breaking down and building a pen of my own.

 

[NatJ]

any info on the genetics of the long tails in general?

Google turned this up: https://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGK/Longtail/ReederLongtailGenetics.html

If I'm reading that correctly, there's a dominant gene that makes the tail keep growing, instead of stoping at a cerain length. There's a different gene that keeps the tail from moulting, so it keeps getting longer every year (that's how people get 10-foot tails on some birds), but based on Greenfire Farms description, I'm guessing the Schijndelaar doesn't have that.

I can't tell whether the Schijndelaar actually has any "longtail" genes, or just has a longer-than-average tail, rather like how some Leghorns have fairly long tails.

 

[lisavhaar]

I also got one Schijndelaar from Greenfire Farms. Mine is only one month old so I don't know the sex yet. Did yours turn out to be a hen or a roo?

 

[eggspecto_patronum]

My two little ones. I'm hoping for a roo- left and hen- right

 

[Newyorkrita]

My two little ones. I'm hoping for a roo- left and hen- right View attachment 2527751

Hope that works out for you.

I did notice those longish tails at the pictures at GreenFire Farms. I thought the birds were striking.

 

[simonerol]

Ordered from Greenfire and one of my free extra as is a Schijndelaar. From a quick glance on their website, they’re an ornamental long tailed blue/green egg layer. They’re also $99 per straight run chick, so I don’t see myself ordering a pen of them. Anyone have experience? If it’s a pullet, I guess it will be the most expensive layer in my general production pen, making the occasional Easter Egger, if it’s a cockerel, I may play around a bit to see if I can produce some pretty long tailed EEs.

anyone actually have these? Wondering about personality, genetics, (dominant or recessive white), or have any info on the genetics of the long tails in general?

who knows. Maybe I will be wowed by then and end up breaking down and building a pen of my own.

 

[simonerol]

Ordered from Greenfire and one of my free extra as is a Schijndelaar. From a quick glance on their website, they’re an ornamental long tailed blue/green egg layer. They’re also $99 per straight run chick, so I don’t see myself ordering a pen of them. Anyone have experience? If it’s a pullet, I guess it will be the most expensive layer in my general production pen, making the occasional Easter Egger, if it’s a cockerel, I may play around a bit to see if I can produce some pretty long tailed EEs.

anyone actually have these? Wondering about personality, genetics, (dominant or recessive white), or have any info on the genetics of the long tails in general?

who knows. Maybe I will be wowed by then and end up breaking down and building a pen of my own.

I will have them. I have 2 spare roosters $30 each, can ship npip

 

[spruett386]

These are my trio of Schijndelaars. A friend of mine has a flock she got from Greenfire and she gave me some hatching eggs. My little cockerel, was attacked by something as a chick and we had to nurse his wounds. I didn't think he would make it but he's turned out just dandy. We named him Tiny Tim. He's my second fave next to my sweet little Orp who hatched him. Just the best personality. He has a pea comb which is good. Apparently, my friend's flock from Greenfire has a mix of pea and single combs in the hens and her roo. The roo these chicks came from actually wound up with a single comb.

Then there are the two pullets. Onion and Garlic. Onion has a fine, poofy crest but has a single comb (flaw). She's a pretty sweet girl. Garlic, has a smallish crest right now but has a pea comb which I am happy to see. At least I can tell the two girls apart.

My pullet, Onion

Both pullets, Garlic rear and Onion in front

Cockerel, Tiny Tim

I'll share pics again when they get bigger. I did have a second, older cockerel but he wasn't near as sweet as Tim.

(Onion, once again)

Tim being a sweet boy snake-necking. Lol