What!!!! You love the under dog, Amy! I wouldn't turn my back on a chicken lookin like that for a second! No way!Oh wow...
You'd think friends of my brother would have better taste
I'm just picking at you because you were talking about the red combs. Doesn't hurt my feelings at all, I know they are pet quality.
Mine still look better than those, though.
And shocker, I totally disagree with Amy. That last one is hideous. No wonder they don't like BYC. They probably asked Don what he thought of them
My first birds were Cream Legbars and I drove down to San DIego and paid $30 each since my coop wasn't legal and did NOT want to have a chance of roosters in suburbia. Peace of mind was worth every penny.
Yup, definitely happening here!
You are wise. I would rather drive for a few hours than have a hatchery grade bird for years.
And shocker, I totally disagree with Amy. That last one is hideous. No wonder they don't like BYC. They probably asked Don what he thought of them
I am. It's true. He looks friendly-ish....lol Mind you I'd never pay for a chicken that looked like him, but I'd give him a home if he needed one...lol He might have the best personality. You never know.I know how you feel. I believe that I have 6/7 boys from my last hatch! I have to get some pics, so SC can take a guess. Someone just wrote me back about call duck hatching eggs!! But I'm not crazy about the colors she has but at least I have a back up connection, if all else fails! And she warned me they are hard to hatch...I told her my friends will be helping me.
What!!!! You love the under dog, Amy! I wouldn't turn my back on a chicken lookin like that for a second! No way!
No, those are not your brothers friends. They have really nice silkies. The rest of them in the area are like that link above...I'm sorry but those are some ugly birds.
Maybe he's just confusedSo I think the 4 pics I posted may have been the same boy.
I just bent down to pick this one up and she squatted for me. Never has happened before. So now do I have one and one???
I'm sorry guys. Thanks for the help though.
Still large wattles and tail streamers... Ugh!
My brother would like it. Can't say why. It's in your last ovation
All of that blue in the earlobe is a sign as wellSo I think the 4 pics I posted may have been the same boy.
I just bent down to pick this one up and she squatted for me. Never has happened before. So now do I have one and one???
I'm sorry guys. Thanks for the help though.
Still large wattles and tail streamers... Ugh!
A silkie or a tomato??
I read a similar if not the same study, and wish I could lay my hand on it. They took eggs, incubated them until they could tell if they were viable under high lumen candling (I think day 3 - 4). Then they removed that batch, threw out the duds, and held them while they repeated the process with the next batch. After candling the second batch, both batches were combined and went on to hatch after 21 days of incubation. I'd love to find that study, and do a repeat with my own eggs. It would allow you to hatch a full bator full with less than optimal eggs by combining 2 clutches. Or, if you had one batch of eggs, and had to wait a few days for the second batch to arrive... or... just b/c you're a "what if" type of person!
You are wise. I would rather drive for a few hours than have a hatchery grade bird for years.
Why do you think they can get away with it Don?
Is it possible they are starting to develop early and kind of pause while the hen is off during the day? It seems like I read a study that a big meat bird hatchery did where they tried that, but I can't remember what the results were.
