She said/He said Who's right? Who's wrong? No one!

[meganhundley]

I was gonna say....it's an Italian breed of Mastiff, but Megan already did....lol  Powerful dogs. Muscular. They are supposed to be even tempered though.

Newfies are beautiful! The feed company that was beside the place we lived in for 22 years had a big beautiful newfie named Belle that would often come to the store with the son that worked there. Then I didn't see her for a while so I asked where she was and she had gotten out on the road and got hit. So sad!

Yea, as long as you socialize them properly they are really good dogs. Very protective. But that's most dogs, you have to socialize them.

 

[WVduckchick]

So I just saw one of my lavender orpington roosters grab the back of the neck of one of my white silkies. She didn't submit to him, but he was trying! First time I've seen him go after any of the girls.
Wonder what that mix would look like??

 

[AmyLynn2374]

So I just saw one of my lavender orpington roosters grab the back of the neck of one of my white silkies. She didn't submit to him, but he was trying! First time I've seen him go after any of the girls.
Wonder what that mix would look like??

Bet it'd be pretty!

 

[meganhundley]

Bet it'd be pretty!

1 of my Nankin roos does that all the time but he's always facing the wrong direction. I think he's just hateful. He stands in front of them and grabs them by the back of their necks and pins their heads down. He gives no warning either, 1 minute he's standing there just as handsome and sweet as can be, then he'll do that and then he'll go back to looking all sweet and pretty and then he'll look me right in my eye like he's looking for approval of what he just did.

ETA: Sorry, I meant to quote WV

 

[WVduckchick]

Bet it'd be pretty!

I hope someone will know if the silkie feathers and/or lavender color would carry over. They both already have really dark gray legs.

 

[WVduckchick]

1 of my Nankin roos does that all the time but he's always facing the wrong direction. I think he's just hateful. He stands in front of them and grabs them by the back of their necks and pins their heads down. He gives no warning either, 1 minute he's standing there just as handsome and sweet as can be, then he'll do that and then he'll go back to looking all sweet and pretty and then he'll look me right in my eye like he's looking for approval of what he just did.

ETA: Sorry, I meant to quote WV

Lol well he was definitely trying to get on her. She just ran out from under him

 

[meganhundley]

I wish this 1 would do his job. It seems he'd rather sit with me than the hens. I think it's sweet that he likes me so much but I'd also really like some eggs that he's fertilized to hatch sooner or later!! The other roo has figured out his job and does it pretty well from what I can tell, he stays on the full "8 seconds", lol, but this guy seems to want nothing to do with the girls. He'd rather sit and stare at me.

 

[CaseyV]

I hope someone will know if the silkie feathers and/or lavender color would carry over. They both already have really dark gray legs.

@RavynFallen would probably know, shes pretty skilled in chicken genetics.

 

[Ravynscroft]

@RavynFallen
would probably know, shes pretty skilled in chicken genetics.

Thanks for the confidence vote, but I only know enough to get me in trouble, lol... but I do know Lavender and Silkies...

I hope someone will know if the silkie feathers and/or lavender color would carry over. They both already have really dark gray legs.

Couple of issues there... it's more successful to breed a bantam roo over a standard hen as the chick will usually grow too big for a bantam egg... also, most white (especially in Silkies) is recessive so breeding other colors to it is very unpredictable... you also only want to use black to mix in with Lavender as it breeds in and out well without leakage issues or surprise colors popping up... and Lavender color will only express if 2 copies are present in the bird... this is why I only use black splits in breeding my Lavs as the splits are carrying 1 copy of Lav but show black so offspring have 50/50 chance of being black split again or Lavender...
Also, Silkie feathers are always lost in a cross, the chick will have regular smooth feathers and you'd have to breed back to Silkie for the next generation to start getting the Silkie type feathering back...

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Thanks for the confidence vote, but I only know enough to get me in trouble, lol... but I do know Lavender and Silkies...

Couple of issues there... it's more successful to breed a bantam roo over a standard hen as the chick will usually grow too big for a bantam egg... also, most white (especially in Silkies) is recessive so breeding other colors to it is very unpredictable... you also only want to use black to mix in with Lavender as it breeds in and out well without leakage issues or surprise colors popping up... and Lavender color will only express if 2 copies are present in the bird... this is why I only use black splits in breeding my Lavs as the splits are carrying 1 copy of Lav but show black so offspring have 50/50 chance of being black split again or Lavender...
Also, Silkie feathers are always lost in a cross, the chick will have regular smooth feathers and you'd have to breed back to Silkie for the next generation to start getting the Silkie type feathering back...

Very interesting! So a first generation cross with a silkie will always produce regular feathers. That explains alot...lol