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[roosterhavoc]

You also have a winged termite. My games will fly up into trees to hunt those.

I dump the water off the top of those pens. It’s the residual oil that is still forming a slick that’s doing them in. Works pretty well.

 

[SOHC-FTW]

This cocks got some real nice red outlining his black specs in the sun shine.

 

[Texicano]

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You gonna Hatch another clutch?

 

[SOHC-FTW]

Probably not I'm not in it for numbers. I may but I doubt it.

If I like what I see once what I hatched matures I'll breed him to her for another clutch next season then them to father/mother.

 

[Texicano]

Probably not I'm not in it for numbers. I may but I doubt it.

If I like what I see once what I hatched matures I'll breed him to her for another clutch next season then them to father/mother.

Good deal. I'm a little hesitant to hatch any more from the blacks myself.
Have any of your birds start molting yet?

 

[SOHC-FTW]

That mean yellow legged kelso bull stag has dropped more than the rest I don't know if it's a hard molt just yet, but the rest seem fine no major feather shedding.

Why no more blacks?

 

[Texicano]

That mean yellow legged kelso bull stag has dropped more than the rest I don't know if it's a hard molt just yet, but the rest seem fine no major feather shedding.

Why no more blacks?

Like you said, the quality of the offspring is still unknown. I'm hesitant, but I'm still going to hatch more because I want a single mated clutch from each female. I started them off all mixed with some grey in the mix. Don't know what came from what. Even at that I think most of the "pure" blacks that came from those mixed clutches are females. I got some male black grey crosses, that I do know for sure. As for the actual blacks I'm judging solely on foot size. No saddle feathers just yet.

 

[roosterhavoc]

Like you said, the quality of the offspring is still unknown. I'm hesitant, but I'm still going to hatch more because I want a single mated clutch from each female. I started them off all mixed with some grey in the mix. Don't know what came from what. Even at that I think most of the "pure" blacks that came from those mixed clutches are females. I got some male black grey crosses, that I do know for sure. As for the actual blacks I'm judging solely on foot size. No saddle feathers just yet.

What are your intentions breeding so many crosses that you have no idea where they came from? Zero consistency reproducing anything good. Foot size really? The best way Ive found to tell a black is to breed two blacks together in the same pen. It’s foolproof actually.

 

[SOHC-FTW]

Had I been you I would have went with a pair from him honestly.
They are good birds, but one needs to cull accordingly with any blood no matter where they came from. No idea why you didn't mark your crosses Tex that'd help ya a ton.

 

[Texicano]

What are your intentions breeding so many crosses that you have no idea where they came from? Zero consistency reproducing anything good. Foot size really? The best way Ive found to tell a black is to breed two blacks together in the same pen. It’s foolproof actually.

Im talking about telling the females from the males with the pure blacks when it comes to foot size.
The crosses are merely a test. I'm producing "pure" Grey's (crossing Blackjack with a pure chocolate hen, and one of his daughters.) So if any of those Black/Grey crosses work out, I will continue to cross next year with the best pure black and grey offspring produced this year. Its merely a test to see if the Black Grey cross works. If it doesn't I will discontinue the cross. I will have pure offspring this season anyways.

Is Hector marked?