Show Off Your Games!

[froggiesheins]

What the heck is going here? haha I think she was trying to lay an egg up there

Well, that is a right PERFECT spot for egg laying, don'tcha'know???

 

[joshyoua_rine]

what strain is he?

 

[doubleleft]

what strain is he?

Kelso

 

[varidgerunner]

If you were going to time dubbing according to the signs, do you go by the same sign as for castrating livestock, or is there another set of criteria?

 

[JShubin]

He's growing up.. Champ

 

[prariechiken]

Joshyoua_rine, if the original breeder does not know, then you never will for sure. A white legged pea comb red could be one or a cross of several families.

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[sdm111]

If you were going to time dubbing according to the signs, do you go by the same sign as for castrating livestock, or is there another set of criteria?

I never did it by moon cycles I do mine just after daylight on cool mornings all have barely bled tried it twice I the evening and both bled terribly guess from being warmed up and pumped up

 

[doubleleft]

He's growing up.. Champ

Hatch ?

 

[JShubin]

Hatch ?

He is a mix of different strains... Leiper Hatch, Grey, Green leg Hatch and Spanish Game. A mutt, with mostly hatch traits.

 

[prariechiken]

He is a mix of different strains... Leiper Hatch, Grey, Green leg Hatch and Spanish Game. A mutt, with mostly hatch traits.

Very nice bird JShubin. Good example for those new to gamefowl to understand that looks alone can't tell you what "strain" a bird is. Its all guesswork without the original breeders knowledge of what all went into a bird. When breeding gamefowl, focus on the quality of the fowl, the fancy names can be created later. Most all of the "fancy name strains" were created from various crosses and infusions of multiple lines, set as a family and bred to a somewhat "uniform" standard. But even within many of those standards there lies visual variations. Its probably one of the hardest learnings for new breeders of gamefowl, whereas previous experience with other show poultry many have concentrates so much on the look.