Hens go broody when you don’t want them to… and won’t go broody when you do. 
Heres some of the chicks that hatched. 17/18 hatched so far. 1 left. Had somebody come today, took 3 chicks and my dwarf pullet.
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Colie <3 :
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I'm no expert and I think everyone will have their own opinion but my first impressions from the pics are he has nice color I don't see any color leakage. For some reason he's looking a little like a blue to me am I crazy? lol Looks like he has good overall feathering as well. His wings look nice and tight from what I can see. I'd say that he is a good BQ and the only reason I say that is because his comb is a little large, slightly misshapen and reddish. I can't see his feet that great but he appears to have decent foot feathering as well. Overall a very nice boy IMO
I'd call him BQ but I don't see why you couldn't show him as long as he doesn't have any DQ's that I'm missing
I'm thinking the same thing, that he's blue and not black. Look at his under down, is it light? If it is he's blue.
As to PQ or BQ, use him one time to breed. If you get outstanding chicks from him then he's certainly BQ. Some of the ugliest birds make the most beautiful peeps. That's why I focus on BQ birds.
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I'm no expert and I think everyone will have their own opinion but my first impressions from the pics are he has nice color I don't see any color leakage. For some reason he's looking a little like a blue to me am I crazy? lol Looks like he has good overall feathering as well. His wings look nice and tight from what I can see. I'd say that he is a good BQ and the only reason I say that is because his comb is a little large, slightly misshapen and reddish. I can't see his feet that great but he appears to have decent foot feathering as well. Overall a very nice boy IMO
I'm thinking the same thing, that he's blue and not black. Look at his under down, is it light? If it is he's blue.
As to PQ or BQ, use him one time to breed. If you get outstanding chicks from him then he's certainly BQ. Some of the ugliest birds make the most beautiful peeps. That's why I focus on BQ birds.
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I'm no expert and I think everyone will have their own opinion but my first impressions from the pics are he has nice color I don't see any color leakage. For some reason he's looking a little like a blue to me am I crazy? lol Looks like he has good overall feathering as well. His wings look nice and tight from what I can see. I'd say that he is a good BQ and the only reason I say that is because his comb is a little large, slightly misshapen and reddish. I can't see his feet that great but he appears to have decent foot feathering as well. Overall a very nice boy IMO
I'd call him BQ but I don't see why you couldn't show him as long as he doesn't have any DQ's that I'm missing
I'm thinking the same thing, that he's blue and not black. Look at his under down, is it light? If it is he's blue.
As to PQ or BQ, use him one time to breed. If you get outstanding chicks from him then he's certainly BQ. Some of the ugliest birds make the most beautiful peeps. That's why I focus on BQ birds.
That's great advice about using him one time to breed and see what you get. I have a black roo that I'm going to do that with because as it is I think he's pretty ugly with the comb that he has lol
I'm no expert and I think everyone will have their own opinion but my first impressions from the pics are he has nice color I don't see any color leakage. For some reason he's looking a little like a blue to me am I crazy? lol Looks like he has good overall feathering as well. His wings look nice and tight from what I can see. I'd say that he is a good BQ and the only reason I say that is because his comb is a little large, slightly misshapen and reddish. I can't see his feet that great but he appears to have decent foot feathering as well. Overall a very nice boy IMO
I'm thinking the same thing, that he's blue and not black. Look at his under down, is it light? If it is he's blue.
As to PQ or BQ, use him one time to breed. If you get outstanding chicks from him then he's certainly BQ. Some of the ugliest birds make the most beautiful peeps. That's why I focus on BQ birds.
That's great advice about using him one time to breed and see what you get. I have a black roo that I'm going to do that with because as it is I think he's pretty ugly with the comb that he has lol
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Colie <3 :
Quote:
I'm thinking the same thing, that he's blue and not black. Look at his under down, is it light? If it is he's blue.
As to PQ or BQ, use him one time to breed. If you get outstanding chicks from him then he's certainly BQ. Some of the ugliest birds make the most beautiful peeps. That's why I focus on BQ birds.
That's great advice about using him one time to breed and see what you get. I have a black roo that I'm going to do that with because as it is I think he's pretty ugly with the comb that he has lol
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I'm thinking the same thing, that he's blue and not black. Look at his under down, is it light? If it is he's blue.
As to PQ or BQ, use him one time to breed. If you get outstanding chicks from him then he's certainly BQ. Some of the ugliest birds make the most beautiful peeps. That's why I focus on BQ birds.
That's great advice about using him one time to breed and see what you get. I have a black roo that I'm going to do that with because as it is I think he's pretty ugly with the comb that he has lol
My advice should have included that no DQ faults are present. Such as four toes on both feet.
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That's great advice about using him one time to breed and see what you get. I have a black roo that I'm going to do that with because as it is I think he's pretty ugly with the comb that he has lol
My advice should have included that no DQ faults are present. Such as four toes on both feet.
I assumed that was a given lol DQ's to me make them PQ
That's great advice about using him one time to breed and see what you get. I have a black roo that I'm going to do that with because as it is I think he's pretty ugly with the comb that he has lol
My advice should have included that no DQ faults are present. Such as four toes on both feet.
I assumed that was a given lol DQ's to me make them PQ
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Beautiful!!.....as usual
Beautiful!!.....as usual
Such nice chicks...how do you post a photo to the discussion i would like to show you some of my sons buffs we have 16 now 1 month and 2 month olds...only about 4 have any smuttie feathers as yet...good toes and wonderful foot feathering and so far very dark eyes,,,time will tell i guess
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Beautiful!!.....as usual
Yes adorable! Nothing like buff fluff
Beautiful!!.....as usual
Yes adorable! Nothing like buff fluff
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