Sourdough Hens

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Here's some more pictures of Chainsaw. Does she look quail (Ml +Co) to you guys? Is she just a gold duckwing? Could she be barred and quail?! If not why do her hackle feathers look barred?! What does a barred quail chicken even look like?! Genetics are very complicated...

Am I imagining the mini bars on her hackle feathers?

 

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If we're lucky a couple eggs will hatch on Easter Monday or Tuesday! I did not plan that at all

 

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I just realized the Pav's foot feathering is recessive, not dominant!
So in 1-2 years the heaviest, hardiest Pav I will breed to the F3 muffed rose combed offspring of Abby and then I will breed the best offspring of that cross together and to the Cr girls. Then I should have some feather-footed muffed fluffy chunky chickens.

I will only do this cross if the Pavs do well this winter. I am very curious if the feather footed chickens will do better than the non feather footed on the sand in cold windy weather. I'm using sand because I've found that the hens seem happier and healthier on sand than on straw, however it is colder on their feet.


Reminder to myself: Abby has one pea comb gene, one barring gene, at least one silver gene, at least one mahogany gene, and one Pg gene (from Hawk.)