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[duluthralphie]

Yes he is barred . So is Sven barred ? If so he is the daddy and the mom BA . Still a single barred cockerel but not sex link .

No Sven is "different"

 

[NathanZee]

I did not want to say Toad but body type says toad or CX cross, but then the BA rooster would have had to get at it.


I forgot I have RIR also.


My best guess now is rainbow with BA. that would be somewhat meaty.


Here are some more pictures, I am not sure of the comb type. I am just not that good.

Could you do a article on how to hatch toads? What breeds are required to make them, what they are good for, etc?

 

[jerryse]

OK I think barred rock mom and EE dad . Only combo that would cover all traits seen .

 

[duluthralphie]

Ok,,, and still a boy. Just happens to be a giant.. Thanks

 

[Coffee 1st]

Ivie I think you're doing great. with her. I bet you will have the tamest Creamette in the world with her.

I am not doing great. I have a lost baby Creamer in the shed. I am having some electrical work done (stuff I can't do because it involves the Power company lines being moved). They were going to turn my electricity off to my sheds for a few hours, So I went out and got Andy and his buddies to bring them in. I had a tall box to put them in when I moved them. I grabbed the first chick put him in the box and out her jumped. The rests stayed in. I covered the box and tried to run him down. I cannot catch a fast little chick amongst all my junk. He was crawling under boats, important things I have stored, under tractors, behind washers and dryers. through bikes. I chased him for about a half hour until he gave me the slip.

I doubt I will ever see him again until he starts decaying in the spring and I find his remains.

I have set up a heat lamp for him, as soon as the electricity comes back on, I will move Andy and the guys back out there and hopefully he will be attracted to there noise and I can catch him.

Then I candled an egg that was not hatching. The Air sac was large and had slipped to the side. (I hate when that happens) it is late in the hatch so I carefully opened the air sac. The membrane was heat shrinking to the chick. I carefully removed it and tried to help him and I screwed up, I hit a live membrane and it started bleeding. I think I killed it. When the air sac slips to the side they just never seem to make it. They either die in the shell or I they die when I help them...


My day so far... I have just a few more eggs to hatch, but after killing the one I am done helping for today.

so sorry to hear all this...i almost cried reading it...

 

[duluthralphie]

so sorry to hear all this...i almost cried reading it...

When Judy got home we went out again and crawled through the shed with spot lights looking for him, moving things, crawling in an under things.

I feel like crap that he got away. I cannot believe how high and fast he got out of the box I had for him.

I did have a late hatcher though, that is good.

 

[jerryse]

Ralpie . Now you know how I get away with shotgun matings . I can match up traits to parents pretty good .

 

[KlopKlop]

Ralphie,

I am pretty sure I would say that Rainbows are barred. They hens dont show the barring, but the boys are most definitely barred, unless I am misunderstanding what barring is.




My hens are pretty much a solid shade of brown/buff/tab with black spots around their necks. I would love to know what a wise chicken person would call these colors.

 

[duluthralphie]

I thought about whether the rainbows were barred or not. I decided they weren't that is why I called them Calico. If there is any barring It would be single barring and that would most likely not pass on. to a male chick. I think they need double barring to give it to a male offspring. I am not sure why I am saying that but I recall reading something about it.

I have been studying Turkey Genotypes and what goes where and does what, I have messed up the little I knew about chickens..

Jerry help me, Doesn't single or double barring get linked to the w or z and become sex linked?

 

[KlopKlop]

I thought about whether the rainbows were barred or not. I decided they weren't that is why I called them Calico.  If there is any barring It would be single barring and that would most likely not pass on.  to a male chick.  I think they need double barring to give it to a male offspring.  I am not sure why I am saying that but I recall reading something about it.

I have been studying Turkey Genotypes and what goes where and does what, I have messed up the little I knew about chickens..

Jerry help me,  Doesn't single or double barring get linked to the w or z and become sex linked?

Based on what I remember you and Jerry saying about single and double barring, Conrad would be single barred because he has some feathers (in the tail) that are solid. Correct?