The Evolution of Atlas: A Breeding (and Chat) Thread

[speckledhen]

Andrew took the five chicksters home with him yesterday. Hopefully, he can use at least three of them for breeding. I will miss the biggest boy most of all. He was so much like his grandpa Rex in personality at that age. But, I know they will be well cared for and I bet his son will fall in love with at least one of them, lol.

 

[1muttsfan]

Aww hard to let the babies go

 

[speckledhen]

Aww hard to let the babies go

Yes, it always is.

 

[drumstick diva]

I know I am coming in late to the topic of crazy people that don't understand ADS. When I used to breed and show dogs many years ago. I had an ad out on a buff pet female pup. A woman called and asked if I had any black females. She wore a lot of black and had to have black dog so the hairs wouldn't show up on her clothes. To impress me(it didn't) she said she was from this very wealthy Chicago family that owned famous department store chain. I told her I had a black female but, she was only available to a show home .

She asked what the difference was in a pet puppy and a show pup. I was already getting ******, so said "Several hundred dollars." She said she would take the black one. I told her I wanted the black one to finish her championship. She said she doesn't show dogs. I said then she wasn't for sale. She was incredulous that someone would turn her down.
I really could have used the money but, she got my hackles up as soon as she mentioned wanting a black so the hairs didn't show on her clothes. I could imagine her carrying the dog under her arm when she felt like it and otherwise having her dog nannie or whatever take care of it. No way.

Actually the show pup was only a couple hundred bucks more but, I wanted to scare her off. Didn't work. Incidentally I ended up keeping the black female and she finished her championship in 5 straight shows.

Some people really make me

 

[speckledhen]

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[speckledhen]

Here comes the second guessing part of sexing the BRs. This one I called pullet immediately due to the dark leg fronts, however, not so sure now. What do you guys think?







It's a week and a half old and it seemed very dark at first with dark legs and small head spot (or at least, narrow). Now, in the daylight, it seems to have lighter down than I previously thought and the leg wash doesn't really go all the way down.





Deacon out for the first free range session in a very long time with his four hens. Rachel is staying with him but I put Rowena back with Atlas because she caused more trouble for her sister there than the Stukel hens were causing for Ro in Atlas's coop.

 

[1muttsfan]

And he/she stands a lot like a little boy too.

Nice to see your birds ranging - 2" snow here overnight, and the old snow not yet melted away, high of 29 degrees. Alllll over winter.

 

[speckledhen]

And he/she stands a lot like a little boy too.

Nice to see your birds ranging - 2" snow here overnight, and the old snow not yet melted away, high of 29 degrees. Alllll over winter.

We had two days of drizzly, cold rain before today. Wettest winter here I can remember and we are so DONE with it! The work on my other lot had to stop weeks ago and his bulldozer has just been sitting. It has to dry out or he'll just get stuck. I'm ready for that work to be finished so we can run the fencing around that lot to incorporate it.

As far as cockerels, I did notice that one of the other chicks kept some dark wash on his leg fronts even at 8 weeks of age so that was probably what fooled me with this one, if it is indeed a male. Time will tell, as usual.

 

[1muttsfan]

Now here are a few good roosters -

Sorry to hear about the dental work ugh. Do you think your customer would let you put a picture of the quilt on here, I would love to see it

 

[speckledhen]

I've seem that video before, love it!


I've put a picture of it on another thread as I'm sure she wouldn't mind me bragging on her grandmother's quilt at all. I'm back to work on it today. Have almost completed three sides of the border and close to ready to do the binding. I wanted to be done with it by April 1st and I may make it, barring unforeseen weirdness.