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

[speckledhen]

Thanks. My friend lockedhearts is considering the BR chicks. She's had many of my BRs over the years, starting with progeny of Hawkeye and Lexie. I'd advertise them on some FB poultry group but I cannot STAND having to deal with people on there that say stuff like this, like they think they know something.



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What a crock of chicken poop. No, my chickens are NOT infected with Mareks. NOT EVERY CHICKEN IS INFECTED WITH MAREKS, for cripes sake! Even the stupid labs go right to that. Why do they WANT them to have it? I swear, if I hear someone jump to the Marek's conclusion again first thing when a chicken limps, I'm going to throw poop at my monitor. There are so many things that can make a chicken lose function in a leg other than Marek's. I've seen several of them here.

I can't belong to one of those FB groups. Doom and gloom, always. There's enough here on BYC sometimes to make me lose my cool w/o adding to the stress. That's why I rarely ever go to Diseases anymore. Can't take it. It's depressing. Not just the sick birds, but folks who go right to the worst case scenario all the time, or those who read one article and they think all chickens MUST either have Marek's or be going to get Marek's. Used to be Mycoplasmosis. No, all flocks are not infected with that, either. Mine is not.

Generally, most folks who hang around and read some on BYC are better informed, or at least, have people who do know a thing or two and can calm them down. On FB, it's nutso sometimes. Just saw a guy try to sell a "Buff Orphinton" rooster. The rooster was buff but was barred all over. And he can't see that obvious gene, I guess, so someone will buy it, thinking it's an Orpington and not the mix that it is. I mean, who sells a Lemon Cuckoo, a quite rare color variety and an expensive one, as a Buff anyway? More likely, it's a cross. I've had quite a few BR x Buff Orp crosses or folks got them from hatches from me years ago when I had my original hens.

Not sure how the "h" keeps getting in the breed name. Do they pronounce it with an "F" sound, like "ph" is supposed to be?


Oh, the BR cockerel got separated from his group and ran into Lizzie and little Jet. He was trying to get back, but kept being stopped by the garden fence. All the while, little Jet was flared up and kicking his big old bum, LOL. Jet says, "I ain't no stinking dwarf! I'm a rooster!".



Have you guys seen this commercial?? I love it and it makes me cringe all at the same time. She seems so, well, vulnerable!

 

[holm25]

Speckled hen I have seen that commercial a lot!! I love it.

 

[speckledhen]

Speckled hen I have seen that commercial a lot!! I love it.

She looks so much like my original girl, Sunny, did as a pullet. That last scene with the farmhouse, the big nice barn and all the birds on the grassy lawn is my idea of heaven.


Sorry, yesterday's internet antics got to me a bit. Rant in above post over. LOL. Back to positive stuff!

 

[1muttsfan]

Love that commercial.

 

[Peanutsmomma]

I love that commercial too, except when the farmer says, "HE just keeps sending pictures." LOL!!!!!

I know what you mean about some of the FB groups being all doom and gloom. I joined our local chicken FB group, paid my dues and attended meetings for a while but I didn't like "the sky is falling" attitude about little every little thing either. Chickens are pretty resilient creatures and those of us who care about them enough to even be on a site like BYC or belong to a local chicken club have enough sense to get a chicken through most common ailments without resorting to euthanizing our entire flocks because someone says we have Marek's.

Cyn, as you know that Avian vet I took Snickers to wanted me to put all of my chickens down because she thought Snickers had Marek's when she was having those little strokes. Good grief!

 

[speckledhen]

Quote: And a vet, too. See what I mean? All I can say is

 

[MistyMountain]

Sometimes a little rant is needed

I get so frustrated with our local FB page as well.

LOVE the pictures. Beautiful birds. That clean barring is just… mesmerizing! LOL at little Jet!!

Funny thing about those Buff Orpingtons. My DH, who thinks all chickens are… chickens and pays no attention to breeds except for maybe a RIR since he raised them when he was younger, was looking out the front door last week. The two BO's have been doing a bit of exploring away from the flock and without a rooster chaperone. They were foraging out there and he says "Those Buffingtons are going to get picked off by something if they keep going off on their own like that." Buffingtons. Has a nice ring to it!

I tell ya, Cyn, if that pair is still around at the end of the month, we really will need to add a slight detour on to our travel plans!!

 

[speckledhen]

Sometimes a little rant is needed

I get so frustrated with our local FB page as well.

LOVE the pictures. Beautiful birds. That clean barring is just… mesmerizing! LOL at little Jet!!

Funny thing about those Buff Orpingtons. My DH, who thinks all chickens are… chickens and pays no attention to breeds except for maybe a RIR since he raised them when he was younger, was looking out the front door last week. The two BO's have been doing a bit of exploring away from the flock and without a rooster chaperone. They were foraging out there and he says "Those Buffingtons are going to get picked off by something if they keep going off on their own like that." Buffingtons. Has a nice ring to it!

I tell ya, Cyn, if that pair is still around at the end of the month, we really will need to add a slight detour on to our travel plans!!

Well, Michelle, they very well could be, you never know. My friend, Karen, says she is interested but she has to talk to her husband about coming up this way, a couple hours drive or more. If she doesn't take them, they'll probably still be around.

 

[speckledhen]

Tried to get some photos of the Atlas Crew today, plus Jet, who is peeping and walking, peeping and walking. I did a video which is loading to youtube so you could see how he waddles when he walks and talks when he walks, too, LOL.

 

[drumstick diva]