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

[h2oratt]

Thanks! I like things that have dimension to them.


Thanks, Lisa.



Well, that's good, at least. My good friend, Ellie, lives just south of Redding. She is quite the homesteader. I know her taxes are extremely high, much worse than mine. She has 7 acres, if I recall, grows a huge garden, has chickens (many descended from Suede), cans her own food, has three giant water storage tanks and irrigation all over her place. That's like a completely different country than south CA, I take it.

Yes, it is. Good for her. I heard the fires around Redding are really bad.

 

[speckledhen]

Yes, it is. Good for her. I heard the fires around Redding are really bad.

She is safe so far, but lots of family that have been evac'd are with her at her place.

 

[1muttsfan]

Ronott has family in that area that had to evacuate also

 

[seminolewind]

What did Gypsy probably say to Atlas? Probably NO!

 

[h2oratt]

How do I breed a barred bird? Do I need a barred roo or a barred hen?

I am going to start breeding a project bird.

 

[h2oratt]

Oh, and my jersey giants from sandhill have feathered legs. What’s up with that?

 

[Pyxis]

How do I breed a barred bird? Do I need a barred roo or a barred hen?

I am going to start breeding a project bird.

Both, if you want double barred male offspring. A hen will only pass her barring gene to her sons. A male passes it to both gender offspring. But a male can't be double barred unless he gets a copy from both his mother and his father.

 

[itspebbl]

Oh, and my jersey giants from sandhill have feathered legs. What’s up with that?

They may be Langshans

 

[1muttsfan]

What breeds did you order from Sand Hill?

 

[h2oratt]

What breeds did you order from Sand Hill?

I ordered blue americanas, Easter eggers and blue Orpingtons, they subbed blue jersey giants for my orps.
I also got some barred holland.