The Middle Tennessee Thread

[heirloomorps]

I don't think I have every had a White Lavender/Split hatch WHITE???? You sure on that one? Does the chick in question have a beard and muff or a pea comb? Pics of the face will help me. That MAYBE Lav is a LOT bigger. Mine all hatch about the same size.

No I am not sure! But the feathers are coming through white... I don't have any white birds at all other than Silkies and it is 100% not a Silkie unless it was a Silkie hatched with slate legs, yellow feet and four toes.

Unless my Orps are carrying recessive white. I know that one possible Lav Am is HUGE but it is getting Lav colored feathers. I thought it was a Splash Orp at hatch... the size difference wasn't that obvious a week ago. I discovered I can't tell the difference between a pea comb and single comb this young. I LOOKED and nope. I will get some pics tomorrow.

I can't wait till mine get here, soon I hope. Where am I going to put them

Polish Tolbunts.... one if frizzle too.

I have 28 days to build them a pen because I have nowhere to put them either... the roo is badly molting right now too. Then we can do some egg trade outs.

 

[DMRippy]

Quote: YEHA! I have 1 tolbunt chick and another that must be GL. She was crossing them to improving something. The GL is not crested... Pretty sure my tolbunt chick is a roo and the other a pullet. but time will tell and I know NOTHING about them

I need to find a thread and follow it.

I would love to have a frizzle.

 

[blackTNgiants]

Sorry to hear about your bad day Donna...

 

[CityGirlintheCountry]

Those are very cool looking birds, Hardin. Are they polish?

 

[TinTennessee]

Well my day started out with a LIFE CHANGE.  I have not absorbed it all yet.  I said something to hubby about the DOG.  He said I have a fix for that.  I said what.... he said are you ready for this.  WHAT already!  We are going to buy my son's house   Over a FRIGGIN" DOG!    They want to move and can't really. SO instead of moving into the house we have been working on for MONTHS and I have been DECORATING IN MY HEAD... we are going to just sell it   My jaccuzi tub will be GONE    

So I agreed as it sounded ok at first.  As I have been thinking about it I am so stressed!  In ways it will be good.  We will get to live at the farm and can surpervise more closely the building of the new house.  I like being there and not have the pressure to RUSH home.... since we will be home.

BUT THE KICKER.... we have to finish remodeling the house we are working on.... sell it. (3 Months for that MIN) Then buy his house (Maybe another 3 months before we can close on that house)  Remodel THAT HOUSE     another 3-4 months so it would be NEXT YEAR before we could move in and SELL the house we live in now! 

I am so hating my life right now.  I HATE PAINTING AND REMODELING....... HATE IT!  NEVER WANT TO TOUCH A PAINT BRUSH AGAIN!  I will NOT LIFT A FINGER TO BUILD THE NEW HOUSE I AM SO DONE!

Insert a smiley with a gun to their head here.... kidding but fitting.  At least my head would quit hurting..... a stupid DOG.  I hate her too now.

I'm sorry about your stressers, I hope you can work things out & get settled. I hate that all this is over a dog. I mean i love em but if it was mine doing the killing I'd either keep it in a fence, sell it or something responsible. Let me know if I can help somehow.

 

[heirloomorps]

Those are very cool looking birds, Hardin. Are they polish?

They are Tolbunt Polish. We have a frizzled roo and a smooth hen, and a smooth Gold Laced/Tolbunt split hen too.

 

[heirloomorps]

YEHA!  I have 1 tolbunt chick and another that must be GL.  She was crossing them to improving something.  The GL is not crested... Pretty sure my tolbunt chick is a roo and the other a pullet. but time will tell and I know NOTHING about them   I need to find a thread and follow it. 

I would love to have a frizzle.

The GL is meant to improve the color and type of the birds and also help them diversify genes etc as a lot of the Tolbunts have been interbred. We have some eggs (not theirs) in the incubator too... We put them in last weekend and I candled three days ago, at least four are developing. I am excited!

 

[DMRippy]

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I just read all your breeds in your siggy.... we have about the same stuff.... too funny. Some of mine are LF and not bantams... like the choc wyandottes and choc orps but they are projects and need some more size. OH... could I use those MASSIVE white wyandottes I have to increase size in my Choc Wyandottes??????

 

[MayDayMel]

Donna I meant to ask, my son wanted to know what kind of Marans they were. I believe the black one is a Cuckoo, but the gray with white underneath? I'm not familiar with Marans chicks. Always had RIR and BR

Man, sorry there's so much stress right now :/

 

[heirloomorps]

I just read all your breeds in your siggy.... we have about the same stuff.... too funny.  Some of mine are LF and not bantams... like the choc wyandottes and choc orps but they are projects and need some more size.   OH... could I use those MASSIVE white wyandottes I have to increase size in my Choc Wyandottes??????

I know LOL. We have the same taste in chickens. I like my bantam choc Orps... One pair is HUGE though and only slightly smaller than some of LF stuff.

Idk if white in Wyandottes is recessive or dominant. Finding LF pure black Wyandottes is hard... I wanted to do a Lav project but everyone just seems to breed BBS.

If I could have a whole yard of Orps I probably would except they are $$$$ to get in the first place.