The Moonshiner's Chick Chat

[WallyG74]

Fricking people.

It amazes me how many people that I’ve sold to have let their chickens get killed. Lose half one night, don’t do anything about it, then lose the rest the next night.

 

[sdm111]

It amazes me how many people that I’ve sold to have let their chickens get killed. Lose half one night, don’t do anything about it, then lose the rest the next night.

Cause they didn't put all the work into them

 

[WallyG74]

Cause they didn't put all the work into them

I must not be charging enough.

 

[Shabby Chic-Hens]

It amazes me how many people that I’ve sold to have let their chickens get killed. Lose half one night, don’t do anything about it, then lose the rest the next night.

Clearly irresponsible people .

 

[Amer]

Thats the kelso
That's the grey
That's the cochin

At least down yonder. We've never said
Leakage.

Whatever was responsible for the "leakage"

If its bad it's a Throwback

Leakage is any bird that is extended black based but not totally black.
Hence the word “leakage” because it is leaking through the black (there aren’t enough melanizers to make it totally black.)
Like a black crossed to a duckwing or a wheaten or a buff or something. Or just a black without enough melanizers.
It’s a phenotype.

 

[Amer]

We don't say anything that's my point. If you have a chicken that to the standard is supposed to be pure white and if some red comes in on the wings or something you don't really have to say it's"leakage" cause you can see it. It's like obvious. If i bred let's say a claret and a grey and it comes out looking like a grey with red wings then if it has to be said cause someone is wondering why the grey has red wings then I'd say "it's the claret". I wouldn't say it's the " leakage" that sounds weird to me

Well when I had off-colored black and blue d’Anvers I called it leakage.
It’s a genetical term.

 

[Amer]

Now I don’t fuss with those colors anymore

I fuss with a lot of brassiness though in my cuckoos.

 

[WallyG74]

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I fuss with a lot of brassiness though in my cuckoos.

That’s a tremendous looking bird!

 

[NagemTX]

Now I don’t fuss with those colors anymoreView attachment 3435057

I fuss with a lot of brassiness though in my cuckoos.

Nice!

 

[Painted Calls]

So much leakage in here tonight.

Here.

I set 2 more eggs this morning.