Sorry, I meant that the judges training part wasn't the big reason for me liking the APA more, but it is a perk.Huh, explain? After all, like I said, I'm actually into it
That's why I like it more
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Sorry, I meant that the judges training part wasn't the big reason for me liking the APA more, but it is a perk.Huh, explain? After all, like I said, I'm actually into it
That's why I like it more
Okay, I understand now. What I was saying is the judging is higher quality in the APA cause of the amount of training they go throughSorry, I meant that the judges training part wasn't the big reason for me liking the APA more, but it is a perk.
Oh yeah, glad to get that cleared up.Okay, I understand now. What I was saying is the judging is higher quality in the APA cause of the amount of training they go through
And just in case black tail on buff isn't unique enough how about.......
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This pattern has really been growing on me.Love this color!
I'd have to look out in the yard to see if I have any left. Honestly don't think I have any here at this time. I started to create my own so what I have are all carrying one mottled gene so they don't look like MF with this generation.@The Moonshiner , Do you have any photos of Mille Fleur Leghorns? I have some from Sandhill that are 7 weeks old. (7 cockerels and only 2 pullets, unfortunately.) I would like to see some photos of what I should be looking for when I choose my keepers.
Oh, thank you for letting me know all this. I wonder if there are any good MFL anywhere. I bought a trio from a local breeder a few years ago, and they were just junk too. He said he had been working with them for 3 years, and he named a couple of sources he had gotten his stock from. (All breeders, not hatcheries.) They were sort of pretty, but puny. Almost bantam size. One died right away, and I could never get any eggs to hatch from the remaining two. I crossed the male with a green egg layer, and still only got one chick to hatch. Then one by one my remaining two died as well.I'd have to look out in the yard to see if I have any left. Honestly don't think I have any here at this time. I started to create my own so what I have are all carrying one mottled gene so they don't look like MF with this generation.
MF are the biggest mess. I've had some from a few sources and they were all junk. I did have some from sandhill and they were the worst. I tried to be selective and use the best to get somewhere better but honestly they had so many issues that even after a couple generations they were still sorry excuses of leghorns hince why I started over from scratch.
Issues I had with the sandhill MF ...
First they were different E locus. Some where wheaton based, some where wild type based and others where mixes of both.
After that I found the majority didn't have yellow legs and very few had white earlobes. Some where partial white others had little to no white.
When mature they had terrible type. Too short and squat. The best cockerel ended up looking like the build of a dorking.
If all that wasn't bad enough to try to work with all but one I believe laid cream colored eggs.
Hope you have better look with yours then I did.
Honestly I had MF, black and exchequer from sandhill and none ended up worth having if you wanted birds that actually resemble leghorns.