The Moonshiner's Leghorns

[Brahma Chicken5000]

Now we all will own that book.

 

[nicalandia]

I just purchased the
Genetics of the Fowl: The Classic Guide to Chicken Genetics and Poultry Breeding

Awesome!

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

Awesome!

It came today! I’m excited to start reading it. Gonna get out my highlighter to highlight the important stuff.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

@nicalandia here’s a pair of Ancobars I found on google.

 

[nicalandia]

here’s a pair of Ancobars I found on google.

In this case I must admit that Google is Wrong, those are 55 flowery, in Ancobars the females are extended black, mottled and barred, the female on the pic is clearly wild type(salmon breasted) mottled and barred.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Well its turned out to be a horrible week.
I lost that little lavender silver duckwing chick last night. It looked fine yesterday morning then last night I found it dead in the brooder. Its always the most important ones that I seem to lose. That loss hurt.
Today I went collecting eggs and found one of my 55 hens I just started a project with dead. Had those hens going on two years now and hadn't used them for breeding at all. Now I put her to use and she dies. She look like she chocked on something.
But it all started the beginning of the week. I candled some eggs and had 39 viable and ready to move from incubator to hatcher. I stacked them in two plastic egg flats and headed to the dining room to the hatcher. Well half way there I stepped on a Lego on the hardwood floor and that leg took off and I busted my @$$ and eggs went flying. I busted 37 out of the 39.
The last two went on and actually both hatched today. Unfortunately one has a really bad leg and foot and it doesn't look good for it. The other seems a bit wobbly but think it may be ok. I haven't taken them out of the hatcher yet so I'll see.
Anyways its not all fun and games raising birds.

 

[Redhead Rae]

Well its turned out to be a horrible week.
I lost that little lavender silver duckwing chick last night. It looked fine yesterday morning then last night I found it dead in the brooder. Its always the most important ones that I seem to lose. That loss hurt.
Today I went collecting eggs and found one of my 55 hens I just started a project with dead. Had those hens going on two years now and hadn't used them for breeding at all. Now I put her to use and she dies. She look like she chocked on something.
But it all started the beginning of the week. I candled some eggs and had 39 viable and ready to move from incubator to hatcher. I stacked them in two plastic egg flats and headed to the dining room to the hatcher. Well half way there I stepped on a Lego on the hardwood floor and that leg took off and I busted my @$$ and eggs went flying. I busted 37 out of the 39.
The last two went on and actually both hatched today. Unfortunately one has a really bad leg and foot and it doesn't look good for it. The other seems a bit wobbly but think it may be ok. I haven't taken them out of the hatcher yet so I'll see.
Anyways its not all fun and games raising birds.

OMG. That is horrible.

 

[Kiki]

Well its turned out to be a horrible week.
I lost that little lavender silver duckwing chick last night. It looked fine yesterday morning then last night I found it dead in the brooder. Its always the most important ones that I seem to lose. That loss hurt.
Today I went collecting eggs and found one of my 55 hens I just started a project with dead. Had those hens going on two years now and hadn't used them for breeding at all. Now I put her to use and she dies. She look like she chocked on something.
But it all started the beginning of the week. I candled some eggs and had 39 viable and ready to move from incubator to hatcher. I stacked them in two plastic egg flats and headed to the dining room to the hatcher. Well half way there I stepped on a Lego on the hardwood floor and that leg took off and I busted my @$$ and eggs went flying. I busted 37 out of the 39.
The last two went on and actually both hatched today. Unfortunately one has a really bad leg and foot and it doesn't look good for it. The other seems a bit wobbly but think it may be ok. I haven't taken them out of the hatcher yet so I'll see.
Anyways its not all fun and games raising birds.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

Well its turned out to be a horrible week.
I lost that little lavender silver duckwing chick last night. It looked fine yesterday morning then last night I found it dead in the brooder. Its always the most important ones that I seem to lose. That loss hurt.
Today I went collecting eggs and found one of my 55 hens I just started a project with dead. Had those hens going on two years now and hadn't used them for breeding at all. Now I put her to use and she dies. She look like she chocked on something.
But it all started the beginning of the week. I candled some eggs and had 39 viable and ready to move from incubator to hatcher. I stacked them in two plastic egg flats and headed to the dining room to the hatcher. Well half way there I stepped on a Lego on the hardwood floor and that leg took off and I busted my @$$ and eggs went flying. I busted 37 out of the 39.
The last two went on and actually both hatched today. Unfortunately one has a really bad leg and foot and it doesn't look good for it. The other seems a bit wobbly but think it may be ok. I haven't taken them out of the hatcher yet so I'll see.
Anyways its not all fun and games raising birds.

I’m so sorry Moonshiner!

 

[ColtHandorf]

Oh, that's awful! I'm so sorry.