The Moonshiner's Leghorns

[ColtHandorf]

No crumpets?

I prefer biscuits.

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Oooooo

 

[Tonyroo]

This question is for anyone who can answer it.

So what breed is used to acquire the MF gene?

I don't remember any large breed with MF patterns.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Where did the silvers come from?

Murray McMurray. I Also got a normal sized brown rc from there and a red that took forever to grow and look nice.

 

[WallyG74]

This question is for anyone who can answer it.

So what breed is used to acquire the MF gene?

I don't remember any large breed with MF patterns.

Swedish Flower?

 

[Miami Leghorn]

Murray McMurray

It seems that the Reds I got from them though, are already larger than the Browns and Silver hens that I got from them last year.Also, I got some Browns from Cackle and they are larger as well. So I'm thinking possibly the Silvers and Browns are suffering from inbreeding?
But this is all academic,I just need to know WTF is going on with the hatchabilty issue.

 

[Tonyroo]

Swedish Flower?

Would there be another breed for selection besides the Swedish Flower?

 

[WallyG74]

Would there be another breed for selection besides the Swedish Flower?

Chicken genetics is still a mystery to me. That was my best guess. I bought my first assorted flavor banty Cochins this summer. I’m a long way from MF. I’m gonna start with the newbie combos of black, blue, splash and see how that goes.

 

[Tonyroo]

I found out today with my 16 week chicks, that they have the same genetic traits in eating houseflies as there mother.

My one surviving chick from the group of 10, doesn't like eating houseflies, her mother doesn't eat it also.

I found that very interesting.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

It seems that the Reds I got from them though, are already larger than the Browns and Silver hens that I got from them last year.Also, I got some Browns from Cackle and they are larger as well. So I'm thinking possibly the Silver are suffering from inbreeding?
But this is all academic,I just need to know WTF is going on with the hatchabilty issue.

My red had problems growing. She was the runtiest thing I had this year that survived

 

[Chookwagn]

@ColtHandorf - we need to know what the heck you were talking about. No big chicken bottoms here in Leghorn Land. It is quite bereft of big bottoms here.

Thank goodness for that too!