The Moonshiner's Leghorns

[MACCanadianCoop]

So the mystery brown...
Is it mystery hidden gene? Mystery hidden mating? Aliens?

 

[The Moonshiner]

So the mystery brown...
Is it mystery hidden gene? Mystery hidden mating? Aliens?

 

[The Moonshiner]

So the mystery brown...
Is it mystery hidden gene? Mystery hidden mating? Aliens?

Definitely not a hidden mating. Those birds are under lock down.
It's a gene I wasn't aware of coming into play. I cross varieties to make new varieties. Usually I know exactly what genes are involved. L like it that way.
Every now and again something shows up. Something I put there but didn't catch or think of or know that bird carried.
An odd ball is fun and I may exaggerate for drama. It's just to entertain myself. I'll figure it out and unfortunately it'll most likely be something I overlooked not some new exciting spontaneous creation of a new gene or anything.

 

[MACCanadianCoop]

Definitely not a hidden mating. Those birds are under lock down.
It's a gene I wasn't aware of coming into play. I cross varieties to make new varieties. Usually I know exactly what genes are involved. L like it that way.
Every now and again something shows up. Something I put there but didn't catch or think of or know that bird carried.
An odd ball is fun and I may exaggerate for drama. It's just to entertain myself. I'll figure it out and unfortunately it'll most likely be something I overlooked not some new exciting spontaneous creation of a new gene or anything.

So do they become soup? Or do you keep them for other fun experiments? Or...?

 

[The Moonshiner]

So do they become soup? Or do you keep them for other fun experiments? Or...?

I don't eat my chickens nor do I eat any soups so....
Sometimes birds go to auction but ya a lot of times they just hang around to be used for other projects.
I have a problem....

 

[MACCanadianCoop]

I don't eat my chickens nor do I eat any soups so....
Sometimes birds go to auction but ya a lot of times they just hang around to be used for other projects.
I have a problem....

At what point does one qualify as "crazy chicken person"?

 

[Iluveggers]

At what point does one qualify as "crazy chicken person"?

Most of us do…or crazy chicken alien…

 

[MACCanadianCoop]

Most of us do…or crazy chicken alien…

I mean, I've only got 6 hens coming. Surely that won't put me into the crazy category right? Is there a tiered ranking system? A flow chart? How does these things work? Enquiring minds need to know!

 

[WallyG74]

At what point does one qualify as "crazy chicken person"?

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/chicken-math-101-–-with-quiz.75403/

 

[The Moonshiner]

I can tell you the exact moment it happened for me.
The for real, you're F'ing nuts moment.

I hatch lots of chicks. I make new varieties. Hatch days are really cool because sometimes I'll get that first ever chick of a certain pattern. One I've been working towards for some time.
I have my son and an older daughter that also loved hatch days when she still lived at home. The kids just love the variety of colors etc.
I had been working on a project involving lavender. That hatch had the first ever barred lavender chick hatch. I think it also had a solid lavender chick
Like the pic the other day it was a tub with like 30 or 40 chicks. Tons of variety. The kids were checking them all out and pointing out and picking up their favorites.
I was watching my daughter and listening to what she was saying about a few while my son very young at the time was grabbing chcks. From behind me I heard him making helicopter noises. As I turned I was in horror to see he had that one of a kind brand new variety little barred lavender chick in his hand high above his head spinning making it fly like a helicopter.
I had been working a few years towards that variety. I went into terror mode. What if hurt it or dropped it. Why was he even holding that one.
I honestly got weak in the knees and almost puked. It was horrible. I reached out to take it from him thinking WTH are you doing.
That's the moment it clicked that there was a problem. I came to my senses and told myself geez it's only a chick. Just a d@mn chick. I made it and can make another.
I stepped back and let him finish playing with it and then he put it back unharmed.
That was my moment of true realization.