The Moonshiner's Leghorns

[Chookwagn]

Oh that'll be a black Australorp.

Probably immediately though.

Oh but can't you tell the black chick is going to have white earlobes .....

 

[troyer]

That's what happens when you are old and miss label an egg

 

[troyer]

Oh but can't you tell the black chick is going to have white earlobes .....

Maybe it's even color changing . . . .

 

[WallyG74]

Maybe it's even color changing . . . .

I should have some babies in 3 days. They can’t go on this thread. Way too pretty to be hanging out with leggerns.

 

[WallyG74]

Not sure why I quoted you @troyer

 

[troyer]

I should have some babies in 3 days. They can’t go on this thread. Way too pretty to be hanging out with leggerns.

You don't say!!

 

[troyer]

Not sure why I quoted you @troyer

No worries it happens. . . .

 

[Tonyroo]

Since most of you understand breeding for traits. I thought I ask you all for your thoughts to my questions.

So I want to try to develop a Swedish flower hen rooster with a Phoenix tail. I don't want the small size of a Phoenix but I want to retain most of the appearance and size of a Swedish flower.

How would I go about doing this the easiest way?

 

[Amer]

Since most of you understand breeding for traits. I thought I ask you all for your thoughts to my questions.

So I want to try to develop a Swedish flower hen rooster with a Phoenix tail. I don't want the small size of a Phoenix but I want to retain most of the appearance and size of a Swedish flower.

How would I go about doing this the easiest way?

Cross to the Phoenix to get the tail genetics and keep breeding back long tailed males to Swedish Flower females, each successive generation will be more Swedish Flower. Once you fix that, breed towards longer tails and only breed your project birds together, selecting towards long tails. Longtailed genes are fairly simple, compared to what makes up the shape and size of a breed.

 

[Amer]

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