The Moonshiner's Leghorns

[KF0002]

Can you bring him on the boat with the eggs you will be dropping off?

I’m gonna need to borrow him for a few months first before he moves to New Zealand. My pullets don’t want a long distance relationship.

 

[KF0002]

Silver duckwing, white, chocolate and blue. Im focusing on the Silver tho. The others are going to the Crested EE project. Only nice single combs I have are on my Phoenix rooster and my Dutch roosters.

Speaking of Crested EE project. I have a little double barred naked necker cockerel that is off my naked necker yard rooster and a Legbar hen. He has a tiny crest and is adorable. I was thinking about throwing him in with some Legbar pullets.

 

[Chookwagn]

I’m gonna need to borrow him for a few months first before he moves to New Zealand. My pullets don’t want a long distance relationship.

Should only need a quick stop with you on the way

 

[BlueBaby]

What "gold"? Buffs?

Yes, those. Didn't you say you needed more blood of those?

 

[The Moonshiner]

Yes, those. Didn't you say you needed more blood of those?

Idk who has them. Think there's like 2 places you can get eggs if you look hard enough.
New blood usually ain't a bad thing but I was mostly just needing more birds. Hadn't focused much on hatching many the last few years and the trend has been more male chicks then females.
Even with that I started spring with only one rooster so I panicked a bit.
Should be doing a lot better come this spring but I never count my chickens until winter is over. It's back luck here to start counting on individuals in the fall.

 

[BlueBaby]

Idk who has them. Think there's like 2 places you can get eggs if you look hard enough.
New blood usually ain't a bad thing but I was mostly just needing more birds. Hadn't focused much on hatching many the last few years and the trend has been more male chicks then females.
Even with that I started spring with only one rooster so I panicked a bit.
Should be doing a lot better come this spring but I never count my chickens until winter is over. It's back luck here to start counting on individuals in the fall.

Ok, I was just wondering because you mentioned before that you liked those.

 

[The Moonshiner]

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Oh I've got it figured out. I'm waiting on the birds to do their part. It's a generation at a time and they don't mature and reproduce nearly as fast as my brain works so it's always a waiting game.
It's also playing the odds game. You look around and see what genes you have and what you can mix them together to create. Or you come up with an idea of what you want then you figure out what genes it'll need and where to pull them from.
You mix in different birds with the different genes you need then breed out the genes you don't need while keeping the ones you do until eventually you get them pure for what you need and all the unwanted ones gone.
That takes generations and a lot more birds that you don't want to get the few you do. Each generation you try to get closer to your goal but until the end is in site you're playing the odds to get what you need.
That's the fun with hatching project chicks. It's like Christmas you never know what you're going to get and you're just hoping for that one present that you want. One day it happens and all the planning and working and waiting and hoping pays off and it's live standing there in front of you.
Oh what a rush that is.
The chocolate project is far from done but the first goal was chocolate gold duckwing and I had the chance for pullet chicks so here we are.

Moony. Two questions.
1. What do you do with all the birds you don't need in your projects?
2. Can you breed skittishness out of Leghorns?

Same dude
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This is hands down the prettiest rooster I've ever seen.

 

[Amer]

Moony. Two questions.
1. What do you do with all the birds you don't need in your projects?
2. Can you breed skittishness out of Leghorns?


This is hands down the prettiest rooster I've ever seen.

A lot of the show lines of Leghorns tend to be calmer.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

A lot of the show lines of Leghorns tend to be calmer.

Thanks, Amer. Pah, I should have addressed @The Moonshiner by his official name, lol. Moony! Please see Post #958. I want to be sure you see my compliment to your
Single barred blue silver crele (duckwing, bladecomb, fancypants) awesome roosterdude!