The Moonshiner's Leghorns

[KF0002]

That's happened to me.
It's happened crossing browns and silvers and it also happened when going from BGD to blues. I still get solid blue roosters with red shoulders sometimes. Sucks cause it can take some age before it comes out.

Would I be wasting my time then, or would you carry on with the project? The silvers have a nice clean silver but are small. I would love to improve their size.

 

[KF0002]

Don't I have to be NPIP to ship eggs?

Legally, yes you should be NPIP certified to ship eggs or birds, best of my knowledge. I had to be NPIP to show chickens also, especially when taking them to a different state.

 

[KF0002]

I had a lady (friend of a friend) wanting to buy two of the Legbar/Leghorn cockerels. She approached me, mind you, via facebook messenger. So I caught the birds up, and she was supposed to meet that Friday (the day after the day I caught them up). The day before we were supposed to meet, she flakes and says something came up, ya-da ya-da. She said she will get the birds in a week or two. I turned the birds back loose and wrote the whole thing off. Well, a month later, yes a month, she texts and says she is ready to buy the birds. I texted her back they are no longer available. They are still running loose in the yard, but they are no longer available.

 

[NagemTX]

I had a lady (friend of a friend) wanting to buy two of the Legbar/Leghorn cockerels. She approached me, mind you, via facebook messenger. So I caught the birds up, and she was supposed to meet that Friday (the day after the day I caught them up). The day before we were supposed to meet, she flakes and says something came up, ya-da ya-da. She said she will get the birds in a week or two. I turned the birds back loose and wrote the whole thing off. Well, a month later, yes a month, she texts and says she is ready to buy the birds. I texted her back they are no longer available. They are still running loose in the yard, but they are no longer available.

I hate when they flake out.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Would I be wasting my time then, or would you carry on with the project? The silvers have a nice clean silver but are small. I would love to improve their size.

That's hard to say. When I crossed the Browns and Silvers I started getting males that had the red on the shoulders. I don't know how those genes work but it wasn't all males maybe a third or fourth of them. Of course nothing showed on the females so I worried about them being carriers that I couldn't identify. I just moved forward without using any of those males. Seemed like it didn't take long to eliminate it.
With the blues and blacks it's been a different story. When I brought blue in I was also mixing gold duckwing and solids. I wanted both projects so I figured I'd sort it out later. I got it separated but then ya I was producing males with red shoulders. That's been more then 5 years ago and I don't use those males but some still pop up to this day. Sometimes I look at those males and think I should mess around with them and see if I can get them to breed true.
It'd be up to you if the reward would be worth the hassle and if there's any other options.

 

[WallyG74]

I had a lady (friend of a friend) wanting to buy two of the Legbar/Leghorn cockerels. She approached me, mind you, via facebook messenger. So I caught the birds up, and she was supposed to meet that Friday (the day after the day I caught them up). The day before we were supposed to meet, she flakes and says something came up, ya-da ya-da. She said she will get the birds in a week or two. I turned the birds back loose and wrote the whole thing off. Well, a month later, yes a month, she texts and says she is ready to buy the birds. I texted her back they are no longer available. They are still running loose in the yard, but they are no longer available.

Yes, that burns my bacon! Because I have nothing better to do than sit and wait on you to NOT come get the chickens you asked for.

 

[WallyG74]

Mille Fleur Cochins ✔
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Please stop giving him excuses to post this pic.

 

[Kung_pao]

I do hate when I want to buy something and they don’t want to give good pictures. Don’t take a picture of a chicken five acres away and some eggs in a dark nest box and tell me they’re great Marans lol. I need proof dang it.

 

[WallyG74]

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

Remember my TWO ultimate RIR female chicks with the best, most amazing chipmunk pattern ever??? They turned out to be cockerels . I didn’t have years in that, though. Maybe 2 generations? Still was a bummer.

 

[WallyG74]

Yes MFer Banty Cochins
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Good looking nonsense!