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[microchick]

Great pictures @Beer can! It's like their own little parade.

 

[ronott1]

Yeah but the world has a hard enough time dealing with me with only one head, Cap.

I finally got the 'take pics of chicks' off my to do list. They are really growing.

Cookie and two of her three chicks.


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The 3 Fayoumi chicks. DH said. 3 roosters, look how they are standing on their toes...I said, no, 2 roosters, 1 pullet in the front. She isn't on her toes but is alert.


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One of Cookies little SDW chicks. Probably a cockerel if the eye liner is any indication.
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Bobbie Jo and her chicks. She has the three Fayoumi's and one SWD. I'm thinking one of the Fayoumis is half/half...half what besides Fayoumi is anybody's guess. Time will tell.
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You will have roosters!

 

[microchick]

You will have roosters!

 

[Arielle2]

Hmm interesting! Didn’t realize similar things existed in other breeds! Most of these double merle dogs are also born solid white which might be where the “lethal white” name comes in. Although they don’t always die I don’t think

Dalmations is another, i think.

Its all about the white.

 

[Arielle2]

White boxer's are usually deaf also. Yrs ago buddy of mine and I had brother boxer's. He kept one pup from a litter of his that was white and deaf. Didn't really affect her at all other than she couldn't hear you

lol. A woman that breeds Pointers didnt know her new stud, imported and expensive, was deaf until several of his pups were deaf. She had the stud checked and then castrated.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Our grocery store today, cracked me up pretty funny. From Florida. Dogs were so calm , several other people taking pics also
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That’s amazing! Haha love it!

 

[ShrekDawg]

Dalmations is another, i think.

Its all about the white.

Yes! Common in them too! They usually hearing test the litters before they go home because it’s so common. Maybe not as common now with all the testing.

 

[microchick]

The white doesn't hold true in Australian Cattle Dogs,tho. They are born white with the exception of any 'spots' they may have. No spots=white when born. Their colored coat comes in as they mature. Ours are 18 months old now and their color is still changing.

With them, you have to watch out for Degenerative retinopathy. I had a Mini Schnauzer who had that and went blind when he was 5. He got along fine and compensated well with his blindness. I was amazed as to how well he got around and relied on his sense of smell and touch to navigate. I didn't even know he was vision impaired until he ran into a kitchen chair that hadn't been pushed in.

Does anybody know if the deafness occurs in white Miniature Schnauzers?

 

[ShrekDawg]

The white doesn't hold true in Australian Cattle Dogs,tho. They are born white with the exception of any 'spots' they may have. No spots=white when born. Their colored coat comes in as they mature. Ours are 18 months old now and their color is still changing.

With them, you have to watch out for Degenerative retinopathy. I had a Mini Schnauzer who had that and went blind when he was 5. He got along fine and compensated well with his blindness. I was amazed as to how well he got around and relied on his sense of smell and touch to navigate. I didn't even know he was vision impaired until he ran into a kitchen chair that hadn't been pushed in.

Does anybody know if the deafness occurs in white Miniature Schnauzers?

Huh, very interesting!!!

And I’ve seen some blind dogs do agility even! They just put like different scents and textures on certain obstacles and stuff like that.

 

[chickadoodles]

Beer can and Micro love the pics!