The Quack Shack

[ShrekDawg]

Enjoy your day!

Thank you!

 

[ShrekDawg]

Gosh, you're lucky. It's 40F here and very rainy

I think it’s supposed to rain tonight but

 

[Muscovy Wunda]

Tornadoes? Puppies? Duns and chocolates? I hope everyones safe! @Tooshay89 you'll be fine with the puppy. They are old souls

 

[ShrekDawg]

Yeah even ours who was half Lab was fine and so lazy LOL they say the Pyrenees are like rugs with a heartbeat

 

[Tooshay89]

Yeah even ours who was half Lab was fine and so lazy LOL they say the Pyrenees are like rugs with a heartbeat

Hah! So basically the opposite of a golden retriever? Cosmo is actually quite lazy. Now, if someone new comes over, it's on. He gets so wound up for at least the first 10-15 minutes of "new friends" interactions, then he's okay. Hopefully little Apollo will fit in well. I guess he really likes to sit with the chickens and so far hasn't had to be corrected at all with them. That being said, I probably won't trust him unattended with any poultry until after his teenage years are done.

His breeder sent me these pictures the other day. All of their snow melted and she said it's a muddy mess up there now. That'll probably be the last time Apollo will get to play in the snow so I hope he enjoyed it, lol.

 

[Tooshay89]

Okay, it's official. This weekend I go pickup a bantam frizzle Dun Barred Cochin cockerel. I'm exited to see what comes from the matching.

@Tooshay89 so I did a bit of reading about Dun vs Chocolate. Chocolate is a sex linked color gene. Dun however is a dilution gene on black and works the same way blue does. Instead of diluting to a blue color, it dilutes to a chocolate color. Having 2 copies of the Dun gene makes fawn (mauve, khaki, platinum) the same way 2x blue makes splash (paint). Dun is not sex linked.

So what are you hoping to make with your dun boy? Also, I'll have to look up what exactly dun means. I'm assuming it's a color similar to chocolate but I really have no idea if I'm being honest.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Hah! So basically the opposite of a golden retriever? Cosmo is actually quite lazy. Now, if someone new comes over, it's on. He gets so wound up for at least the first 10-15 minutes of "new friends" interactions, then he's okay. Hopefully little Apollo will fit in well. I guess he really likes to sit with the chickens and so far hasn't had to be corrected at all with them. That being said, I probably won't trust him unattended with any poultry until after his teenage years are done.

His breeder sent me these pictures the other day. All of their snow melted and she said it's a muddy mess up there now. That'll probably be the last time Apollo will get to play in the snow so I hope he enjoyed it, lol.


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he sounds like a good boy!! They both do. I think his behavior is normal for most dogs and certainly most young dogs haha he sounds sweet. and Apollo is so cute!!! OMG

 

[BigBlueHen53]

We were under tornado warning last night too. Watching it on the tv in the basement, whatever "it" was, was about two miles away from us. I don't know if there was damage, haven't been over there. I have a relative who will probably go check it out and report back to me. She texted me last night to say she and her DH were sitting on the porch watching it.... she'll probably show me pics and post them on FB. I just thank God we're all safe. I didn't grow up in Tornado Alley ... I'll just cower in the basement till it's over!

 

[Muscovy Wunda]

Glad you are safe! I'm waiting anxiously to hear if a non chicken friend is safe. She was right in its path and hasn't had anything on fb, but lots of messages from family and friends trying to reach her

 

[Trimurtisan]

So what are you hoping to make with your dun boy? Also, I'll have to look up what exactly dun means. I'm assuming it's a color similar to chocolate but I really have no idea if I'm being honest.

Just hoping to make something cute, get my feet wet with some breeding, and hopefully make a few bucks while doing so.

The females will be smooth feathered mille fleur d'Uccle, and the father the dun barred cochin bantam. The first generation should all come out barred, half will be black bars and half will be chocolate bars.

From what I can tell Dun is the technical name for the dilution gene, though it commonly gets used to say chocolate (I'd assume because they breed differently). So dun is less of an actual color, and more of an action/process (diluting) resulting in chocolate.


If I am wrong, someone please feel free to correct me. I am trying to figure this out myself also.