Welcome to my pond - Swim, wade, or sit on the bank

[CapricornFarm]

Took a picture of my flowers today.

 

[CapricornFarm]

And here is a sign i made, not quite done.

 

[Alaskan]

The white rock. She has barring that you can't see - can't see white barring on a white feather. Barring is often added to white breeds with yellow legs, because barring is a dermal melanin inhibitor, so it makes the yellow brighter. And you can't see the barring so it doesn't matter that it's there - until you cross it to a bird that's not white. My white leghorn hen carried barring for this reason; at some point barring was added to brighten the legs.

And this rooster of mine is barred too, but you can't see it because of the white feathers:

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But you can see it a little in his tail if you look closely.

That would also mean your chick is a black sex link - it's a cockerel.

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

The white rock. She has barring that you can't see - can't see white barring on a white feather. Barring is often added to white breeds with yellow legs, because barring is a dermal melanin inhibitor, so it makes the yellow brighter. And you can't see the barring so it doesn't matter that it's there - until you cross it to a bird that's not white. My white leghorn hen carried barring for this reason; at some point barring was added to brighten the legs.

And this rooster of mine is barred too, but you can't see it because of the white feathers:

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But you can see it a little in his tail if you look closely.

That would also mean your chick is a black sex link - it's a cockerel.

Thats really interesting,thank you
Ive been researching breeding for sex link chicks. I think it would be a good option for my "co-op" chicks. I follow along when anyone here is talking about the subject trying to glean as much info as i can..

Well gnight pond... i hope you all have a great night!
Al, i hope you are feeling better this evening...

 

[WVduckchick]

A 'Whoop Daddy' of a thunder storm struck as I was grilling a steak for supper - so we ate it a bit rarer than normal. Pot cheese with noodles, green beans and a mozzarella/tomato/lettuce/balsamic vinaigrette salad completed the meal.

Omg, I was moving my juvie duck pen. Had just a couple pieces of netting to finish. Needless to say, I was soaked to the bone. But at least it was still warm, and my ducks are safe.

That dinner sounds perfectly stupendous!
Hubby is gone, I had 2 corn dogs.

Happy in their bigger pool.

 

[shawluvsbirds]

I heard a definite quack from one of my pastel twins tonight!
SO. . I can start thinking names now.
My other girls are Lexi, Maggie, Sofie and thea. Suggestions?

 

[WVduckchick]

I heard a definite quack from one of my pastel twins tonight!
SO. . I can start thinking names now.
My other girls are Lexi, Maggie, Sofie and thea. Suggestions?

A pastel....Rosie?
I'm still hoping my pastel will quack, but she's a bit bigger than the Grey now, so i sure hope I didn't have them backwards.

 

[shawluvsbirds]

A pastel....Rosie?
I'm still hoping my pastel will quack, but she's a bit bigger than the Grey now, so i sure hope I didn't have them backwards.

Rosie makes me think of all the rosy Palmer jokes

 

[orrpeople]

You might know its a CCL pullet.

My CLs have proven to not be very strong...

 

[orrpeople]

Crazy day, but 4 chicks from Saturday's hatch no longer live here! So now I'm down to just the two Orps and one SB. But I filled the bator to the brim with 55s and SBs (hoping to get some of Peter Parker's babies)!
It really cooled off today and we had some cloud bursts while we were in town, but none out hereherherehe (thanks Monroe).