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

[meltel]

he hasn't tried to bite me lately but he did try to breed my hand the other day

awww he loves you!!!

Those must have been love bites

 

[LittleLakePhil]

someone's inability to read a pregnancy test... 

me either! but we have a plow and trucks/SUVs 
yesterday they even closed my office 

Go Babies!!! you got a little more than us, i feel horrible for coastal maine and their 30"+

You know it's funny how people who live in cold snowy climates deal with it.
We live in places that get dumped on. I've never not made it to work because of it. For us to get out and drive through 2 feet of snow is just normal winter driving. I know I drive through storms that would probably terrify most of you. But I wouldn't trade it for the world I love living in the north.
At the same time the heat some of you guys have to endure would stop me dead in my tracks. WE live in such a great diverse country.... Different climates and cultures

 

[BantyChooks]

how do you not know how many you have?

Never was able to find a definitive answer as to spangled vs mottled vs mille Fleur, even from the OEGB thread

 

[DwayneNLiz]

because we all have way too many chickens

lol, not yet!

Never was able to find a definitive answer as to spangled vs mottled vs mille Fleur, even from the OEGB thread

ooohhhh, ok

 

[WalnutHill]

because we all have way too many chickens

I definitely resemble that remark. Like Black Copper Marans...I found 3 mature hens and a cockerel so far, one juvie hen, and probably have a few more Blue and Black hens around.

Spizhauben, I think I have 7.

Lavender Ams, not sure, but I think there are 3.

Sulmtalers, two and a mix. Those are easier because they are big and crested.

Production reds, 75 or 100.

EEs/OEs, about 50.

Ayam Cemani, only 5.

And then there are the rest.

 

[WVduckchick]

You know it's funny how people who live in cold snowy climates deal with it.
We live in places that get dumped on. I've never not made it to work because of it. For us to get out and drive through 2 feet of snow is just normal winter driving. I know I drive through storms that would probably terrify most of you. But I wouldn't trade it for the world I love living in the north.
At the same time the heat some of you guys have to endure would stop me dead in my tracks. WE live in such a great diverse country.... Different climates and cultures

I guess you walked to and from school uphill both ways too?

Never was able to find a definitive answer as to spangled vs mottled vs mille Fleur, even from the OEGB thread

Don't forget Calico!

 

[KuneKune]

All the chicks look great guys!! wish I could get some

 

[Pyxis]

Never was able to find a definitive answer as to spangled vs mottled vs mille Fleur, even from the OEGB thread

Mottled is just one color with white spots, like black with white spots on the end of the feathers. Mille fleur and spangled look similar, and it's the same type of pattern on the feathers, but a spangled is a deep red, like a rhode island red. A mille fleur is more of a tan or golden buff. Technically both have spangled feathers, since a spangled feather is a feather that "has a clearly defined marking unlike the remainder of the surface in color at the tip". The main difference is really the base color of the bird. I can't find it in my SOP right now (thanks to it telling me to flip to page to get an answer but it must have the wrong page number because that info is NOT on that page) it's possible that the shape of the black bar dividing the main feather color from the white is supposed to be different between varieties. In spangled it's supposed to be a V. In mille fleur it may be supposed to be a crescent.

Spangled

Mille Fleur

Mottled

Mottled is not an APA accepted color on OEGBs.

Calico (at least on cochins) is an incorrectly marked mille fleur. Many were produced when trying to create the mille fleur color on bantam cochins.

Hope this helps

 

[BantyChooks]

Mottled is just one color with white spots, like black with white spots on the end of the feathers. Mille fleur and spangled look similar, and it's the same type of pattern on the feathers, but a spangled is a deep red, like a rhode island red. A mille fleur is more of a tan or golden buff. Technically both have spangled feathers, since a spangled feather is a feather that "has a clearly defined marking unlike the remainder of the surface in color at the tip". The main difference is really the base color of the bird. I can't find it in my SOP right now (thanks to it telling me to flip to page to get an answer but it must have the wrong page number because that info is NOT on that page) it's possible that the shape of the black bar dividing the main feather color from the white is supposed to be different between varieties. In spangled it's supposed to be a V. In mille fleur it may be supposed to be a crescent.

Spangled

Mille Fleur

Mottled

Mottled is not an APA accepted color on OEGBs.

Calico (at least on cochins) is an incorrectly marked mille fleur. Many were produced when trying to create the mille fleur color on bantam cochins.

Hope this helps

Thank you!
Still have one guy that doesn't fit any of those, but that cleared it up on the other one.

 

[WVduckchick]

Mottled is just one color with white spots, like black with white spots on the end of the feathers. Mille fleur and spangled look similar, and it's the same type of pattern on the feathers, but a spangled is a deep red, like a rhode island red. A mille fleur is more of a tan or golden buff. Technically both have spangled feathers, since a spangled feather is a feather that "has a clearly defined marking unlike the remainder of the surface in color at the tip". The main difference is really the base color of the bird. I can't find it in my SOP right now (thanks to it telling me to flip to page to get an answer but it must have the wrong page number because that info is NOT on that page) it's possible that the shape of the black bar dividing the main feather color from the white is supposed to be different between varieties. In spangled it's supposed to be a V. In mille fleur it may be supposed to be a crescent.

Spangled

Mille Fleur

Mottled

Mottled is not an APA accepted color on OEGBs.

Calico (at least on cochins) is an incorrectly marked mille fleur. Many were produced when trying to create the mille fleur color on bantam cochins.

Hope this helps

What I was told about mille vs. calico on cochins was that the hackle feathers should be dark or black to be mille. Calicos are the lighter ones.