What is she? Feedstore pullet grab bag.

[journey11]

She's too cute!

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

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All I can say is that is just nuts, not in that you're wrong, but in the difference between the strains!

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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Are you thinking of the short leg gene? There are 4 different dwarfing genes. All bantams carry at least one of them (but different bantam breeds carry different ones)

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

No, actual dwarfism.

The Smyth Line of Leghorns has a recurring "dwarf" gene. I wish I had taken a photo, but since I had to be in a "bunny suit" working with them, I doubt I could have taken one in. The bird was literally shaped like a bowling ball. It resembled a hen that was egg-bound, except the entire body was up and down. There was little to no neck, they never matured and were approximately 1/3 the size of a normal bird. The two that I saw were both male as they had the male coloration.

Needless to say they were not used as breeders, so when culling time came, they were dispatched.

The closest thing I can find to what I'm attempting to describe is the Marans on Feathersite, but try and view the tail feathers dragging the ground inbetween the legs instead of pointed at a normal angle:

 

[blackred]

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All I can say is that is just nuts, not in that you're wrong, but in the difference between the strains!

I guess that I don't get what you are saying. Are you saying that there is no difference between Hatchery style and Exhibition style Spangle OE? Or that there should not be a difference between the two?

Bob

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

No, I'm saying that the difference between the two types, exhibition and production (hatchery), is so monumental because I probably would never have seen that bird as an OEGB.

 

[PeepsInc]

Definitely Spangled OEG