VegaCoyote
Songster
- Jul 12, 2025
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See, I kinda like that approach. “I bred Pretty Bird to Other Pretty Bird to see if I could make More Pretty Bird. Breed standard colors? Why?”
Like, I get how that attitude would be frustrating to people who are breeding specifically for color and only want to buy a bird with predictable plumage genetics, but for someone who’s just looking for a healthy, friendly bird who lays a guaranteed blue egg, it’s kinda better if you can just find an Easter egger with two O alleles, yanno?
Unfortunately, WTBs are probably not an option for me- they have a reputation for being flighty and nervous, and that doesn’t fit well in a semi-urban environment. Better for somewhere with a good amount of space for free-ranging and fewer loud, irritable neighbors.
Gorgeous birds, though!
@Iluveggers , how would you say your boy’s temperament came out so far? Nervous? Bold? And how is he with the rest of the flock? His humans? Other animals?
Like, I get how that attitude would be frustrating to people who are breeding specifically for color and only want to buy a bird with predictable plumage genetics, but for someone who’s just looking for a healthy, friendly bird who lays a guaranteed blue egg, it’s kinda better if you can just find an Easter egger with two O alleles, yanno?
Unfortunately, WTBs are probably not an option for me- they have a reputation for being flighty and nervous, and that doesn’t fit well in a semi-urban environment. Better for somewhere with a good amount of space for free-ranging and fewer loud, irritable neighbors.
Gorgeous birds, though!
@Iluveggers , how would you say your boy’s temperament came out so far? Nervous? Bold? And how is he with the rest of the flock? His humans? Other animals?
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