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brucifer said:
Copacetic. No news is good news.

Aside from possibly moving out one Chocolate Orpington cockerels and one FBCM cockerels, everything stays, and that's a nice feeling. However, by September I'll need to get a Muscovy pen built, so I there's always something to do around here.

The Showgirls a growing like weeds and getting cuter by the day. I watched them playing the cluck-cluck chase game a couple of days ago. It was too funny. :lol:
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Hey you know the FBCM you gave me I think one is a girl, or I have a funny rooster, lol
 
katsdar said:
Hey you know the FBCM you gave me I think one is a girl, or I have a funny rooster, lol
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There was one FBCM cockerel who was an inbetweener. Its comb was larger than the combs of the other pullets in its brood, yet smaller than the combs of the other cockerels. If it turns out to be a pullet, I want it back! ...j/k! :lol:

Actually, I have all the pullets and cockerels that I want from that line. I'm sure I gave Marie a pullet along with some cockerels, so if you acquired any of her FBCM stock, then you could have a pullet from there as well.
 
@brucifer How many lines do you have? Are they all show lines? Wondering if you.actialy show your chickens and if they win. Also apparently some chickens have to be dubed to enter. When that is done doesn't it hurt the chicken. I read that you cut off comb waddles and earlobes. How does that justify the chicken to a standard. I thought that since you have some show lines you might be able to answer some questions.
 
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@brucifer How many lines do you have? Are they all show lines?
For FBCM, two lines. For Chocolate Orpingtons, four lines. They are all show-quality lines; however, just because I use show-quality birds from show-quality lines doesn't mean that all of the the offspring are show quality. First, what I mean by show-quality line is that the birds came from a line that produced birds that successfully competed in shows. For example, the linage of my FBCM lines competed in shows regularly. Second, what I mean by show-quality bird is that the bird would not be DQed if entered in a show in its respective breed category. In the APA Standards of Perfection (SOPs) there are certain traits that are instant disqualifiers for respective breeds. For example, if a FBCM bird has pearl eye color, all bets are off. The bird could be perfect in all other aspects, but it's DQed because pearl eye color a major flaw.

Wondering if you actually show your chickens and if they win.
Not yet. However, that's the goal. I've been working with a couple of breeders who do show and do so successfully. For example, one FBCM hen from one of lines of my stock won at the Ohio National in 2015. That show is to poultry breeders what the Westminster Show is to dog breeders.

Also apparently some chickens have to be dubbed to enter. When that is done doesn't it hurt the chicken. I read that you cut off comb waddles and earlobes. How does that justify the chicken to a standard. I thought that since you have some show lines you might be able to answer some questions.
Dubbing is only required of game breeds, and since we don't raise any game breeds, we fortunately don't have to deal with that practice. Game birds were traditionally used for fighting, and that's why they were dubbed. Doing so made it more difficult for opposing birds to grab each other by the combs, wattles, or earlobes. The APA may make dubbing optional in the future, but as for now, game birds are required to be dubbed when shown. The dubbing process temporarily hurts the birds getting dubbed, but they heal and are fine afterward.
 
missy1971 said:
@livhatcher @brucifer how are them babies coming along??
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Mine are approaching Day 14 on the first set and I still have 11 good eggs--7 Isabel and 4 BBS orps. The ones in the mini are just at day 8. I've got 5 good ones--1 cracked and 1 Isabel was a dud. I'm also fertility testing my WCB Polish's first 3 eggs laid in that pen. We'll see what happens. I've heard mixed info on how long it takes before pullets lay reliably fertile eggs. But, the ladies have Maximus over them, so hopefully it won't be long!
 

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