kurby22
Crossing the Road
Yeah, once they are gone and I get updates from the families I feel a lot better, it's just that initial decision and the act of letting them go that makes me sad. However, I KNOW I cannot care for all of them, so that helps a bit too. But man! They look at me with their cute little faces and I feel panicky that they will know I am sending them away!I have the same problem with that! Giving them away is a little easier...I think because I know the homes they're going to. I'm getting more comfortable selling though...I have to if I want to keep hatching. I'm enjoying trying to learn the genetics of my own birds and deliberately crossing breeds with a goal. Hopefully I'll be able to find homes for all the babies I hatch this year that I don't want to keep. I'm not sure there's much interest out there in mixes but we'll see.
Well Willa's color is beautiful and unusual! I thought maybe dun but I don't have experience with the colors your working with so I smoosh it into the colors I've seen first hand. Definitely not blue! I wonder how you could breed her to get babies just like her. With white spots added though because I'm me...
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I also originally thought dun, but after reading more about the dun color gene, it didn't seem likely and chocolate made more sense based on the lemon blue of the hen. I am already trying to decide how I can use her to make pretty babies! Maybe pass on the bobtail coloration to modern game too. Wouldn't that be fun??
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