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Do you have any pictures of the line that you are working on?

If you outcrossed to bring in vigor to the original line, it might be better to breed the “best” outcross cockerel back to its mother then select a cockerel from that backcross and maybe take that back to its mother again until you have thinned the new blood, culled for the defects, and produced...

Agreed, maybe wittling down to a handful of candidates before winter and then doing final selection the following late spring/summer would be best. I have definitely had run ins with late developing issues. I guess the question is, what is the least amount of birds that can be kept to perpetuate...

As far as selection i have the capacity to hatch and grow up to 90 chicks, as well as an auction nearby to sell. so as long as i can do selection at 8, 14, and 22 weeks i can cover feed and or break even on most costs. That being said. Maybe final selection would be better to take place the...

Setting the line is still a few years out and something ill put into a separate thread once i have the time. The short of it being a peacomb white leghorn, large white egg, thicker in feather and in the 4.5 lb hen, 6.5lb cock range, with emphasis on feed consumption ratio/egg production, and...

I agree. at the point in which the hen is three years old there would be an emphasis to replace them no matter what. so i would kind of be riding the wire. Such tight numbers don’t really allow for errors like late developing defects, disease or mortality. How difficult is it to branch off a new...

I see so many trying to work every family every season and its just overwhelming to try and wrap my head around that with such limited space.

I am working on a hobby experiment, breeding and setting a line. I have a trio of my own crossing who’s description would be a thread in itself so thats as far as ill go into that. I have a newly built “poultry palace” that has two, fly pens that are 4’widex6’longx7’tall, each having access to...

Klamath falls, Chiloquin, Oregon, 97624. American gamefowl hatching eggs. I have fertile hatching eggs available. Sires are dom and hatch. Hens are mug, McLean and ylh/toppy. I only ship on monday mornings. Eggs are collected as soon as they hatch. Are labeled and stored at 45-55 degrees. Eggs...

Chiloquin, Oregon This year we’re doing a 3/4 white leghorn 1/4 barred rock project, Pure barred rock’s and American gamefowl cross’s that will be available at the pullet/cockerel stage around July.

Dom Sire is just under 5 pounds McLean Hen is 3.5 pounds Chicks hatched 3/1

This white pullet was my pick of the litter. However I sold her because with all the variables I decided to abandon this project.