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I get the frustration with feed stores. Oh, the stories we could swap. But this is not the time or place for a "gripe fest" (anyway...

Google lies all the time! Your cross creates "Black Sexlinks". To make "Red Sexlinks", you need to use a hen that has the Silver gene...

I am not well versed in the interactions with melanizers. Legbars are not my principle interest with regard to gold/silver. I make...

Vaccinated almost 340 chicks on Tuesday! That is a record number. I don't vaccinate the ducklings, goslings, quail, and I had 19 from a...

I've never seen any "studies" about the correct thing to do with an upside down egg. It happens to me sometimes and if it is early in...

High production is the interplay of many genes. It can often be that emphasizing one trait has an unintended, but direct, effect on...

Where are you located? I am in SE PA, near Philly. I am hatching lots of silkied cochin chicks this spring. Not sure if I will have...

This has a better pic of one of the cockerels.

Seems this is a very old message thread,but I wanted to offer an update. Here is my flock of Isabel Crele Welsummers. They are currently...

It seems like very little actual genetic facts are known about feather "quality" in general. Hookless (silkied) is a single gene...

I use 17 days as the incubation period for coturnix, so I would move them the hatcher on the 14th day. My quail tend to hatch at the end...

The Welbars generally lay lighter colored eggs than the Copper Marans, but when they are just starting to lay, it is very hard to tell...

Hi Dennis, just want to say my 4y old olive egger and Welbar are still laying well, especially the Olive egger Boo. She has 5~6 large...

I have used this company to test for blue egg color when building a flock of Opal Legbars that are homozygous for blue eggs. Pretty...