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  1. troyer

    Developing my own breeds of gamefowl and bantam

    Not as quick to get frost bit. Every single comb chicken we have got frost bit this winter.
  2. troyer

    Developing my own breeds of gamefowl and bantam

    Hatch enough to select the larger ones. You will probably get small-ish, medium and large-ish ones with those genetics. These are full brothers to those hens I showed.
  3. troyer

    Developing my own breeds of gamefowl and bantam

    In that case use the four American hens and the Phoenix hens. I have some Sebright x Cubalaya hens that would probably help you, but they are peacomb. They are some real firecrackers and broody.
  4. troyer

    Developing my own breeds of gamefowl and bantam

    It seems to me that you could just throw them all into the same pen/free ranging and they can just breed at random and the end result would be what works for your area. Seems to me that the genetics you have would fairly quickly determine the survivors. I imagine the Phoenix hen will be fine...
  5. troyer

    Developing my own breeds of gamefowl and bantam

    If the rooster is pure for white legs all his chicks will come out with white legs. The cockerels will all be carriers of blue legs, but will appear to be white leg. All the pullets will be pure for white legs. If you would breed those cockerels back to their blue leg mother you will get some...
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