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Quote: X2 Hey Jessica, how's it going? Thanks for compliments, BTW! We are rolling along just fine around here. How is work? Stressful as always?

Pretty birds Jenn!

Quote: Most of the literature I read says that the gene for long leg is dominant and the gene for short is recessive. But, it cannot be if the heterozygotes (what we call short legged) are shorter than the homozygous dominant (what we call long legged). It has to be a type of incomplete...

Yup, I did screw that percentage up! LL x Ll should be 50/50. Blame it on being tired, sitting in a car with a flat tire for three hours. I will edit my initial post for correct my stupid mistake (why do I only make mistakes in front of students?). LL is long legged Ll is what we call short...

Quote: Most of the literature I read says that the gene for long leg is dominant and the gene for short is recessive. But, it cannot be if the heterozygotes (what we call short legged) are shorter than the homozygous dominant (what we call long legged). It has to be a type of incomplete...

Hi all! It has been a long time since I posted here. One of my BTW (5/11/11) hens was the first out of all my hens to lay. The eggs are so impossibly tiny! I was worried about the bantams mixing with the turkeys and the standard birds, but they hold their own fairly well. My Maran roo has...

My two little 6 week cockerals are very aggressive. They pick fights with all the other chicks and the turkey poults! My BTW can fly really well at this age too. They roost in the rafters which are almost 5 feet off the ground.

Here are my BTW chicks. They were hatched on 5/11 (3 weeks, 5 days); from Cackle Hatchery. They are a bit dirty since they spilled both the feeder and the water while I was at work! #1 A cockerel, I presume. He is feisty! #2 Comb is turning red and he is getting tiny little wattles He...

I've been reading this thread with interest tonight. I haven't made it through ALL 50 pages yet. I "accidentally" got 6 BTW Japanese bantams from Cackle (no really, they shipped me the wrong box of poultry). They are 14 days old on 5/25. What should I start looking for to sex them? How soon...