Making Lemonade [Selective Culling Project - very long term]

[Auntiejessi3]

Current thinking -
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The blue chicks you have hatched have been beautiful! Yes I know, not the right direction, but lovely nonetheless

 

[Earthdale]

Agreed

 

[U_Stormcrow]

I had a friend who was going to start keeping - I was going to give them all my blues to preserve some very attractive birds, but they had to back out of the property purchase.

 

[Earthdale]

aww that sucks.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Crazy means I don't understand poultry genetics at all, and will keep (because I have lots of black birds, and birds with obvious blue gene that need to be culled first) - but that they clearly have traits I don't want, as well.

/edit Also, crazy on the left has a pattern that, in spite of the the silver gene (or perhaps because of), disappears real well on my property. Unfortunately breeding a s/g with another s/g doesn't give be a consistent bird, so doesn't advance my goals - however intersting it is as a "wrong way".

The cockerel on the left doesn’t have the silver gene, those white feathers are part of a juvenile pattern that will disappear as he grows.

 

[U_Stormcrow]

The cockerel on the left doesn’t have the silver gene, those white feathers are part of a juvenile pattern that will disappear as he grows.

LUCKY bird!

See, I *did* mention I don't understand poultry genetics.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

LUCKY bird!

See, I *did* mention I don't understand poultry genetics.

Is that one now labeled a Keep?

 

[U_Stormcrow]

I was going to keep the crazies regardless, because there are birds I need to cull more. I'll keep "huh?" as well. But yes, it will help keep the knife away for a while.

 

[U_Stormcrow]

102 out, so of course I'm culling. Barely have to heat the water to dip before removing feathers.

This bird is from the May 5-7 hatch, so 6+ weeks?

1.98# live weight. Processed cleanly.

Been a long time since we had a bird young enough to bake. Yum yum.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

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Hen?