I've had a few birds that I would've really wished to have offspring. A silkie mix cockerel (that was silkied) named Napoleon, and a few ISA browns over the years. A mix breed hen I had years ago too. With the exception of the mix breed hen, the offspring from all the others would have a...
I really, really wouldn't do it. Even with your sentimental connection to his line, it is not worth producing more cross beaks
Also not entirely impossible that his cross beak is the reason he's not popular with the girls. They know more than we give them credit for
I think the idea was either from @TwoCrows or @tlcmurphy . Kithara means guitar in Greek, so I think it was their egg, their idea (based on the fact that I had Dolly Parton, and tlcmurphy had Jolene, so we needed a guitar to complete the set), and I just switched up the languages
He's got such...
I'm thankful that I have some acquaintances that are willing to take my extra males and butcher them for me. I can't deny, catching them and giving them to be butchered is HARD. It's something that has to be done if I continue hatching, however. I also prefer consuming meat that came from birds...