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    Little Bootlegger Hen (I hope?)

    I'll have to read your posts more than once, I think
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    Little Bootlegger Hen (I hope?)

    I just saw it now. Thank you for writing that out for me, that's really interesting. I was thinking later as I was looking at my birds' legs and thinking about the fact that I've seen more variation than the website accounts for, and thought that the page seemed overly simplistic. I really...
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    Little Bootlegger Hen (I hope?)

    Hey look, I found more information. Black skin is a sex-linked trait, too, so my little bootlegger is a pullet because she has black skin like her silkie father. Quote from link: "So, when you breed a not Silkie male to a Silkie female, the pullets from the cross will be completely light...
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    Following a Free-range Chicken from Roost in Morning to Roost at Night

    This supports my chicken intuition 100%
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    Following a Free-range Chicken from Roost in Morning to Roost at Night

    Yes, so many breeds! Chantecler were developed here on the prairies, where it's much colder and drier. I also considered Canadian Bresse or any of the Scandinavian breeds. I'll most likely bring a diverse flock there in the spring when I go to shear the sheep and see how they fare. I can just...
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    Following a Free-range Chicken from Roost in Morning to Roost at Night

    I'm sure it's possible, I just don't know if it's worth it. The dream would be to develop a landrace that's adapted to the conditions like the sheep have. Currently, a flock of chickens comes on in the spring and they forage for all their own food aside from treats and scraps. The winter's not...
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    Following a Free-range Chicken from Roost in Morning to Roost at Night

    I live in Alberta, but Seal Island is in Nova Scotia. (I'm now editing my profile)
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    Following a Free-range Chicken from Roost in Morning to Roost at Night

    What you describe is 100% the traditional way of life on a remote island that's been in my family for several generations. They raised their own food and it was an island so it was very self-contained. That's actually what I had in mind, but it's such a unique scenario I tried to come up with...
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    Following a Free-range Chicken from Roost in Morning to Roost at Night

    What daily maintenance do you do with the flock? Do you think it could be feasible to maintain a flock that's left entirely on its own for long periods of time? ETA: Asking for scenarios such as utilizing Crown land or other remote land (don't know what the US equivalent is, but Crown land in...
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    Which crosses produce feather-sexable chicks?

    Wikipedia rabbithole, here I come! :D
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    Little Bootlegger Hen (I hope?)

    Oops, now this thread was moved but I already made a new thread. Sorry, I'm still "chirping" :oops:
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    Which crosses produce feather-sexable chicks?

    Thanks! I love that this thread is about the same cross as my chick (silkie/EE). I didn't take a pic of my chick when the contrast was really stark (at 2-3 days, the chick had quite a bit of feathering), but I'm certain she has a fast-feathering gene, and since she didn't get it from the...
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    Which crosses produce feather-sexable chicks?

    I posted this thread about a chick I have and it made me wonder about breeding hybrids that can be feather sexed. Information on this doesn't seem to be as readily available as information on sex-linked colours. From what I understand, a cross between fast-feathering and slow-feathering birds...
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    Following a Free-range Chicken from Roost in Morning to Roost at Night

    The fun part is translating it into technical writing :lau
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    Little Bootlegger Hen (I hope?)

    From what I understand, the fact that a certain breed can't be feather sexed doesn't mean a cross of that breed can't be feather sexed, just like with sex-link hybrids where the barring gene is only passed to cockerels. The EEs are high Ameraurcana content, so both parents are likely homozygous...
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