The Moonshiner's Leghorns

[NagemTX]

Ocellated Turkey is my favorite turkey that I will never have.

 

[NagemTX]

Sigh, lost a silver to trampling and another I had to cull for bad cross beak.

 

[Amer]

@Amer my Brown Leghorn eggs came from Don Schrider. He was highly recommended and his birds are just stunning. Have you seen him around shows you have been to? He is a super nice guy and has been a pleasure to order from.

I haven't met him but I've heard him talk on a podcast and I've heard all about him.

NVM @Amer. I have been reading through the thread as I get free time and I just saw that you posted this in 2024! I'm stoked I was able to get eggs from him!

It's awesome you got eggs from him!

 

[KF0002]

Ocellated Turkey is my favorite turkey that I will never have.

Yeah I imagine they are hard to get a hold of. However, if you want just regular old turkeys HMU. I can't set many this year because they take up too much brooder space and they get overwhelming in very large numbers. We will only hatch just enough to keep a few breeders and have a few to butcher this year.

 

[KF0002]

I haven't met him but I've heard him talk on a podcast and I've heard all about him.

It's awesome you got eggs from him!

I'm very happy to have 4 chicks from the first batch, and hopefully will get a few more from this set. He sent me a second set of eggs since I didn't get a great hatch rate. Super nice guy.

 

[KF0002]

Sigh, lost a silver to trampling and another I had to cull for bad cross beak.

I hate it when that happens. It's always the most important ones too. I'm sorry.

 

[NagemTX]

I hate it when that happens. It's always the most important ones too. I'm sorry.

With any beared breed it's more likely to happen. At lest it was only one.

Thank you. I still have a hard time culling.

 

[The Moonshiner]

I ordered pink wingbands. I am growing bored of the usual blue, red, and green.

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You're not putting any of those on your games are you

 

[The Moonshiner]

Sigh, lost a silver to trampling and another I had to cull for bad cross beak.

that sucks. Sorry

With any beared breed it's more likely to happen.

I did not know this.

 

[Amer]

I hate it when that happens. It's always the most important ones too. I'm sorry.

My d'Anvers are always most likely to die but they are the smallest. Ironic though because they are the smartest out of the chicks when it comes to drinking water.

With any beared breed it's more likely to happen. At lest it was only one.

Thank you. I still have a hard time culling.

Probably true. I cull hard against bad beak shapes but they're still imperfect, the upper mandible never seems to stop growing.
I'm trying to select for a shorter, stouter beak.
After the first couple of generations of my birds I haven't noticed any cross beaks though, just a couple off center beaks these days.
Outcrossing is actually bad for the beak shape because all that selection goes away you can inbreed a nice beak on though.
I've heard it was associated with the rose comb gene giving a shorter head but maybe it is the beards if the same is the case for Ameraucanas plus I've never seen short heads on rosecombed Leghorns.