kurby22
Crossing the Road
Yeah, once they are gone and I get updates from the families I feel a lot better, it's just that initial decision and the act of letting them go that makes me sad. However, I KNOW I cannot care for all of them, so that helps a bit too. But man! They look at me with their cute little faces and I feel panicky that they will know I am sending them away!I have the same problem with that! Giving them away is a little easier...I think because I know the homes they're going to. I'm getting more comfortable selling though...I have to if I want to keep hatching. I'm enjoying trying to learn the genetics of my own birds and deliberately crossing breeds with a goal. Hopefully I'll be able to find homes for all the babies I hatch this year that I don't want to keep. I'm not sure there's much interest out there in mixes but we'll see.
Well Willa's color is beautiful and unusual! I thought maybe dun but I don't have experience with the colors your working with so I smoosh it into the colors I've seen first hand . Definitely not blue! I wonder how you could breed her to get babies just like her. With white spots added though because I'm me...
I also originally thought dun, but after reading more about the dun color gene, it didn't seem likely and chocolate made more sense based on the lemon blue of the hen. I am already trying to decide how I can use her to make pretty babies! Maybe pass on the bobtail coloration to modern game too. Wouldn't that be fun?? I'm not sure how chocolate works when crossed back to blue again, so who knows what I will get haha. Will be fun to try anyway! White spots would be awesome, I am with you there! I've never seen mauve mottled, but I bet it would look awesome