Recent content by big medicine

Thanks. For what it's worth, back when I was more active on this site I was pretty outspoken about the the European tendency of Brahma breeders using the term pyle when describing splash versions of various blue patterns. In the US Standard Of Perfection red pyle is described as a black...

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Some standard and non standard Brahma examples here. http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGA/Brahma/BRKBrahma.html

Sorry don't check back over here as regular as I used to. I brought in a Wyandotte that I crossed into the gold laced pen. The Wyandotte was probably actually a blue laced gold, which then produced some blue laced gold chicks. I then worked on keeping the blue gene intact in a few birds as I...

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When crossing a pea combed bird with a single combed bird you get some form of pea comb, as pea comb is dominant. Now when you cross a bird with one of these semi pea combs, as many easter eggers have, back to a single combed bird you can get some rather wonky looking results. Don't believe...

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Mixed variety Sussex maybe, or mixed pattern ? I have produced a ton of them during the course of my Brahma projects, usually refer to them as off colored birds.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/169790/brahma-thread https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/873000/brahma-breeders-thread

I don't get over here very often, and this probably has already been discussed, but seems to be some confusion here. Blue, as in andalusian blue, the more common type of blue, (the other being self blue, or sometimes called lavender), is a diluter of black. Any black bird, be it solid black...

I don't know how they are itemizing the new cost increases as to what the AI test will be charged for the annual testing that Ohio requires to be AI monitored. Some states require you to be AI clean to ship eggs, or birds, or show in their state, which then calls for the 6 month AI swabbing that...

Got my birds AI tested today to maintain my flocks NPIP AI clean status that is required by some states to ship eggs, birds to, or show in Found out today that starting in 2017 the price for NPIP testing in Ohio is going to skyrocket. Staring next week it will be $75 to $100 depending on how...

Dave, is your jubilee a true double lace with dominant white, or a splash out of your blue birds ?

I usually catch this show every year, but this year in particular there seemed to be many more unusual colors there among the large fowl.

In my opinion, the first thing you should do is win the lottery, and I mean big, that way you can pay for the facilities, birds, several years of feed, and upkeep, that a project requires.