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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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.
I agree, I also leave it up to the birds if they want to venture out during the day, whatever the weather. My chicken doors have a little shed roof over them so they are pretty effective at keeping any precipitation out of the coop itself, but still allows for more daytime ventilation, plus the...
There most definitely will be some fine birds for sale, but I would encourage you to go as early as you can. Sometimes birds may be presold and delivered for pickup at the show, but those birds rarely see the inside of the show building. The birds in the sale pens are just that, for sale. Some...