RS 5.5months

Hello All,  Here is RS son of RJ, who was taken by the fox last week, so sad :(  

RS's spurs are erupting, his comb uneven, and mottle coloration on wing expression may be undesired, but he have a very even pretty Bl/bl dilution.

With David still around he is 2nd in line. 

Here is a photo of RS as a chick http://spotonfarm.blogspot.com/2017/06/hatchlings.html?m=1



RS surfing a toy truck.

I will attempt to breed him for the homozygous bl and get his descendants a rose comb. These single combers get so frost bitten.

With the first measureable snow falling, I hope everyone stays warm!

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RS and Daphne.

the orange feathers are mottled. the rest is a bl dilution. I know this photo is blurry.  I promise to upload a better one off the camera soon!

here is Daphne along side RS. both have blue dilution.

Family Tree

Here we have a simple chart of Roo, Hen and resulting chick. I expected all chicks to turn out the color and pattern of their hen. We will see if I am right.



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Five months old

November these little ones hatched. And now five months have passed. Try are now upgraded to the large coop with the rest of the flock.

Two weeks old!

Silver x Splash

Hey all!!! hatchlings have arrived. My first f2 hatchling event! There are seperate breeds that i hatched under one mama hen.

Wyandotte. In short, the way genetics go in poultry, this chick will be silver female, S/- , or S/s+ spilt silver male. (the other spilt/half will be the red splash gene from father which is not phenotyped)

 Here are my other f2 hatchlings. There are orust x welsummer f1 crossed back with the orust or welsummer or with the wyandotte male. I just love love the wyandottes. We can get some extreme winters here and they just seem to know how to stay warm! I never have to worry about frost bite on their combs either. I do not heat my coops in winter (ill just bring them in if its that crazy out) Plus the size of RJ is just amazing. He is so calm and tolerant of kids and adults. Not a aggressive bone in his body. He does stand up for himself but would rather go scratch around the corner or be the last in the coop then to pick a fight with the other roosters. I feel very lucky I am able to free range all three roosters at once without blood shed or death. (in the beginning it was rough. baby steps to get them to house within sight without attacks, and then baby steps policing one male or the other with him in the yard at a time with the hens without attacks. Then all three all together while policing. And a lot of time i left him with the hens and kept my other two males in for the day. This gave him a ego boost and a sense of belonging to the coops and yard)

I know there were more chicks and several unhatched eggs still under mama hen, but she was getting quite frustrated with my intrusiveness so i decided that was enough for one evening. ;)

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