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Post by homegroanacers on Oct 20, 2012 15:48:21 GMT -5
Updated Pictures of my Lav Cuckoo Yeah I know its got red eyes That is what happens with flash I tried to take it out but so far I am not smart nuff Close Up same bird, color is really like the first picture John
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Post by homegroanacers on Oct 17, 2012 16:45:10 GMT -5
HA! Well I guess it is nice to know that I have not lost my mind. But I guess I need to understand that I am blind Thanks Don John
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Post by homegroanacers on Oct 17, 2012 13:12:47 GMT -5
Have I lost my mind? (not sure I want a response to that ) Was there not a for sale, trade and such on UOC? John
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Post by homegroanacers on Sept 9, 2012 9:55:22 GMT -5
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Post by homegroanacers on Aug 27, 2012 14:25:14 GMT -5
The NNPS show this Oct '12 is being held at the State Fair Grounds in Salem, Oregon (at least that is what I have heard)
Would some one have a website or some such that would give the finer details on building, dates, times, fee's, possible need for security, parking and food.
John
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Post by homegroanacers on Jul 20, 2012 16:13:59 GMT -5
This lav cuckoo is all I have. How would I go about keeping this lav colored cuckoo going?
John
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Post by homegroanacers on Jul 20, 2012 16:11:11 GMT -5
John Your white Orpington was a lavender which is covered with recessive white. Recessive white only white washes a bird, it dose not change the color of the bird. Since you breed the the white covered lavender bird to a lavender you knocked the recessive white off your white orpington (which had a lavender bird underneath). and of course there is a sex linked baring gene involved which put barring on you lavender. All recessive white birds have some other colored bird underneath the white. so next time you see a recessive white bird, you are seeing a colored bird which has been white washed. Most recessive whites have black birds underneath. But there are lines of recessive white with other colors underneath. Now dominate white works totally different it is a diluting gene and alters the color of the bird. crossing this white rooster (lav gene and cuckoo gene) with a white hen (I do not know whether she is recessive or dominate) will give me? I see white on them but will they carry either one of those (what I call hidden) genes? John
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Post by homegroanacers on Jul 20, 2012 16:03:36 GMT -5
John out of curiosity what other colors did you hatch from this cross White Rooster with cuckoo gene x Dark Lavender Hen? the lav cuckoo pictured is the only one from that White Rooster x Dark Lav Hen....I do not have that hen anymore...
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Post by homegroanacers on Jul 20, 2012 15:56:01 GMT -5
John Your white Orpington was a lavender which is covered with recessive white. Recessive white only white washes a bird, it dose not change the color of the bird. Since you breed the the white covered lavender bird to a lavender you knocked the recessive white off your white orpington (which had a lavender bird underneath). and of course there is a sex linked baring gene involved which put barring on you lavender. All recessive white birds have some other colored bird underneath the white. so next time you see a recessive white bird, you are seeing a colored bird which has been white washed. Most recessive whites have black birds underneath. But there are lines of recessive white with other colors underneath. Now dominate white works totally different it is a diluting gene and alters the color of the bird. (1) Does not recessive = hidden? I can see the white so I would think that it is dominate If it is hidden how can I see it. (2) When one looks at a bird that looks white how can one tell if it is recessive or dominate? John
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Post by homegroanacers on Jul 20, 2012 8:18:41 GMT -5
John, I had a few whites that I did cross to the lavenders. Mistakenly, I must of sold you one. I was trying to clean up the black fretting in the hackles and saddle of the lavenders. Please post more pictures as that bird matures. Should be interesting in how it turns out. .......Go's to show ya how much I know! ;D... I'm sure I will never ever understand "genes" . It just seemed to me that if you take white and mix it with another color, you would get some of that color in a lighter shade. No matter how or why it happened I like it... What part does barred\cuckoo play in what sex it is? I think I read that only males carry two barred genes? Any one have a clue whether its a cockerel or pullets? Will that hidden Lav gene, be hidden in that white x white?
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Post by homegroanacers on Jul 19, 2012 14:24:27 GMT -5
Any thoughts wanted. Pro and Con. Three month old, Lavender Cuckoo? Sex? Click pic for larger pic. White Rooster with cuckoo gene x Dark Lavender Hen John Did the white rooster also carry the lavender gene??? No not at all....The White Rooster comes from Christina's stock. John
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Post by homegroanacers on Jul 16, 2012 12:37:08 GMT -5
Any thoughts wanted. Pro and Con. Three month old, Lavender Cuckoo? Sex? Click pic for larger pic. White Rooster with cuckoo gene x Dark Lavender Hen John
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Post by homegroanacers on Apr 14, 2012 13:27:51 GMT -5
Christina I know this is not a Blue However since your looking at the Blue here is an updated picture of a Rooster I kept from the split white eggs I got from you. How is his "Orp type"? Like you said I am not concerned about the color since all I am looking for are the whites. John
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Post by homegroanacers on Apr 14, 2012 13:15:15 GMT -5
John he is alot bigger than the last time I saw him. Do you have any side shots of him? Side View of Blue Roo John
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Post by homegroanacers on Apr 2, 2012 14:21:55 GMT -5
The following pictures are of White on White and Black on Black breeding's. IF you look close you can see what looks more like a "Sham Plain" on some of the whites and on the blacks you can see some strips of ? on the head and part of the wings. Now Please Please do not take this as any knock against anyone I am simply trying to learn... There could have been a black cuckoo egg or two in this group but I doubt it due the age of the pullet. John
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