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Raising BackYard Chickens
Feeding & Watering Your Flock
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<blockquote data-quote="3KillerBs" data-source="post: 25957250" data-attributes="member: 36480"><p>*nods*</p><p></p><p>My nascent project is just that sort of thing. I think that Silver-Laced hens are the prettiest birds around. But there is no Silver-Laced breed that's well-suited to hot climates. So I've gotten some Silver-Laced Wyandottes to cross with my Australorps in order to, after a number of generations, get a Silver-Laced Australorp(ish) bird with that beautiful coloring but an Australorp's suitability for my climate and management style. </p><p></p><p>I don't NEED to develop a new breed, because Australorps have already been bred to be very nearly exactly what I want out of a chicken -- hardy, early-maturing, easily-sexed when young, productive layers of large eggs, tolerant of hot weather, low-drama in the flock, etc.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="3KillerBs, post: 25957250, member: 36480"] *nods* My nascent project is just that sort of thing. I think that Silver-Laced hens are the prettiest birds around. But there is no Silver-Laced breed that's well-suited to hot climates. So I've gotten some Silver-Laced Wyandottes to cross with my Australorps in order to, after a number of generations, get a Silver-Laced Australorp(ish) bird with that beautiful coloring but an Australorp's suitability for my climate and management style. I don't NEED to develop a new breed, because Australorps have already been bred to be very nearly exactly what I want out of a chicken -- hardy, early-maturing, easily-sexed when young, productive layers of large eggs, tolerant of hot weather, low-drama in the flock, etc. [/QUOTE]
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