gnipper 5,945 Posted August 16, 2013 Report Share Posted August 16, 2013 The hen can influence their shape, colour and song mate yeah. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wirral countryman 2,110 Posted August 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2013 The hen can influence their shape, colour and song mate yeah. This is my take on genetics as well gnipper, but there are many out there that swear the hen bears no influence on colour and I hate having to argue "mengeles law" with older men that swear otherwise and so I've rung each hen and goldie cock with a coloured ring and recorded the progeny with the correct matching colour to see how the statistics bear out,many only keep goldies that are "pea throat" and get rid of the rest,I will be interested on all comments by people with a lot more experience than me,thanks,WM Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wirral countryman 2,110 Posted August 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2013 Updated few pics for anyone interested,the young mules are now moulting out with some adults as they would in the wild,flocking up,I have seen a few large flocks whilst out and about this week of 40+ birds hammering the wild seeds about at the moment and my cages are a small reflection of the same,at least 6 or 7 types of wild food in each cage thats replaced sometimes twice a day for the newbies this is a pic of my eggfood mix a closer pic and you can see the eggfood,oats,grated carrot,grated broccolli,peas,blue maw and a bit of teazle,sometimes a bit of finely grated cuttlefish for the hens,I keep this in the fridge along with my greens,atb,WM 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jeppi26 1,855 Posted August 20, 2013 Report Share Posted August 20, 2013 Good post wc and a nice clean set up you av there atb with the moult Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fireman 10,774 Posted August 20, 2013 Report Share Posted August 20, 2013 AND THAT FOLKS IS HOW TO LOOK AFTER BIRDS, and the effort you put in shows through in your birds WC.Cracking post and pics mate 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Raymond 618 Posted August 20, 2013 Report Share Posted August 20, 2013 Updated few pics for anyone interested,the young mules are now moulting out with some adults as they would in the wild,flocking up,I have seen a few large flocks whilst out and about this week of 40+ birds hammering the wild seeds about at the moment and my cages are a small reflection of the same,at least 6 or 7 types of wild food in each cage thats replaced sometimes twice a day DSC_3077.jpg DSC_3078.jpg DSC_3079.jpg DSC_3080.jpg DSC_3082.jpg for the newbies this is a pic of my eggfood mix DSC_3083.jpg a closer pic and you can see the eggfood,oats,grated carrot,grated broccolli,peas,blue maw and a bit of teazle,sometimes a bit of finely grated cuttlefish for the hens,I keep this in the fridge along with my greens,atb,WM could you list the names of the wild food please. Im giving chickweed,meadow sweet,redshank,sow thistle Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jeppi26 1,855 Posted August 21, 2013 Report Share Posted August 21, 2013 Raymond there is a thread pinned at the top of this section mate full of all different wild foods for the birds Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Raymond 618 Posted August 21, 2013 Report Share Posted August 21, 2013 Raymond there is a thread pinned at the top of this section mate full of all different wild foods for the birds Thanks Ill have a look. I know a bit on wild foods.Just curious to see what people are actually using at the minute 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KittleRox 2,147 Posted August 22, 2013 Report Share Posted August 22, 2013 great to see the birds getting well looked after Wirralman, good stuff Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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