Hi Y\'all,
Looking for some help. I\'m eyeballing my males pretty good now and looking to see who I\'ll keep and who\'ll go in the freezer. I did a search for \"red+tails\" and found one comment where John says he thinks red in the tails may of males be a problem.
So, with that being said, I\'ve noticed a couple of my males have quite a lot of red in the tails. I have to go look at them again but I think it\'s more predominant with the Wheatens than the Blue Wheatens. I am assuming that it makes no difference between a W or BW? Is that true? I don\'t want any red in either? And along those lines, how much is too much?
Also, I have one SW out of all my chicks I kept. He\'s a nice looking bird but I\'ve noticed some red lacing around the edges of his breast feathers. Jean told me to watch out for that and said it contributes to something but I can\'t remember what. I\'m gonna go back and see if I kept that email but in case I don\'t find it, I\'d appreciate it Jean (or anyone else) if you could address that again here. And again, how much is too much?
Lastly, I am still having a dickens of a time with most of my females laying. I\'ve got my two #10\'s that lay every other day like clockwork but, of course, they lay the lightest egg. I think I made some improvements with egg color from some of my matings last year but I don\'t think I\'m seeing any improvement in production levels. I\'ve even got one bird I think molting now that I just put in a pen two weeks ago. I also think I made some improvements with wing & tail color on some females.
So my last question is how many things can I expect to improve on at one time? Should I just forget about trying to get some nice SQ looking birds and focus on egg color and production until I get that right and then go back to working on type, coloration, etc? This WBS variety is driving me nuts!
God Bless,