Project Database

[dixieland]

Personally, I am in favor of all of the different project colors that we are working on in this breed......
I think it would be nice to have an idea of who is working on what project colors, how many years they have been into it, what the foundation for the project was and a brief paragraph on the progress.....

For example ( this is a very fictitious example[/b])

name--Jes Kemp
project color & size--Hot Pink LF Ameraucana
start date of project--- 2009
foundation---LF Black Ameraucana and a flock of hot pink plastic yard flamingos
comments-- Project currently on hold due to fertility issues


But, back to all seriousness----
If you want to email this data to me at
dixielanddogs@aol.com, I will put it into a spreadsheet, so we can see how many breeders are working on each project and for how long, and when we hit the five breeders for five years mark as required by APA/ ABA  we can decide as a club if our project varieties are ready to present to the APA & ABA for recognition...

There might be several people who have been working on different color projects in their own programs that have no idea that anyone else is working on that same project, so this would be an excellent opportunity to have breeders be able to work together, share their successes and failures and move the projects forward to recognition.....

So again, if folks want to start emailing this data to me, I will compile it and send it back in an easy to search database

email to dixielanddogs@aol.com

Name-
Email Address-
Project Variety & Size-
Start Year of Project-
Foundation Breeds & Varieties-
Comments--

[HappyMtn]

LOL Jes!
Great idea. I am not so organized to keep track of other people, let alone myself sometimes.  

[dixieland]

LOL Jes!
Great idea. I am not so organized to keep track of other people, let alone myself sometimes.  

I\'m not sure why, but I have always been the data keeper and the statistician!  I maintain pedigree databases for three dog breeds with over 20K entries in each....That\'s just the kind of stuff I like to do.
I think it could be an excellent resource and valuable reference tool for all of us also!!

[vanalpaca]

Jes, I would be very happy as a newcomer to see the different projects on a database. I find all the genetic stuff being tossed around here intensely interesting (my book is in the mail....) and thanks for doing the work.

Now, about that HOT PINK project, you might have better luck with some of the following to get rid of the fertility problem...

1) use real flamingos
2) diet, flamingos get their pink coloring by their food supply?
    Maybe try feeding more RED BEETS or putting lots of RED BEET JUICE in their water supply.
3) using the White Ameraucana with the Beet Juice diet should definitely get you some hot pink birds running around your pens.

But I\'m not sure if we can get it accomplished genetically.

Sorry, just COULDN\"T resist....so hit me.......

[dixieland]

Jes, I would be very happy as a newcomer to see the different projects on a database. I find all the genetic stuff being tossed around here intensely interesting (my book is in the mail....) and thanks for doing the work.

Now, about that HOT PINK project, you might have better luck with some of the following to get rid of the fertility problem...

1) use real flamingos
2) diet, flamingos get their pink coloring by their food supply?
    Maybe try feeding more RED BEETS or putting lots of RED BEET JUICE in their water supply.
3) using the White Ameraucana with the Beet Juice diet should definitely get you some hot pink birds running around your pens.

But I\'m not sure if we can get it accomplished genetically.

Sorry, just COULDN\"T resist....so hit me.......

Those are all AWESOME suggestions Bonnie!!!! Trying to get the Ameraucana Cocks interested in the  Plastic Pink Flamingo hens has been a problem-----We have tried mood music, red candles and even offered them Viagra, lol!!!

But back to all seriousness, I am putting together something in excel  for this data....With this new database you will have lots of different options for sorting...For example you can sort by where the breeders live (state), variety, size or any other qualifier that you want to see!!!

So please------Email me some real data to start using to work on this!

Thanks everyone, off to pick beets for the girls  :p

[dixieland]

Thank you to everyone who has been sending me data for the project database!

If you know someone who is breeding a project who is not on here, please pass this on to them so they can be included if they wish....

If we all work together and share information with each other we will be will be very successful in our projects!

[OldChurchEggery]

I wish someone would have a porcelain project. I think it looks so pretty on the d\'Uccles. I suppose it could be an offshoot of lavender and mottled projects...

[Johnny Parks]

My bantam projects include.....Black Breasted Red, Red Pyle, Birchen, Black-Silver, which is basically the same laced bird as black gold, but with sliver and black coloring, and Columbian.

[dixieland]

A hugeTHANK YOU

to those who have submitted their data. I hope to pull something together over the weekend for everyone to look at.. The gorgeous weather here in TN has lead to a ton of bush hogging for us and a surprise call at 5 AM this morning which turned into 5 hours underneath the front end of a Dodge truck repairing and replacing the differentials!

[Beth C]

Ugh - what a way to start the day!

[HappyMtn]

I wish someone would have a porcelain project. I think it looks so pretty on the d\'Uccles. I suppose it could be an offshoot of lavender and mottled projects...

Chickenstalker has her lavender wheatens coming along, and I was hoping to get some to cross with my lav cuckoos to make something like lav crele. Stripes, as opposed to dots...

[dixieland]

Ugh - what a way to start the day!

Today was much quieter and laid back...Somehow it always seems to balance out!

[dixieland]

I wish someone would have a porcelain project. I think it looks so pretty on the d\'Uccles. I suppose it could be an offshoot of lavender and mottled projects...

Chickenstalker has her lavender wheatens coming along, and I was hoping to get some to cross with my lav cuckoos to make something like lav crele. Stripes, as opposed to dots...

 

That sounds like a very interesting project! I will have to make a trip up the mountain when you have some of them to look at!!

[Susan Mouw]

This looks promising.

Does anyone know what happened to the spreadsheets that Dixieland was building?

[Temple DaSilva]

Susan, did you get a response about the project colors database?  I was very curious myself to know what was being worked on as well as where in the acceptance process they each were.

This looks promising.

Does anyone know what happened to the spreadsheets that Dixieland was building?