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Self-blue Pre-Qualifying Meet at Shawnee, 12-10-16

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DeWayne Edgin:
Thanks Susan.

Don:
DeWayne, you have some nice birds to work with there for sure.  How many did you raise this season? Are all of these from one mating, SB/SB?  Are those some splits as well?  I hope you have some of these to share for some other breeders this spring.  The only thing that I can say from the photos, wind aside, I would watch the fluff on the SBs.   With birds like we are seeing recently on the Forum we should be seeing a lot more of this color at the shows.  It's time the Self Blues compete directly for Best of Breed and not just Best AOV. 

DeWayne Edgin:
Don these two hens where hatched back in 2014 and their parents where both Self Blues. I hatched 40 chicks from them a couple months ago but they are all splits from a Black Rooster. I have a couple Self Blues that are younger but I didn't get pictures of them because they was free ranging in the woods when I toke these pictures. They aren't as fluffy as these 2 are either. My egg color on these birds needs improvement that's why I made splits plus other things as well. The fluff should get some help also from these splits I hatched. I'm down to 30 couple splits to pick from now but they are way to small to do anymore culling just yet. After I use them, they will all go out of my flock so there is no chance of a mixed up mating. Since my egg color went down hill, I sold off my SB cockerels to the Amish because I didn't want them influencing my egg color. I hope to have the egg color corrected in 2018 in the fall. We all know there is always things to improve on our birds and there is always a way with help from fellow breeders. I hope everyone has a great 2017 hatch season as well.

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