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Title: hello from los angeles...
Post by: gumbii on September 17, 2011, 12:14:57 PM
i found this spot trying to see if there's anything i can do about my nappy beard... i have been shaving my head for... i think a year now... i also need a new forum to talk about man stuff... since my old automotive forum that i have been a member for for 13 years died forever... sucks...

anyways...

my name is gumbii garcia... like, for reals... mexican, live in a small city named bell gardens... i have way too many hobbies and go thru them like a pair of paper shoes... my main hobbies are reef tanks (aquariums), road bikes, racquetball and breeding exhibition chickens... yeah i know... random stuffs... i am an nihilist raised catholic... um... i have three adopted childrens... i adopted them with my sister... so their ours... kind of weird, but it was the only way... since my sister lives with me, and these are our biological sister's kids... she was all in drugs and stuff, so we battled to get them... two of them were drug exposed, and one might have a mild autism... this has put us in a heap of trouble... he hits himself and falls all the time, and we got reported 3 times for child abuse... we've been in and out of court like crazy...

um... i recently discovered the gym... LOL... my best friend has been going forever and always wanted me to go... i'm diabetic, had high cholesterol and borderline high blood pressure... so after three years of not doing anything, 3 months ago i started going... so i'm down 40lbs, i have some sort of muscle definition and feel great now... total trip... it's working out great because i'm going to turn 30 soon, and i'm on the hunt for a new manfriend...

well whatever... i'll be here post whoring as much as possible... looking forward to get to know all you peoples...

thx...
Title: Re: hello from los angeles...
Post by: Chavster on September 17, 2011, 12:43:01 PM
Greetings, bonjour, buenos dias, prynhawn da, dea-trathnona Los Angeles :)

Im from LA (Santa Monica) originally too (but I live 6000 miles away now)  :-\

No idea what a nappy beard is, so I cant help you with that. Here's what I know about cars: you get in them, you go somewhere, you get out. I have a fear of fish (both live ones and the type you have on a plate)

No idea what post whoring is but whoring of any type isnt beyond my comprehension :D

Welcome to the madhouse ;)
Title: Re: hello from los angeles...
Post by: Slynito on September 17, 2011, 12:43:56 PM
Bienvenidos amigo! You sound like a very busy vato con muchos cosas en tu bolsas, ja, ja, ja. I'm sure you'll find lots of answers to all of your grooming questions y mucho mas. iBuenas suerte ese y que lo pase bien!

 O0 O0
Title: Re: hello from los angeles...
Post by: gumbii on September 17, 2011, 02:57:21 PM
Greetings, bonjour, buenos dias, prynhawn da, dea-trathnona Los Angeles :)

Im from LA (Santa Monica) originally too (but I live 6000 miles away now)  :-\

No idea what a nappy beard is, so I cant help you with that. Here's what I know about cars: you get in them, you go somewhere, you get out. I have a fear of fish (both live ones and the type you have on a plate)

No idea what post whoring is but whoring of any type isnt beyond my comprehension :D

Welcome to the madhouse ;)

LOL...

you look like you come from LA somehow... i read that you were in euroland and wondered what you were doing way over there... that's far...

i have curly hair... so my beard looks like... um... "public" hairs... HAHAHAHHAA... i hate it, but since i can't grow a full beard or even a mustache if my life depended on me... that's all i can do right now... i have way too much mexican indian blood in me.. i wish i was hairier... it drives me nuts... even one armpit is hairier than the other... LOL... it sucks because my dad has an awesome beard and mustache going... and i asked him last time why he doesn't have patchy cheeks like me... HAHAHA...

post whoring is someone that post a grip... i try not to post little smilies or "kewl" per thread... but i do tend to post a lot...

thx for the welcome...

Bienvenidos amigo! You sound like a very busy vato con muchos cosas en tu bolsas, ja, ja, ja. I'm sure you'll find lots of answers to all of your grooming questions y mucho mas. iBuenas suerte ese y que lo pase bien!

 O0 O0

sipi...

thanks for the welcome...


LOL@ESE!!!...
Title: Re: hello from los angeles...
Post by: Arnie on September 17, 2011, 03:03:58 PM
Welcome to SBGs!!! 8)
Title: Re: hello from los angeles...
Post by: Chavster on September 17, 2011, 03:07:22 PM
you look like you come from LA somehow... i read that you were in euroland and wondered what you were doing way over there... that's far...

My mother is British. She absolutely hated living in America (sorry!) so I was dragged here, kicking and screaming, along with my father, when I was too young to escape. And apart for a few years since then, I've been stuck here ever since.
Title: Re: hello from los angeles...
Post by: Slynito on September 17, 2011, 04:49:58 PM
I have a yerno mexicano and he has a nice Pancho Villa mustache that he's very proud of. When I was considering shaving my head he dared me...he would shave his mustache if I had the cajones to shave my head. He was one pissed off vato when I did it...two years went by and I was calling him a wussy, chicken and cheat until he finally shaved it...his wife and homies laughed and told him he looked like a kid. He's the one that opened his mouth and hassled me, but now he blames me for having to shave his 'stash. He and mi hija preciosa live in Locolombia and he's known as, "El Mexicano" there, un hombre caliente. He's like you I guess because he has no beard whiskers. But ya got to go with your assets, right? Have a good juan, ese!
Title: Re: hello from los angeles...
Post by: gumbii on September 17, 2011, 09:15:40 PM
you look like you come from LA somehow... i read that you were in euroland and wondered what you were doing way over there... that's far...

My mother is British. She absolutely hated living in America (sorry!) so I was dragged here, kicking and screaming, along with my father, when I was too young to escape. And apart for a few years since then, I've been stuck here ever since.


oic... crazy... come back to LA... so you can bask in the ignorance and infestation of trendy hipsters with their horrible music...

I have a yerno mexicano and he has a nice Pancho Villa mustache that he's very proud of. When I was considering shaving my head he dared me...he would shave his mustache if I had the cajones to shave my head. He was one pissed off vato when I did it...two years went by and I was calling him a wussy, chicken and cheat until he finally shaved it...his wife and homies laughed and told him he looked like a kid. He's the one that opened his mouth and hassled me, but now he blames me for having to shave his 'stash. He and mi hija preciosa live in Locolombia and he's known as, "El Mexicano" there, un hombre caliente. He's like you I guess because he has no beard whiskers. But ya got to go with your assets, right? Have a good juan, ese!

LOL... hilarity...

oh, i have a beard.. it's an awkward creepy beard, but i ♥ it... compliments the bald head and stretched out ears and lip... i would love to go to columbia... bring me some rare chickens... LOL...
Title: Re: hello from los angeles...
Post by: Slynito on September 17, 2011, 09:33:12 PM
Chickens in Locolombia? The only ones I see are mixed with rice...it's the only thing they cook down there...arroz con pollo y arepas. I have told them ...as good as y'all are with kidnapping people why not go to Mexico and kidnap some women to teach the Colombianas how to cook good.

 )-m
Title: Re: hello from los angeles...
Post by: gumbii on September 17, 2011, 09:57:23 PM
HAHAHAHAHdjkf;asljdf;ksjflads...


that cracked me up... my friend's girlfriend is columbian... and we joke with her all the time about that... they can grow and make all kinds of drugs down there, but they don't know how to create a decent plate or add to their menus...

but there is a breeder down in columbia that makes some huge chickens... i think they're a brazilian breed... i forgot what they are called, but they are bigger than this bird right here...

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i had some that looked like those before called shamo... huge powerful birds...
Title: Re: hello from los angeles...
Post by: Slynito on September 17, 2011, 10:16:37 PM
Hummm, that's a strange looking chicken, ese. Whatcha doing with your chicks? It would be a lot of red tape getting a chicken into E.U. from Colombia. If you don't eat chicken and rice in Colombia you'll starve...I tell them that in Mexico you can eat a different delicious dish every day for a month. I can remember having breakfast by the water in, Zihuatanejo...Que wow!
Title: Re: hello from los angeles...
Post by: gumbii on September 18, 2011, 12:06:00 AM
well... i breed exhibition chickens for shows and stuff... i work with OEGB and now serama... i got rid of all my shamo... here are some of my birdies...

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sorry for the cell phone pics...
Title: Re: hello from los angeles...
Post by: Chavster on September 18, 2011, 04:12:51 AM
:o I'm not sure I've ever seen a live chicken before. I assumed they all came from KFC :D
Title: Re: hello from los angeles...
Post by: tomgallagher on September 18, 2011, 05:20:50 AM
Welcome to the group amigo. I've always wanted to ask...what does ESE mean.?
Title: Re: hello from los angeles...
Post by: Slynito on September 18, 2011, 07:00:23 AM
well... i breed exhibition chickens for shows and stuff... i work with OEGB and now serama... i got rid of all my shamo... here are some of my birdies...

sorry for the cell phone pics...

Man, those are some very pretty birds. I used to look at them every year at the county fair. When my kids were little they would enter lots of animals in the fair. My boy was about 5 yoa he had a beautiful, big Rhode Island Red he entered for 3 years and finally the dog caught him and bit most of his feathers off. All of the hens laughed at him...bald ain't sexy in the chicken community. You do have some pretty birds and I can tell you put time and care into them. Buenas suerte!
Title: Re: hello from los angeles...
Post by: Mike on September 18, 2011, 07:23:25 AM
Wow, another chicken breeder, thats awesome! I bred crele OEGB for awhile then took the dun gene from the OEGB into wyandotte bantams. I bred wyandotte bantams in dun, dun laced, black, silver laced, barred, dun barred, and white for close to 8 years. Im down to just whites for now. We also breed black, blue, and dun sumatra bantams and largefowl, phoenix bantams in white, silver, dun silver, gold, and light brown and still have a few of the original crele bantams. Plus we have amherst pheasants, silver pheasants, call ducks, and muscovies and some easter eggers and black sexlink makers.
 I have judged some shows with the oriental fowl such as shamos and asils being close to 4' tall, those were some amazing birds.
 What kind of coral tank do you have? I used to have softies with some chromis, damsels, and a zebra tang, flounder, and some others before I moved, the move was too hard on them so I sold them back to the store. Im hoping to get it restarted this fall.

 Welcome to the forum, its always nice to have other breeders that actually know what Im talking about when I ramble on about chickens
Title: Re: hello from los angeles...
Post by: gumbii on September 18, 2011, 03:13:56 PM
:o I'm not sure I've ever seen a live chicken before. I assumed they all came from KFC :D

wut...?!¿

you've never held, pet or heard a chicken before...? they're awesome... especially when the roosters feed their hens... roosters are straight out gentlemen/pimps...

Welcome to the group amigo. I've always wanted to ask...what does ESE mean.?

hmm... i'm kind of not sure... but, ese means like... "that guy"... esa is "that girl" or "that woman"... i don't know why the cholo's started using it... i think they used to say ese wey... that really translates to "that dude"... it's somewhat of an insult because it also means "that male mule"... also, dude means mule i think... wait... does it...? i don't remember where i read that, but yeah, i'm pretty sure that's what it means...

well... i breed exhibition chickens for shows and stuff... i work with OEGB and now serama... i got rid of all my shamo... here are some of my birdies...

sorry for the cell phone pics...

Man, those are some very pretty birds. I used to look at them every year at the county fair. When my kids were little they would enter lots of animals in the fair. My boy was about 5 yoa he had a beautiful, big Rhode Island Red he entered for 3 years and finally the dog caught him and bit most of his feathers off. All of the hens laughed at him...bald ain't sexy in the chicken community. You do have some pretty birds and I can tell you put time and care into them. Buenas suerte!

thx... oh, that suxors about your kids bird... and yeah, i got out of the reef hobby right now to put more time into the chickens... i just have a couple of breeding programs right now... like two or three main ones...

Wow, another chicken breeder, thats awesome! I bred crele OEGB for awhile then took the dun gene from the OEGB into wyandotte bantams. I bred wyandotte bantams in dun, dun laced, black, silver laced, barred, dun barred, and white for close to 8 years. Im down to just whites for now. We also breed black, blue, and dun sumatra bantams and largefowl, phoenix bantams in white, silver, dun silver, gold, and light brown and still have a few of the original crele bantams. Plus we have amherst pheasants, silver pheasants, call ducks, and muscovies and some easter eggers and black sexlink makers.
 I have judged some shows with the oriental fowl such as shamos and asils being close to 4' tall, those were some amazing birds.
 What kind of coral tank do you have? I used to have softies with some chromis, damsels, and a zebra tang, flounder, and some others before I moved, the move was too hard on them so I sold them back to the store. Im hoping to get it restarted this fall.

 Welcome to the forum, its always nice to have other breeders that actually know what Im talking about when I ramble on about chickens

no way... i want columbiant wyandotte bantams... they're so pimp... we breed OEGB in blue, self blue, fawn silver duckwing, mille fleur, porcelain, blue silver/gold duckwing, and this weekend i'm going to get silver laced OEGB... my projects are to produce SQ E/E fawn/dun, E/E platinum, blue laced silver, and eventually, cocopop... that's my main goal, but a huge project all together... it's partridge based, columbian, laced, melanized, fawn with platinum base...

this, but in OEGB form...

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and wow, i want to get bantam sumatras... there aren't any over on my side of the states... or, if there are, i don't see any... LOL... let me know if you sell eggs... that would be dope... i'm on BYC too... mostly in the genetics section... i'm a nerd for that kind of stuff...

my reef tank was mixed reef... mostly SPS dominated... i don't know how it is where you're at, but over here it's all about limited edition corals... i had mostly all of them... ultra rare zoas like sopranos, utter chaos and sirene novas (before they melted in everyone's tank) but i was really into LPS like chalice and aussie euphilias... i didn't have a lot of fish... i just had a pair of naked clowns from ora, yellow tang, blue hippo tang, flame hawkfish and a rock blenny... my tank is almost gone, but the clowns are in my friend's tank... his tank is on youtube somewhere... let me find a link...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLhN3JU6_CU&feature=player_detailpage#t=76s

see if that works...



thanks for the welcome guys... this forum is tight...
Title: Re: hello from los angeles...
Post by: Slynito on September 18, 2011, 05:24:43 PM
Ese...it's like saying dude, no? ¿Oye ese, Como te vas? ¡No tengo dinero, ese! ¡Ja, ja, ja!

 $c#m
Title: Re: hello from los angeles...
Post by: gumbii on September 18, 2011, 09:09:02 PM
Ese...it's like saying dude, no? ¿Oye ese, Como te vas? ¡No tengo dinero, ese! ¡Ja, ja, ja!

 $c#m

pipipipipipipi...


no... the correct use of ese is "dame ese desarmador" or no te gusta esa camisa...?"
Title: Re: hello from los angeles...
Post by: tomgallagher on September 19, 2011, 05:03:25 AM
No tengo dinero..LOL...been there done that.
Title: Re: hello from los angeles...
Post by: Chavster on September 19, 2011, 05:07:42 AM
I wish I could speak Spanish. The schools here generally only teach French, and I have no idea why, because you can only speak it in France and Canada and a few little islands in the Caribbean and Pacific, as as a couple of places in Africa nobody would ever really want to go to. Spanish is a beautiful language and far more widely spoken :D

Title: Re: hello from los angeles...
Post by: Slynito on September 19, 2011, 12:14:33 PM

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pipipipipipipi...


no... the correct use of ese is "dame ese desarmador" or no te gusta esa camisa...?"
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Claro que si...you are right, but Tom Gallagher was referring to LA/NYC Spanglish, no? I thought he was asking about what he's seen on tv cop shows... ¿de acuerda ese?
Title: Re: hello from los angeles...
Post by: gumbii on September 19, 2011, 12:42:11 PM
I wish I could speak Spanish. The schools here generally only teach French, and I have no idea why, because you can only speak it in France and Canada and a few little islands in the Caribbean and Pacific, as as a couple of places in Africa nobody would ever really want to go to. Spanish is a beautiful language and far more widely spoken :D



i wish i knew a lot more spanish... or at least correct spanish... i can't talk to people from mexico because they say some rare and um... i don't know how to say it... like, every part of mexico has a slightly different dialect... and they use different words for different things... but it's pretty easy to understand and communicate with... but it just means i'm gonna look stupid when i talk in spanish...

but at least when i talk in spanish, i talk the respectful way... all of my friends don't know how to talk like that... but my father made a point that i speak to my elders correctly...


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pipipipipipipi...


no... the correct use of ese is "dame ese desarmador" or no te gusta esa camisa...?"

Claro que si...you are right, but Tom Gallagher was referring to LA/NYC Spanglish, no? I thought he was asking about what he's seen on tv cop shows... ¿de acuerda ese?

i said that's what they mean... it's short for "ese guey"... so they really mean dude... LOL...
Title: Re: hello from los angeles...
Post by: tomgallagher on September 19, 2011, 12:48:37 PM

pipipipipipipi...


no... the correct use of ese is "dame ese desarmador" or no te gusta esa camisa...?"
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Claro que si...you are right, but Tom Gallagher was referring to LA/NYC Spanglish, no? I thought he was asking about what he's seen on tv cop shows... ¿de acuerda ese?
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Correcto mundo ESE.
Title: Re: hello from los angeles...
Post by: Slynito on September 19, 2011, 01:01:50 PM
iOye me ese! I'm glad we got that straight.iQue lo pase bien!(Have a good day!)
Title: Re: hello from los angeles...
Post by: gumbii on September 19, 2011, 02:46:47 PM
INOHAW!!!...

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Title: Re: hello from los angeles...
Post by: Slynito on September 19, 2011, 02:55:13 PM
iQue wow! iDame abrazos fuertes!

 O0
Title: Re: hello from los angeles...
Post by: tomgallagher on September 19, 2011, 03:55:52 PM
iOye me ese! I'm glad we got that straight.iQue lo pase bien!(Have a good day!)

Que tengas un buen día mi amigo.
Title: Re: hello from los angeles...
Post by: gumbii on September 20, 2011, 12:16:50 AM
LOL...


white people...






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Title: Re: hello from los angeles...
Post by: Mike on September 21, 2011, 10:45:14 AM
I have a whole list of projects planned, thinking about making dark wyandottes (think barnvelder color or dark cornish color) using partridge and gold laced and also the same but using silver. I have a goal to introduce lavender/self blue into wyandottes via cochins. When I do I have an awesome project planned using lav/split lav birds of various colors and patterns so by crossing a trio of birds I could get many colors and patterns. Basically a lavender double laced cock that is from a gold/silver mating on double laced hens, one gold and one silver that are split for lav but are khaki instead of black which would ideally give me half lavender laced birds, half dun laced birds that would be gold or silver and if still in the beginning of the project would throw single laced and pencilled. Its alot to ask for but I think it can be done. I have some other projects planned but havent put them to paper yet.
 Whats your user name on BYC? I am always in the genetics part as well, so many people with such simple questions. Are you on the-coop as well?

 I am here in eastern Washington and sumatra bantams are somewhat popular up here. If youre ever up this way I could share some eggs, we dont like to ship often but could in the spring. Right now we have 3 black cocks, 4 blue hens, and 6 black hens plus some inbetween sized duns that will be working towards bantams in size.
Title: Re: hello from los angeles...
Post by: Razor X on September 21, 2011, 11:03:26 AM
 D#tG3t
Title: Re: hello from los angeles...
Post by: Mike on September 21, 2011, 11:30:50 AM
D#tG3t

The chicken genetics or the spanish?
Title: Re: hello from los angeles...
Post by: Razor X on September 21, 2011, 11:44:27 AM
D#tG3t

The chicken genetics or the spanish?

The chicken genetics.   ;D
Title: Re: hello from los angeles...
Post by: Mike on September 21, 2011, 12:04:59 PM
Chicken genetics are the best once you understand them. There are so many things to play with when breeding. One of the fun things is that chickens are more phenotype than genotype so if it looks like something then it is. When I crossed a buckeye with red cochin I got birds that looked just like red brahmas so thats what I called them. An example of the colors/patterns there are over 100 colors/patterns just in the old english game bantams with more being made all the time.

When it comes down to it though all colors are either black or gold based. There are various dilutors of black/gold, genes to mask or enhance them, tons of dominants and recessives (there are about 6 kinds of white alone). When showing chickens it is much more harsh than dogs or other livestock. If a black bird has positive white in the feathers it is disqualified. If there is any red or any other color showing through it is DQ'ed. Any tiny little feather on the leg of a clean legged bird is a DQ. The book of standards is what people show and breed by, its detailed down to the number of points on a comb, tail angle, defects, and disqualifications. Generally when breeding for a new color you can get there in 2 generations if you hatch lots and cull heavy.
 Just like any other hobby poultry has its fads. Awhile back when we made the dunlaced wyandotte eggs we were selling them for $10 an egg with no garauntee they would be true to color/pattern or even hatch, we sold tons of eggs from them but when the fad was over we were selling eggs for the normal price of about $2 an egg. So as a breeder of new colors I am always trying to come up with the next big fad that will make me tons of money but also working to iprove the varieties I already made.
Title: Re: hello from los angeles...
Post by: Razor X on September 21, 2011, 12:29:26 PM
What do you do with all these chickens when you're finished showing and breeding them?
Title: Re: hello from los angeles...
Post by: Mike on September 21, 2011, 12:56:38 PM
Depending on the bird there are a number of things to do with them. We have a trader in the area that buys/sells anything that moves so I take them to him if I cant sell them. There are a few bird auction sites that I list them on. If they are big enough we make them into stew. If I am working on a new color/pattern and dont want it to get out to the public they get turned into a taxidermy project. And there is always craigslist. Generally we keep birds around as breeders for about 3 years but some become pets so we let them free range and reproduce whenever they want. I have a pair of bantam sumatras that is going to be 10 this spring and some other ex show/breeder birds that are getting up there in age as well.
 I have kept a rooster for breeding for 5 years though because I needed his genetics to work on other projects. When I was done using him I sold him to a 4-H kid.
Title: Re: hello from los angeles...
Post by: Mike on September 21, 2011, 01:10:55 PM
Oh and gumbii, I figured out your user name is the same there as it is here. I am flyingmonkeypoop on BYC
Title: Re: hello from los angeles...
Post by: xnewyawka on September 21, 2011, 02:02:31 PM
LOL...


white people...






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What do you mean by that?
Title: Re: hello from los angeles...
Post by: tomgallagher on September 21, 2011, 02:36:23 PM
LOL...


white people...






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What do you mean by that?

Yes, what do you mean by that.
Title: Re: hello from los angeles...
Post by: Noodles on September 21, 2011, 02:59:35 PM
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Gumbii,

I admire you for the decision you made in adopting your sister's children and giving them the support and love they need
I know it has to be tough on you, but you'll be rewarded many times over in the years to come.

Once again... WELCOME!!

 - Cap'n Noodles -
Title: Re: hello from los angeles...
Post by: gumbii on September 22, 2011, 09:28:54 PM
I have a whole list of projects planned, thinking about making dark wyandottes (think barnvelder color or dark cornish color) using partridge and gold laced and also the same but using silver. I have a goal to introduce lavender/self blue into wyandottes via cochins. When I do I have an awesome project planned using lav/split lav birds of various colors and patterns so by crossing a trio of birds I could get many colors and patterns. Basically a lavender double laced cock that is from a gold/silver mating on double laced hens, one gold and one silver that are split for lav but are khaki instead of black which would ideally give me half lavender laced birds, half dun laced birds that would be gold or silver and if still in the beginning of the project would throw single laced and pencilled. Its alot to ask for but I think it can be done. I have some other projects planned but havent put them to paper yet.
 Whats your user name on BYC? I am always in the genetics part as well, so many people with such simple questions. Are you on the-coop as well?

 I am here in eastern Washington and sumatra bantams are somewhat popular up here. If youre ever up this way I could share some eggs, we dont like to ship often but could in the spring. Right now we have 3 black cocks, 4 blue hens, and 6 black hens plus some inbetween sized duns that will be working towards bantams in size.

i found some dude selling some sumatra bantams the other day on craigslist, but they looked bootleg and i think they were hatchery... horrible type and face color... no bueno...

and i love genetics... when i was into leopard geckos, i also learned about all of their genes... almost the same as chickens...but so far chickens are a lot more challenging than i thought... i just discovered that the seramas that i thought were platinum dunxself blue are in fact the grey gene... also, they are carriers of the silkie gene and red eye gene that is also a dilute... man... seramas are a freaken mess...

but i'll hit you up for eggs in the spring... i'll have a lot more room and extra pens setup by then... cool...

Chicken genetics are the best once you understand them. There are so many things to play with when breeding. One of the fun things is that chickens are more phenotype than genotype so if it looks like something then it is. When I crossed a buckeye with red cochin I got birds that looked just like red brahmas so thats what I called them. An example of the colors/patterns there are over 100 colors/patterns just in the old english game bantams with more being made all the time.

When it comes down to it though all colors are either black or gold based. There are various dilutors of black/gold, genes to mask or enhance them, tons of dominants and recessives (there are about 6 kinds of white alone). When showing chickens it is much more harsh than dogs or other livestock. If a black bird has positive white in the feathers it is disqualified. If there is any red or any other color showing through it is DQ'ed. Any tiny little feather on the leg of a clean legged bird is a DQ. The book of standards is what people show and breed by, its detailed down to the number of points on a comb, tail angle, defects, and disqualifications. Generally when breeding for a new color you can get there in 2 generations if you hatch lots and cull heavy.
 Just like any other hobby poultry has its fads. Awhile back when we made the dunlaced wyandotte eggs we were selling them for $10 an egg with no garauntee they would be true to color/pattern or even hatch, we sold tons of eggs from them but when the fad was over we were selling eggs for the normal price of about $2 an egg. So as a breeder of new colors I am always trying to come up with the next big fad that will make me tons of money but also working to iprove the varieties I already made.

yeah... right now everyone is wanting those chocolate orps... but they don't say if they are dun, or true choc- dilutes... also... the seramas i have have a third chocolate dilute gene... they are born black, grow up black, and after their first molt, the black turns into chocolate... they call it bronze... crazy chickens...

Oh and gumbii, I figured out your user name is the same there as it is here. I am flyingmonkeypoop on BYC

yes... gumbii... oh you are...? i've seen you around... smart chap...

LOL...


white people...






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What do you mean by that?

Yes, what do you mean by that.

sorry guys, i didn't mean to offend... on other forums i go i'm usually the only mexican, or 1 of like 6 or so... LOL... so after a while, they'll talk about their dirt bikes, sky diving, bungie jumping, bomb making, or demolition derby and i'll be like... "white people..." lol... sorry... it's probably only funny to me... or, or, or... i'll catch them saying stuff like... "the guys working on my tile woke me up listening to their music all loud at 5am" and i'll say... "mexicans..."

like i told my philosophy teacher... racism was a good tool people used to push themselves harder to strive and succeed... my dad came over when racism was at it's peak... every day someone would tell him something, and to prove them wrong, he worked harder and succeeded... i go to a liquor store and the little asian dude just watches me... LOL... it's okay thought... i do look like i'll steal and kill all kinds of people...

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Gumbii,

I admire you for the decision you made in adopting your sister's children and giving them the support and love they need
I know it has to be tough on you, but you'll be rewarded many times over in the years to come.

Once again... WELCOME!!

 - Cap'n Noodles -

thanks... although i complain a lot about them... it's all good...

like... OMGOMGOMGOMG...


this is my day... i'm not working right now so i'm a stay at home dad... sigh...

wake up at 7am... shower, take 2 kids to school at 7.45... get home, get my road shoes and hit the gym... get out of gym at 11.30, find something to chew on and then go pick up one kid from school at 12.30 and at the same time take the little girl to her school across town at 1pm... so then i get home... feed the chickens, build stuff... then at 2.30 i have to go pick up one of the first kids... so there i go... so then get home, roam the intratubes... then at 4pm i have to pick up the little girl...

sigh...

man... that's my entire day right there...

well i got to go... gonna go back to gym for some RACQUETBALL!!!!!...


and thanks again for the welcome... ♥
Title: Re: hello from los angeles...
Post by: Slynito on September 23, 2011, 09:55:14 AM
¡Claro que si! Garcia, belongs to the Balboa Yacht Club (BYC), of course!