Blossom Valley Homestead LLC

08/30/2026

Here's your reminder to slow down and pay attention while doing farm chores! 😬 I almost shook this wasps hand.

08/29/2026

Let's talk Pyle in Brahma's!

Red Pyle is APA accepted variety in other breeds.
Genotype eb/eb,s+/s+, I/I dominant white, and Mh-mahogany

Lemon pyle will be the same SOP as Red Pyle just lighter yellow color.
Genotype eb/eb, s+/s+, I/I-Dominant White,ig/ig cream dilution gene.

Splash Buff
Genotype eb/eb,s+/s+,Bl/Bl-blue dilution gene, Co/Co

There's unfortunately a lot of breeders KNOWINGLY advertise Splash Buff as Lemon Pyle. This is absolutely inaccurate and straight scamming people. Splash Buff has a different SOP and genotype. The varieties look similar but are different. Lemon/red pyle APA SOP description adheres to a solid white breast that is from the dominant white genetics. Splash Buff Columbian pattern has a solid Buff breast and body the opposite of Pyle. Splash Buff will NEVER be accepted as Lemon pyle to the APA. I can't stress this enough for people to learn the APA SOP AND genotype for rare project colors. Don't get upsell/scammed by Splash Buff renamed as Lemon Pyle.

Who is working on True Pyle? Or do you have a project with the genetics to help others create this? Dominant white is floating around from Ermine and Buff laced projects, ig cream has been found in some of the best Dark Brahma lines. Mh-mahogany is out there in Partridge and Salmon projects.
Does anyone know what happened to the Cream Partridge a few years back from Feather and fern farmstead? 🤔

I'm also going to add I specialize in autosomal pheomelanin red leakage expression that plays a minor part in these varieties. It can easily go unnoticed in selective breeding especially for Red and Gold Pyle as you selective breed for the more orange and red expression. Mainly looking at appropriate shading for your variety on females breast and males wings. Most common example of this autosomal pheomelanin expression on gold ground color s+/s+ is seen on Brahma is Buff variety the males wings varying the shade of gold and orange/red phenotype. The genetics of autosomal pheomelanin red leakage are still fairly new but I've been breeding and studying it for roughly 6 years.

08/27/2026

We must be doing something right! To achieve this penciling in the hackles on a Blue Dark hen is such a success! We also celebrate her turning a year old. 🥰

She's currently in our Dark & Blue Dark flock for fall season. Can you imagine her Dark offspring penciling genetics will be incredible!

08/24/2026

Our Blue Dark & Splash Dark Brahma flock is really picking up egg production! 💙🤍 Fertility is already confirmed and I'm about to load my incubator. This means I'll have extra eggs available sooner than I originally expected. The Blue Dark & Splash Dark flock is in the middle of molt so once they're done I'll get current updated pictures before offering availability. Until then please enjoy these pictures of their lineage.

Other breeds APA variety name aka Blue/Splash Silver Penciled

08/18/2026

Some of the Brahma are starting to lay for fall season! 🐣
Doja our Dark Brahma hen always catches my eye. 😍

08/05/2026

I'm not a competitive person. I don't have that crazy desire to win a big show. What I do strive for is knowledge! I find all genetics so fascinating. I love to see everyone's birds in different breeds and varieties. I've been giving it a lot of thought for a long time now and I don't see exhibiting my birds being what truly fills my heart with joy. It's going to be a long process, but I want to be a poultry judge. I was trained in equestrian evaluation (horse judging) before I got into poultry. My strong FFA morals are still there, the blue runs deep!

08/02/2026

Our Dark and Blue Dark flock for this falls breeding season! 🖤💙

I finally got some good pictures in a natural position of my boy Nubz. 😍

08/01/2026

For anyone working on the Blue Dark & Splash Dark Brahma Project! You know you've bred the Mh-mahogany gene out of a line when you produce clean Dark offspring and not DSO. Autosomal pheomelanin leakage will still be hidden underneath the clean Dark relatives that will pass on and express on Blue & Splash Dark offspring. It's crucial to only breed Blue Dark and Splash Dark forward to evaluate and breed away from autosomal pheomelanin leakage.

This week we take a look at Mahogany which intensifies both version...