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4w/1bw cockerels hatched Feb-Mar. 1 wheaten cock, 2 lavender cocks, 1 year old. These are color culls - the w/bw have black in their hackles and the lavenders are brassy. They would be fine for an EE flock if anyone wants them, otherwise they're off to freezer camp. Also 2 mixed EE cockerels. $5...

4w/1bw cockerels hatched Feb-Mar. 1 wheaten cock, 2 lavender cocks, 1 year old. These are color culls - the w/bw have black in their hackles and the lavenders are brassy. They would be fine for an EE flock if anyone wants them, otherwise they're off to freezer camp. Also 2 mixed EE cockerels. $5...

I rarely post over here, but just had to say to Royce: Amen and thank you for posting that!!

I remember a Siamese cat that nearly had a toe amputated by a lovebird. She had jumped on top of the bird's cage and stuck her paw in trying to grab the bird. Instead, the bird grabbed her (if you've ever been bitten by a hook-bill, you know what I mean) and held on for a full minute, with the...

I can't offer much on ducks, turkeys, etc., because I don't raise them, but in the case of chickens, you are dealing with breeds as oppose to species. Most breeds were developed by breeders by combining different breeds, so they really aren't "pure" to begin with. Although introducing outside...

I hope someone can, because I'm getting confused - I'd read that only female hybrid pheasants were sterile, but that males could be fertile, but Spectrum, if I understand, you're saying both are sterile, right?

First off, let me say this is NOT directed at the OP, who made a clear distinction between his (sterile) hybrids & crosses, but since the issue of crossing has come up, I'd like to add my perspective as someone new to the hobby. I have had a difficult time finding pure goldens, and have...

Quote: That depends on who you ask! Short answer, there was a long time span between when the blue egg layers made their way to the US, and when breeders started trying to standardize them, by which time there really wasn't any "pure" strain. Two strains of Araucanas emerged, each with it's...

Quote: I know Michael has had some computer problems due to a lightening strike. May want to call instead of e-mail.

Didn't mean to imply you could buy a "ready made" flock - just that, w/regard to the question of trying to breed true Ameraucanas from EEs, there's no point trying to reinvent the wheel. Best to start with stock breeders have spent years developing and go from there. Dak: I agree - this is the...

All I'm saying there is no law out there that says that they can't advertise them as Ameraucanas. If you breed two pize white ameracaunas together andthey throw an buff colored one would you sell thatbird as a Ameraucana or and Easter Egger? I know that buff is one of the accepted colors, but...

His legs look green to me, too. And his beak appears to be yellow. Where did you get him?

New Hampshire Red pullets, hatchery stock (Mt. Healthy), not yet laying. Raised free-range. P/u only Onslow County NC. Approx. 30 available. $8 each FIRM.

I think the washed out blue wheatens are from the problem of trying to get enough black into the tails of wheaten hens. The gene turns black to blue, so if there is little black in the tail, then there will be little to turn blue, if that makes sense. This bird is stunning, and I suspect any...

Poor kid! He may have done it even if she hadn't walked in, though. My male golden did the same thing during a thunderstorm. I'd only had him a few days - I guess the combination of an unfamiliar place and a particularly violent storm freaked him out.