I have fertile Tomaru eggs for $4 each. The cock that I'm using has more than a ten second crow thanks to the nice lady who started this post. Smoothmule sold me some eggs a couple years ago. Due to a comedy of errors I only ended up with one hen that I was able to hatch from her Dutch line...
Well, I have some limited experience with this. So far, I have only crossed Tomarus with Ponapes.
In case you're not aware, Ponapes are a very rare breed of Oceanic Rapanui fowl. They come from Micronesia and are the result of seafarers scattering the genes of various type of Jungle Fowl...
I have a young Tomaru cock hatched in the spring for sale. It has a normal Tomaru crow of about 7 to 10 seconds at this point, but his crow is still developing.
I'm accepting the best offer.
Hey 1 acre willows, I'll ship eggs to Montana for you. I'm asking only $3 each for eggs since at this point they are only 3/4 Ponape. When I get my hen and can produce purebreds the price will be a whole lot steeper. I only have a couple of hens laying right now, so be patient. I may even...
You're right sourland. After I wrote the above post, I started questioning the possibility of inbreeding depression, rather than outbreeding depression. If the Raraku does have problems with inbreeding depression decreasing fertility, I expect that I'll be able to outbreed to similar birds...
I'm just a little over sensitive to warnings about fertility because it can be a big problem when dealing with very crazy breeds and hybrids. You guys originally thought I was joking, but the joke's on me.
I'm a very low tech guy. I don't even have a cell phone or a camera. When my wife's home, I'll try to get a picture of my nicest Saudeleur Ponope cock. And if my kids can teach me how to post here, you'll be seeing a beautiful bird, but it probably won't be soon.
I just discovered through...
My Ponapes came indirectly from Yasher who, according to my most recent information, has given up his birds and sold them to someone my partner has been in contact with (I don't recall his name.). But I don't believe the Rarakus came from his lines.
Did Yashar say that Rarakus are sterile? If...
Hey Sourland. Have you had experiences with them or an information source with which I'm unfamiliar? The reports I've gathered from people who have them, claim they are fully fertile. They are very similar genetically to Saudeleur Ponape, which I know for a fact are fully fertile because I...
I had 7 inches of rain in 24 hours and everyone stopped laying and any eggs I have are a mess for the time being. I'll be testing this cocks fertility as soon as things dry out. I'll have eggs and chicks in the spring if all goes well. In the meantime I do have an extra cockerel that just...
Nope. Rarakus are fertile. The reason you can't find much about them is that there are hardly any left and they were few in numbers to begin with. They do come from Bekisars (in which a third of cocks are sterile and hens are infertile) transported by ancient seafarers who used them as...
I should be having some fertile Tomaru eggs very soon. I just need to make sure the nice crowing cock that I just put in with my hens is fertile. I'm not getting many eggs this time of the year but I have some, and plenty soon.