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post #16291 of 20133

6/14/12 at 8:21pm

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I recently had another breeder make an interesting suggestion: put a drop of food dye in the vent of your hen to track who is laying which eggs. You'd know who is laying your big/small/colored eggs.

Thank you for this tip! I am trying to track which of my girls is laying which eggs because someone is giving me chicks with DQs. I plan on replacing my roo, but I want to know which girl it is anyways.

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6/15/12 at 11:02am

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I am loving this pullet!!! She is 14 weeks.

Highland Hills Cackleberries home of LF Black/Blue/Splash Ameraucana, Wheaten/Blue Wheaten/Splash Wheaten Ameraucana, Silver Laced Wyandottes, and Mottled Bantam Cochins. We have an egg flock that consists of English Orpingtons, Black Australorps, Naked Necks, Sumatras, Dark Brahma, EE, Marans, LF Cochin, and Blue Andalusian. I wouldn't mind some Coronation Sussex, Mottled Java, Appenzeller...

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6/15/12 at 5:30pm

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gorgeous!!

my 3 Ameraucanas are too skittish for pictures!

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post #16294 of 20133

6/15/12 at 9:34pm

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I am loving this pullet!!! She is 14 weeks.

I like her..use her for your lacing project!

I have 17 blue andalusian eggs developing so far. That is much better than my fat ZERO from my last batch of eggs. lol

My John Blehm blacks got moved outside today. Moving right along!

Check out the laced blue ameraucana thread on the ameraucana breeders club forum.

http://ameraucana.org/forum/index.php?topic=1797.0

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6/16/12 at 6:11am

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I have heard the term shafting....does this blue bird have shafting and if so is that bad?

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6/16/12 at 7:06am

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I need to add more hens to my flock. I have a wheaten roo and a blue wheaten roo, and only 2 hens for them to mate with :/

If anyone has wheaten or blue wheaten hatching eggs forsale please pm me. If I like your lineage then I'll defiantly buy some eggs :)

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6/16/12 at 7:11am

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I need to add more hens to my flock. I have a wheaten roo and a blue wheaten roo, and only 2 hens for them to mate with :/

If anyone has wheaten or blue wheaten hatching eggs forsale please pm me. If I like your lineage then I'll defiantly buy some eggs :)

There are several in the Buy Sell Trade Section now........

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post #16298 of 20133

6/16/12 at 8:33am

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AWSOME PROJECT....

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Originally Posted by heatherscooby77

I am loving this pullet!!! She is 14 weeks.

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Breeding Crele Penedesenca's ,Black Penedesenca and White Empordanesa's

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Blue Crew ( U of a Blues , Blue Ameraucana , Easter Eggers , Olive eggers and now Silver Ameraucana )

for olive egger purposes

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California Certified Nursery Pro

Breeding Crele Penedesenca's ,Black Penedesenca and White Empordanesa's

plus the

Blue Crew ( U of a Blues , Blue Ameraucana , Easter Eggers , Olive eggers and now Silver Ameraucana )

for olive egger purposes

"Penedesenca Breeders and Fan Club " on Facebook

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6/16/12 at 9:37am

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I have heard the term shafting....does this blue bird have shafting and if so is that bad?

Shafting is when the shaft of the feather is either lighter or darker than the color of the whole feather. In my very humble and inexperienced opinion I would not think that blue bird has shafting. I think it would need to be more of a contrast to be called shafting.

“Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.” ~ Buddha

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post #16300 of 20133

6/16/12 at 10:13am

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Originally Posted by ashandvine

I recently had another breeder make an interesting suggestion: put a drop of food dye in the vent of your hen to track who is laying which eggs. You'd know who is laying your big/small/colored eggs.

Thanks for the tip you just solved my problem. Now all I gotta do is catch her. LOL