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post #11 of 323
3/21/10 at 10:24pm
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Hi smile

   My La Fleche chicks will be 3 weeks old next week so I will post a few picture of them then. Today I noticed a few to about half of them having a few small feathers sprouting off the top of their head. I am very happy with this as this is a common trait in the La Fleche breed.big_smile









Long Horn Poultry Farm

Here is a link to my Black La Fleche breeding pen video   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XanU6lpifBI                      
To see the latest pictures of my Black La Fleche please visit my website at  
                                http://longhornpoultryfarm.webs.com/
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Here is a link to my Black La Fleche breeding pen video   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XanU6lpifBI                      
To see the latest pictures of my Black La Fleche please visit my website at  
                                http://longhornpoultryfarm.webs.com/
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post #12 of 323
3/22/10 at 7:54pm
Thread Starter 

Hi smile

Here are a few pictures of my Black La Fleche chicks. They will be 3 week old tomorrow.big_smile

http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/47708_021.jpg

http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/47708_022.jpg

http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/47708_023.jpg

http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/47708_024.jpg

http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/47708_025.jpg




Long Horn Poultry Farm


Edited by Long Horn Poultry Farm - 4/18/10 at 5:58pm
Here is a link to my Black La Fleche breeding pen video   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XanU6lpifBI                      
To see the latest pictures of my Black La Fleche please visit my website at  
                                http://longhornpoultryfarm.webs.com/
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Here is a link to my Black La Fleche breeding pen video   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XanU6lpifBI                      
To see the latest pictures of my Black La Fleche please visit my website at  
                                http://longhornpoultryfarm.webs.com/
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post #13 of 323
3/23/10 at 5:16am

Looking great so far. smile

BTW Japanese,mille fleur Jap project,  corturnix quail, some red chickens I got at TSC, one EE and 2 EE chicks, and some really poor pyncheons, 10 ducks and 2 welsh harlequin ducklings,  one pheasant hen, one pheasant chick, one MFC chick, 2 Norwegian Jaerhon chicks.
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BTW Japanese,mille fleur Jap project,  corturnix quail, some red chickens I got at TSC, one EE and 2 EE chicks, and some really poor pyncheons, 10 ducks and 2 welsh harlequin ducklings,  one pheasant hen, one pheasant chick, one MFC chick, 2 Norwegian Jaerhon chicks.
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post #14 of 323
3/23/10 at 7:24pm
Thread Starter 
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Originally Posted by becky3086 

Looking great so far. smile


Hi becky3086

  Thank You big_smile   I have found a new home for the two with bad combs this weekend. My total La Fleche chick count is down to 18 from 25.

( 1 was dead on arrival, 4 culled for not keeking up with the rest in the first week, 2 culled for having bad combs in the third week. )





Long Horn Poultry Farm


Edited by Long Horn Poultry Farm - 3/23/10 at 7:55pm
Here is a link to my Black La Fleche breeding pen video   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XanU6lpifBI                      
To see the latest pictures of my Black La Fleche please visit my website at  
                                http://longhornpoultryfarm.webs.com/
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Here is a link to my Black La Fleche breeding pen video   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XanU6lpifBI                      
To see the latest pictures of my Black La Fleche please visit my website at  
                                http://longhornpoultryfarm.webs.com/
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post #15 of 323
3/23/10 at 8:10pm

This is a breed I first met as a teenager and have kept an interest though not yet of an ownership sort. They are very neat breed in a lot of ways. It will be fun to follow the progress of your group. Is it alright to ask where they came from? There are a few breeders and at least one hatchery who has used some excellent stock to improve certain characteristics. Not common at all and good ones even scarcer but an old breed that cannot be replicated from more modern kinds of chickens.

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post #16 of 323
3/23/10 at 8:41pm
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Originally Posted by Hillside 

This is a breed I first met as a teenager and have kept an interest though not yet of an ownership sort. They are very neat breed in a lot of ways. It will be fun to follow the progress of your group. Is it alright to ask where they came from? There are a few breeders and at least one hatchery who has used some excellent stock to improve certain characteristics. Not common at all and good ones even scarcer but an old breed that cannot be replicated from more modern kinds of chickens.


Hi Hillside

   My Black La Fleche stock came from Ideal Poultry. I have already noticed many La Fleche traits in my chicks. Wide, cavernous nostrils  /  trace of a crest on many of my chicks /  and very shy & standoffish compared to most other chicks I have raised. All of these traits the La Fleche breed got from the Crevecoeur breed.smile









Long Horn Poultry Farm

Here is a link to my Black La Fleche breeding pen video   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XanU6lpifBI                      
To see the latest pictures of my Black La Fleche please visit my website at  
                                http://longhornpoultryfarm.webs.com/
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Here is a link to my Black La Fleche breeding pen video   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XanU6lpifBI                      
To see the latest pictures of my Black La Fleche please visit my website at  
                                http://longhornpoultryfarm.webs.com/
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post #17 of 323
3/24/10 at 6:45am

To me they seem to be growing and feathering out fairly quickly.

BTW Japanese,mille fleur Jap project,  corturnix quail, some red chickens I got at TSC, one EE and 2 EE chicks, and some really poor pyncheons, 10 ducks and 2 welsh harlequin ducklings,  one pheasant hen, one pheasant chick, one MFC chick, 2 Norwegian Jaerhon chicks.
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BTW Japanese,mille fleur Jap project,  corturnix quail, some red chickens I got at TSC, one EE and 2 EE chicks, and some really poor pyncheons, 10 ducks and 2 welsh harlequin ducklings,  one pheasant hen, one pheasant chick, one MFC chick, 2 Norwegian Jaerhon chicks.
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post #18 of 323
3/24/10 at 5:49pm
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by becky3086 

To me they seem to be growing and feathering out fairly quickly.



Hi becky3086

  Yes they are, I will be glad when they get through the ugly feathering stage.big_smile They are some of the most flighty chicks I have ever raised. When I am setting still they seem very tame coming just about to my feet, but when I move around them they are flying everywere!D





 


Long Horn Poultry Farm

Here is a link to my Black La Fleche breeding pen video   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XanU6lpifBI                      
To see the latest pictures of my Black La Fleche please visit my website at  
                                http://longhornpoultryfarm.webs.com/
Reply
Here is a link to my Black La Fleche breeding pen video   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XanU6lpifBI                      
To see the latest pictures of my Black La Fleche please visit my website at  
                                http://longhornpoultryfarm.webs.com/
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post #19 of 323
3/24/10 at 6:08pm

I am not surprised since most of my crested chickens are really flighty especially when they haven't grown in the crests and can still see and since these were developed from crevecoeurs, I am not surprised that the flighty trait seems to be passed on.

BTW Japanese,mille fleur Jap project,  corturnix quail, some red chickens I got at TSC, one EE and 2 EE chicks, and some really poor pyncheons, 10 ducks and 2 welsh harlequin ducklings,  one pheasant hen, one pheasant chick, one MFC chick, 2 Norwegian Jaerhon chicks.
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BTW Japanese,mille fleur Jap project,  corturnix quail, some red chickens I got at TSC, one EE and 2 EE chicks, and some really poor pyncheons, 10 ducks and 2 welsh harlequin ducklings,  one pheasant hen, one pheasant chick, one MFC chick, 2 Norwegian Jaerhon chicks.
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post #20 of 323
3/29/10 at 12:23pm

Can you tell me are you raising these for meat?  If so when or what is your time frame for processing?  12/14 weeks or longer?   What is the weight range you are reaching for?

I am currently raising naked necks for meat and just read about this bird and read it is one of the best tasting birds out there.

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