Blue Egg Layers from University of Arkansas

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HallFamilyFarm said:
It should be noted that the UofA strain of Blue egg layers we have are not the same as what Whiting is now selling. Whiting's site states some of his chicks hatch with the chipmunk color pattern. None of the offspring from the UofA flock hatches with this pattern. They hatch with the standard blue/black/splash coloring.

So we will continue to call ours Arkansas Blues and to work on improving their color while keeping their egg production a priority.

We are seeing something unusual - mottling. We have a black hen that hatched from UofA eggs. When she molted last fall she came back in as a mottled. I am wondering if anyone else has seen this in their UofA Blues?

On another note.... the egg color is still a lovely shade of light blue and these are our best layers!










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Did you have a different Rooster in with them in the last 30 days?
 
HallFamilyFarm said:
We are seeing something unusual - mottling. We have a black hen that hatched from UofA eggs. When she molted last fall she came back in as a mottled. I am wondering if anyone else has seen this in their UofA Blues?

On another note.... the egg color is still a lovely shade of light blue and these are our best layers!










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That's interesting about the Mottled showing up. It has shown up in the Breda here in the U.S. too. Although Europe has more colors only the Black/Blue/Splash was imported but now they have mottles showing up.
 
The mottled hen hatched from eggs directly from the UofA. Her parents were the UofA flock pictured below.

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I am beat! Yesterday we hauled a huge load of saw dust from a local sawmill ($6 because they loaded) and then with a wheelbarrow and 5 gal buckets we hauled it 20+ yards to the chicken coops. But all our birds are happier. Especially the Arkansas Blues. We had severe storms almost every day for a week. Nasty weather. We finished gathering and packing Matella's eggs today and they are labeled to ship in the morning. We also picked up for a extremely low price a brand new 1502 Sportsman incubator today. One year old, but still in the carton. Never opened. Just $500. GQF sells them for $800. So its assembled and running. Will load a few eggs in it in the morning and check fertility again in the Arkansas Blues. Our last setting spiked to 107 in the Genesis. Guess they don't last but 3 years if you never turn them off!

Here is the sawdust loads and the incubator as Jahdan and I were headed home with it. We stopped at McDonald's for ice cream.

The cute one below is Danyelle.






 
Jim,

Let me know if you want those Blues cockerels we discussed. They will be going to auction next week otherwise. They are precocious! I saw one last night trying to breed one of the pullets and heard another practicing crowing. I would say two to three weeks and the pullets will be laying (adds 3 new layers to my total).
 
Doing a test hatch in the new incubator. Set 3 Arkansas Blue eggs, then all eggs on hand, including Buff and Black Orpingtons, imported White Orpingtons, Australorps, Buckeyes, White Wyandotte Bantams, and lonely Buff Wyandotte Bantam egg laid yesterday.
 
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Um hum ... I get it, Jim. Class act.

but hey - when timing is discussed - it remains important.

Thanks for the rude posting of my tracking number.

Thanks also for mentioning my state ... when you have no idea about an abuser who may be looking for me - really sweet.

However - we shall see if some of these lovely birds hatch out and start to share some lovely eggs.



NOTE _ I got eggs right on time and perfectly wrapped and not a mark on them from another seller - no issues at all with them. If anyone wants to know about a sure fire good seller - just PM me.
 
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Metella said:
Um hum ... I get it, Jim. Class act.

but hey - when timing is discussed - it remains important.

Thanks for the rude posting of my tracking number.

Thanks also for mentioning my state ... when you have no idea about an abuser who may be looking for me - really sweet.

However - we shall see if some of these lovely birds hatch out and start to share some lovely eggs.



NOTE _ I got eggs right on time and perfectly wrapped and not a mark on them from another seller - no issues at all with them. If anyone wants to know about a sure fire good seller - just PM me.
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I totally agree that was very rude and inappropriate to post your tracking number and to mention your state if they can't deliver on time then they belong explaining to you in private the situation not post your private information on a thread that everyone can see. I hope this person isn't a business man / woman because that was very unprofessional
 
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