Announcement April Fools 2020 - Exciting New Chicken Breed: Quickens

[Rooapalooza]

As a keeper of both quail and chickens, I'm having some doubts. Artificial insemination, I assume?

 

[Fur-N-Fowl]

What about Qucks! You know, to accommodate for those with allergies to chickens eggs

 

[Kusanar]

What about Qucks! You know, to accommodate for those with allergies to chickens eggs

I'm sure they will work on those next.

 

[nicalandia]

Chicken Quail hybrids have been produced, https://www.researchgate.net/figure...-the-adult-progeny-of-the-cross_fig3_41577434

and Chicked Duck Chimera(look like chicken so these are germline chimeras)

 

[LikeTurkeys]

I am interested!
A couple questions though:
Are they sexed? (someone mentioned this before)
Are the quickens fertile? (if I breed a quicken to a quicken, will I get a quicken, something else or nothing at all?)
What's the rough cost per chick?
Thanks!

 

[Sapphire Sebright]

This sounds really interesting! I myself won't be getting any, unfortunately, but Quickens sound really cool! And cute, of course.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Do you know if orders will be avalible to people outside of BYC? I would be interested, but I don't have people a reasonable distance from me here that I'm aware of, and obviously can't order the necessary 25 just for myself, lol (Though I would If I could)

 

[Kargin]

Agreed to the terms. We have 5 households here that would be delighted to take in 5 each and thereby state our desire to be the first to place an order of Quickens.

The question we all have is how much the total 25 will cost for us to split 5 ways.

STEPS TO RESERVE YOUR SPOT TO ORDER

1. Make sure you have read all of the above and have the ability to properly care for new Quickens in your flock.
2. Agree that you will limit yourself to only 5 chicks per household
3. Determine at least 4 other BYC friends that will join with you to divide up a shipment of 25 Quicken chicks
4. IMPORTANT: Reply to this thread stating (reserving) your spot to be the first to place an order of Quickens AND TAG THOSE FRIENDS IN YOUR POST!

These steps are necessary to reserve your spot (including your friends) in line to order a set of Quicken chicks!

If you have any questions about the process above, please let us know.

Also, please link to this post throughout all social-media. Our hope is that with increased awareness and interest, we can get even more breeders and hatcheries involved!

 

[DiYMama540]

Put me down for some!! I will house them with my milk chickens!!
Sent the boys out this morning, and they came back with almost a gallon of chicken milk! The girls are cranking it out right now!!

 

[9SpiceyChickens]

Are they sex-linked? What color are the eggs? How much are they & how much is shipping? Are the roosters loud? Are they available in bantam size? If so can you show them?

Ignoring all of that, OMG, I'm just already hooked, let me go set up my brooder.

Any Californians want to share an order with me-or if you're in Reno? I can take up to 5!

Edit- If your in California or within up to 5 hours away, I'll ship the Quick's to my house and drive out and deliver them!