The Calico/Aloha/Mottled Naked Neck Thread

[Fire Ant Farm]

I found Tank outside of his paddock after curfew, keeping an escapee Speckled Sussex pullet company. Tonight I found him sitting on top of their coop again - watching over them. The SSs are too young still, but Tank wants to start the mottled project NOW!

- Ant Farm

 

[Phill98]

I found Tank outside of his paddock after curfew, keeping an escapee Speckled Sussex pullet company. Tonight I found him sitting on top of their coop again - watching over them. The SSs are too young still, but Tank wants to start the mottled project NOW! - Ant Farm

I think that you know what you have to do!

 

[alohachickens]

I just posted another dozen of the spotty NN eggs on Ebay. Reminder for everyone, as I will probably break up the pen by March. That first dozen went for like $70 but the next sold for just $17, so I will probably break up the pen in a couple weeks so I can work with my next Aloha project.

I have another dozen or so newborn NN chicks, plus the 23 that I kept from the previous hatch, plus the 28 with my neighbor, plus a couple dozen "leftover" NN eggs in the incubator now. (I'd ship buyers the freshest eggs, and incubate the older leftover eggs from auctions.)

And there is my friend's cool NN rooster in Tucson, and another friend up here in Phoenix has a SUPER colorful hen. She also has a small breeder pen open. I may keep my three favorite hens from the current breeder pen, and send them over to her house when I get the NN rooster from Tucson, and do a "last hurrah" for the season with a new rooster combo.

Anyway, just an FYI, that if you like this rooster / hens combo, we probably only have a couple more weeks left on this breeder pen.

 

[draye]

I just posted another dozen of the spotty NN eggs on Ebay.  Reminder for everyone, as I will probably break up the pen by March.  That first dozen went for like $70 but the next sold for just $17, so I will probably break up the pen in a couple weeks so I can work with my next Aloha project.  

I have another dozen or so newborn NN chicks, plus the 23 that I kept from the previous hatch, plus the 28 with my neighbor, plus a couple dozen "leftover" NN eggs in the incubator now.  (I'd ship buyers the freshest eggs, and incubate the older leftover eggs from auctions.)  

And there is my friend's cool NN rooster in Tucson, and another friend up here in Phoenix has a SUPER colorful hen.  She also has a small breeder pen open.  I may keep my three favorite hens from the current breeder pen, and send them over to her house when I get the NN rooster from Tucson, and do a "last hurrah" for the season with a new rooster combo.  

Anyway, just an FYI, that if you like this rooster / hens combo,  we probably only have a couple more weeks left on this breeder pen.

I so wish I could afford to bid in them. But alas my bank account won't let me right now. I've been trying to figure out how to get some green eggs from someone here in Arkansas bug my work schedule won't jet me have enough time to drive there to pick them up and the shipping would bd too much just to shop therm about 3 1:2 to 4 hour trip.

On another note though my Mottled Partridge hen has begun to lay again . She's been stopped since late September along with another hen ( they're almost 4 years old), so I'll be setting every egg of hers that I can gather for almost a 2 week period to set on March. 3 for the Easter Hatch Along. I'll also set quite a few from the Spangled Aloha rooster over red hens and a couple of barred hens. Then I have a pen of 4 hens various colors that have a young cockerel ( Brown Red) with them that will be going to a new home as soon as I get some babies from him. I've kept too many roosters so I'm giving up one and he's my least favorite but I want to keep a little of his blood going. He's not mottled but I think I can work that into the mix.

 

[alohachickens]

You can totally build up on your own using that one Mottled Aloha rooster left and using your Mottled carriers there. It will just take longer, that's all.

And I am going to keep a few of the NN hens around here, just going to pare down to my favorites. The rooster here will go back over the fence to the neighbor, most likely. The hens that I keep will go back in the "general flock" of Alohas. I was hoping if the egg prices stayed high, maybe I could convince a local person to specialize in them, but it's hard, Turkens are their own unique "thing" and people either love them or hate them. LOL!

I love these two hens in particular:




These would make great Alohas and half the chicks will have the "regular" neck feathering once they go in with the Aloha roosters again.

So, unless I found someone wanting to keep the project intact and work with the spotty NN's, I'll just keep my favorite hens and re-home the extra girls.

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

I got some eggs from alohachickens as a shipping and fertility test before the auction (earlier than the three week waiting period, so there may be some non-NN daddy parentage) - and while the post office was VERY VERY VERY VERY mean to the package, 12 eggs survived to make it into lock down. While nothing is for sure, because of the shipping damage to the air cells...

Ladies and Gentlemen, WE HAVE A PIP!!!




I'm trying not to get too excited/get my hopes up, but it would be VERY cool to get some healthy chicks out of this batch...
- Ant Farm

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

I found Tank outside of his paddock after curfew, keeping an escapee Speckled Sussex pullet company. Tonight I found him sitting on top of their coop again - watching over them. The SSs are too young still, but Tank wants to start the mottled project NOW!

- Ant Farm

Meanwhile, if I don't have a good hatch, Tank is TOTALLY prepared to do his part. He has roosted on top of the SS coop EVERY. SINGLE. NIGHT since that first canoodle... (I've gotten very adept at moving a grumpy rooster at night...)

EVERY SINGLE NIGHT...

@alohachickens , two of the SS are particularly white and spotty. Although I understand from reading that this is not ideal if breeding for pure SS (because the white increases over time to a degree that is not desirable once mature), that's a GOOD thing in SSs for this aloha project/goal, right?




- Ant Farm

 

[alohachickens]

Meanwhile, if I don't have a good hatch, Tank is TOTALLY prepared to do his part. He has roosted on top of the SS coop EVERY. SINGLE. NIGHT since that first canoodle... (I've gotten very adept at moving a grumpy rooster at night...)

EVERY SINGLE NIGHT...

@alohachickens , two of the SS are particularly white and spotty. Although I understand from reading that this is not ideal if breeding for pure SS (because the white increases over time to a degree that is not desirable once mature), that's a GOOD thing in SSs for this aloha project/goal, right?




- Ant Farm

Yes, more white the better! Although these don't appear to be exceptionally white for Sussex. The more white you can get the better!

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

Yes, more white the better! Although these don't appear to be exceptionally white for Sussex. The more white you can get the better!

Thanks! Alas, it was a feed store impulse acquisition, so they are what they are. They aren't very big, either. But I have them, so I will give breeding them a shot before soup.

I'm hoping your eggs hatch well, though - that would be so much better!!!!!

(Hoping I didn't mess up humidity or temp or something...)

- Ant Farm

 

[draye]

You can totally build up on your own using that one Mottled Aloha rooster left and using your Mottled carriers there. It will just take longer, that's all. And I am going to keep a few of the NN hens around here, just going to pare down to my favorites. The rooster here will go back over the fence to the neighbor, most likely. The hens that I keep will go back in the "general flock" of Alohas. I was hoping if the egg prices stayed high, maybe I could convince a local person to specialize in them, but it's hard, Turkens are their own unique "thing" and people either love them or hate them. LOL! I love these two hens in particular: These would make great Alohas and half the chicks will have the "regular" neck feathering once they go in with the Aloha roosters again. So, unless I found someone wanting to keep the project intact and work with the spotty NN's, I'll just keep my favorite hens and re-home the extra girls.

Both hens look great, I'd give anything if my beauty had lived to lay and been able to hatch her eggs. But it is what it is.

I got some eggs from alohachickens as a shipping and fertility test before the auction (earlier than the three week waiting period, so there may be some non-NN daddy parentage) - and while the post office was VERY VERY VERY VERY mean to the package, 12 eggs survived to make it into lock down. While nothing is for sure, because of the shipping damage to the air cells... [COLOR=0000FF]Ladies and Gentlemen, WE HAVE A PIP!!![/COLOR] I'm trying not to get too excited/get my hopes up, but it would be VERY cool to get some healthy chicks out of this batch... - Ant Farm [COLOR=0000FF] [/COLOR]

Fingers crossed for 12 spotty Naked Neck babies.