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    Ayam Ketawa hatch along/Wild Warblers of the Womble

    A bit disappointing. Based on previous hatches, I expected about 6 to hatch. Bright side, they are easy to differentiate. Silver lining, I did get birds from both flocks. Ayam Ketawa: Wadsworth (1/6) Nigel Thornberry (2/11) Ben Lovecroft (2/11) Easter/Olives Bandera Pavlov Erickson Piaget...
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    Ayam Ketawa hatch along/Wild Warblers of the Womble

    I came home from work to 6 chicks already hatched. Olives: Lincoln Betsy Easters: Piaget Erikson Pavlov Bandura Good luck telling them apart! Trying out a new bonding technique
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    Ayam Ketawa hatch along/Wild Warblers of the Womble

    Went in to check on them. Due to hatch tomorrow. Rory's babies are already pipped and peeping!
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    Ayam Ketawa hatch along/Wild Warblers of the Womble

    There's not a whole lot of documentation in English about Ayam Ketawa crosses. Miles has an unusual crow cadence but it's no longer than a normal crow and there aren't any guffaws. He trills his doodle and drops the -a-. Cock-doodldldldldldlOOOO! His brothers weren't crowing to roost yet when I...
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    Ayam Ketawa hatch along/Wild Warblers of the Womble

    Yesterday I picked up a cockerel from a girl who bred some Cemani x Ketawa (because I just can't seem to wait 2 years for my own BC1s to start crowing) She said her inspiration was Halloween. She wants them to sneak around unseen and startle trick or treaters! He sat in my lap the whole ride...
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    Ayam Ketawa hatch along/Wild Warblers of the Womble

    Thank you. I'm quite excited about it. Can't say the same for my neighbors, they'll be surprised! 😅
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    Ayam Ketawa hatch along/Wild Warblers of the Womble

    Thank you! I'll have to look again for exact numbers but yes, there are eggs from both sources left and I don't think either source was significantly better than the other. I did find something neat today. A lady nearby has some Cemani Ketawa crosses and I may get a rooster from her to hang out...
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    Ayam Ketawa hatch along/Wild Warblers of the Womble

    Day 7 vandling results My preferred tool, 2 years strong: One of the Ayam Ketawa looking particularly photogenic: We lost 10 Ketawas and 1 EE Mr. Hector Darkness Long John Silver Frank n Furter Pennywise Farley Claymore Professor Oldman King Arthur Herkimer Homolka Cardinal Richelieu and Jung...
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    Looking for Ayam Ketawa

    I purchased eggs from two sellers on ebay last week and posted a Tim Curry-themed hatch-along over the weekend 😄
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    Ayam Ketawa hatch along/Wild Warblers of the Womble

    🐓 Wild Warblers of the Womble / Ayam Ketawa Hatch-Along The incubator is warming as I write this, and I’m ridiculously excited. These 17 Ayam Ketawa eggs are the starting stock for what I’m calling the Wild Warblers project — an attempt to give this rare laughing-crow breed a healthier genetic...
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    Looking for Ayam Ketawa

    I'm looking to buy two dozen Ayam Ketawa hatching eggs, preferably from a flock with minimal recessive white. I lost half my genetic stock for a long-term project. While I've resolved myself to suffer the 4-month setback, just throwing this out there... What I really want are 4 pullets and 2...
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    Experience with Ayam Ketawa back-crosses?

    From what I can deduce, Ayam Ketawa have a load of genetic problems thanks to a severe bottleneck. They’ve only been imported once, and it shows. I started with four hens, but one ate a giant hole in one of her hatch mates while she was still alive — a particular form of cannibalism with an...
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    Replacement- Heat tolerant, colored egg chickens

    I would expect them to be pretty heat tolerant, absolutely! the CCL should throw sexable chicks from either of your roosters, too, since they appear to both be double barred.
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    Replacement- Heat tolerant, colored egg chickens

    I live in Florida and started with a bunch of Ameraucana and marans mixes. I've noticed the same thing with the heat plus humidity causing heat stress specially in birds with muffs and feathered legs. From the information I've compiled, combs and wattles do serve for heat dispensation, however...
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    Cross breed question!

    Did any of them laugh in F1? Do you have any experience with f2 back-crosses?
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