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  1. amazondoc

    attempting to breed araucanas -- emphasis on attempt --

    I hope so too! I have one small correction. When I went out to feed, I realized that I had forgotten to count the bantam leghorn hens in there. So he's actually got 13 bantam girls to breed, not 11. There's also several LF hens in there, but I've never seen him messin' with them. He did breed...
  2. amazondoc

    attempting to breed araucanas -- emphasis on attempt --

    Quote: Yeah, I meant that I blamed the lethal gene for that one chick that started developing and quit -- not for all the clear ones. Check their rear ends and see if the vents are clear. You may have to trim or pluck them if feathers are blocking them. I've had one rooster to 8-10 hens...
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    attempting to breed araucanas -- emphasis on attempt --

    Not really, because then I have to worry about what to do with the clean faced birds. It's sort of like having extra roosters. Wouldn't you rather have a way of cutting down on the extra roosters before they ever hatch? It's not like these guys are even big enough to be worth eating.
  4. amazondoc

    attempting to breed araucanas -- emphasis on attempt --

    Tufted x tufted = 1/4 dead in shell, 1/2 tufted chicks, 1/4 clean faced chicks Tufted x clean = 1/2 tufted, 1/2 clean faced Most of my birds are tufted. Breeding tufted to tufted maximizes the ratio of tufted to clean chicks, although it does decrease your hatch numbers by 1/4. Thanks for...
  5. amazondoc

    attempting to breed araucanas -- emphasis on attempt --

    Hey there -- I've got the *space*, but I haven't got the *pens* -- yet. I've actually got three roos, but I'm trying to keep them separate so I know who my chicks came from. As soon as I finish more pens, I can split the hens between the roos. I'm sure that will help some, and perhaps the onset...
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    attempting to breed araucanas -- emphasis on attempt --

    I am beginning to experience first hand the problems with producing araucanas. In my first batch of eggs -- which was really too old before I started incubation -- only 1 out of about 20 eggs developed. That 1 stopped about half way through development. I'm blaming the lethal tufted gene. In...
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