Up for bid is at least 12 eggs from my Lavender Ameraucana project pens. My birds are large fowl and my pure lavs are from Harry Shaffer lines. Pen "B" contains a lavender cockerel over two of my best lavender pullets and four fabulous pure black pullets from Paul Smith that lay a nice, LARGE egg. The lav male in this pen currently weighs six pounds. He does not turn a year old until May. He is in with two lav pullets which weighed 4 lb 3 oz and 4 lb 0 oz at six months of age.
Pen "C" has my slightly heavier lav male (6 lbs 2 oz) with three black pullets from Jean Ribbeck's 2010 split x split pen. These three pullets are visually black, but I know at least one of them already carries the lavender gene as I have hatched lav chicks from this pen.
Splits are probable and should be expected. I have been hatching approximately 50% splits here. A "split" is a visually black bird that carries the lavender gene hidden. Splits bred to each other will produce 25% lavender offspring. Splits bred back to lavender will produce 50% lavender offspring and more splits.
The lavenders are a work in progress and lavender is not yet recognized as a standard color variety by either APA or ABA in this breed. Some of the eggs are still quite green at this point of development, in my opinion. I have also hatched some clean faced offspring even though all of the breeder birds are muffed. If this is an issue for you, please do not bid.
I will be collecting eggs Saturday 3/26, Sunday 3/27, and Monday 3/28 for a Tuesday March 29 ship date. Eggs will be expected to arrive at your post office prior to Saturday April 2nd, just in time to set for an Easter hatch. I will pack the eggs VERY well, but shipping can be very damaging and there is always a risk when shipping hatching eggs through the mail. Please do not bid if you cannot accept the risks involved with shipping eggs. No shipment outside the Continental U.S.
Paypal payment must be received by the night of Monday March 28th for shipment on Tuesday.
Here are some pictures of my birds and their offspring. They are all my own flock and the pictures were taken by me. If you see these pics elsewhere, they were used without my permission.
Pen "B"
Influx of good blacks is so important to improve this variety....
My eggs...
Pen "C" has my slightly heavier lav male (6 lbs 2 oz) with three black pullets from Jean Ribbeck's 2010 split x split pen. These three pullets are visually black, but I know at least one of them already carries the lavender gene as I have hatched lav chicks from this pen.
Splits are probable and should be expected. I have been hatching approximately 50% splits here. A "split" is a visually black bird that carries the lavender gene hidden. Splits bred to each other will produce 25% lavender offspring. Splits bred back to lavender will produce 50% lavender offspring and more splits.
The lavenders are a work in progress and lavender is not yet recognized as a standard color variety by either APA or ABA in this breed. Some of the eggs are still quite green at this point of development, in my opinion. I have also hatched some clean faced offspring even though all of the breeder birds are muffed. If this is an issue for you, please do not bid.
I will be collecting eggs Saturday 3/26, Sunday 3/27, and Monday 3/28 for a Tuesday March 29 ship date. Eggs will be expected to arrive at your post office prior to Saturday April 2nd, just in time to set for an Easter hatch. I will pack the eggs VERY well, but shipping can be very damaging and there is always a risk when shipping hatching eggs through the mail. Please do not bid if you cannot accept the risks involved with shipping eggs. No shipment outside the Continental U.S.
Paypal payment must be received by the night of Monday March 28th for shipment on Tuesday.
Here are some pictures of my birds and their offspring. They are all my own flock and the pictures were taken by me. If you see these pics elsewhere, they were used without my permission.
Pen "B"
Influx of good blacks is so important to improve this variety....
My eggs...
