Tori I got them from Rosemary of Alpinefarm. She has had them for a couple of years in Montana and is really impressed with the winter hardiness and egg production to feed ratio of her birds. She encouraged me to give them a try and thought they might be a great bird for Alaska. They are also very human friendly and a good camouflage color regarding predators. The fertility was really good with the eggs she sent. I got 18, one was cracked and at day 14, 3 had blood rings, one was clear and the rest hatched.
I think I have 7 pullets and 5 roos. The pullets have a smaller, more defined, white spot on their heads and are a darker brown. The guys have ivory to yellow, very large, irregular patches on their heads (on some of them the entire head appears light) and are more silvery brown in body color. It's pretty distinctive, and is obvious very quickly.
I had to put one more roo down when I discovered (fairlyy quickly thank goodness) that he had ruptured his umbilical cord.
I got my pens finished on one side of the breeder coop so everyone can go outside now. There's even some dry patches, and I'm enjoying watching the girls fluff.
