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[Cloverleaf Farm]

Has anyone considered using the blue bantam Ams with really great lacing to introduce that to the LF? I keep reading about using different breeds, but if you just used the bantams, then you'd just have the size to contend with....???

 

[Nicole01]

Quote: Even though you cannot post yet you can read lots of info on the ABC forum. Here is a link to the laced blue discussion thread. My personal favorite. lol!!

http://ameraucana.org/forum/index.php?topic=1797.0
Like I said, I cannot show birds so the laced blue project is my passion.

Thank you for all your help.

 

[DMRippy]

Quote: OOHH! Yours are soo cute! Yeah! I am really cheerful about the cross. The leghorns are really good layers, they never take a day off! They are excellent free rangers also. I hope to have pullets that will lay bigger blue eggs more frequently. Can you feather sex yours?

I never tried to feather sex them. The leghorn part will show the roos pretty early. Those combs get red quick on the roos, At about 1-2 weeks I can pick out most of the roos.

 

[Nicole01]

Most of my chicks. One splash is not photoed. The splash will go to a new home when the legs are fixed, has splay leg. I assisted the splash from its shell, the chick was too big for the shell and could not zip. Today he/she is walking after making a bandaid splint, she will make a full recovery. Sorry for the poor quality photos, I only have an iPod touch for the Internet, my computer died.

Here are my cute fluffy chicks.

Pink, I taped her toe due to curling.

Brown

Purple, she, too has a taped toe now

Black

Orange

Yellow orange, her wing feathers are coming in solid blue, I thought she was a splash, but I was wrong. She needs to be washed a little also.

Blue

Should I wait a bit to rehome or do it now? I only want to keep the show potential. Or is it too soon to tell what these little ones will look like?

Here are the eggs they hatched from.

Edit to add, I love, love, love the black ones too! They are beautiful grown, so are the blue too. Oh heck, I love them all and I'm in love with this breed.

 

[Christie Rhae]

Has anyone considered using the blue bantam Ams with really great lacing to introduce that to the LF?  I keep reading about using different breeds, but if you just used the bantams, then you'd just have the size to contend with....???

Do bantams truly have pattern genes? Or just very nice edging? Who has them and why have I never seen pics of them?? Lol

 

[AinaWGSD]

Should I wait a bit to rehome or do it now? I only want to keep the show potential. Or is it too soon to tell what these little ones will look like?
Here are the eggs they hatched from.

You will need to wait at least a few months before you rehome any if you are looking for "show potential." Unless a chick has obvious faults like a single comb, feather stubs on the legs, wrong color legs, etc, you absolutely can not tell this early which ones are "show potential" and which ones are not. There's just no way, even if you've been breeding, raising, and showing the breed for decades. That's why many of the top breeders (of most breeds) often don't sell hatching eggs or chicks...only started juveniles and mature birds, because they know that you can't truly evaluate a bird's show potential until they are mature or nearly mature.

 

[dak]

Don't fault a newly hatched chick that has a yellow appearance to its feet/legs. The hen's diet can cause a temporary yellow cast which will disappear. This is different from a yellow skinned bird which won't, and is seen in some EEs.

 

[Nicole01]

Thank you again. . I'm really learning a lot from you guys. I still haven't received any info from the ABC club yet. I'm trying to gather as much info as possible. I hope y'all don't mind my million questions!

These baby chicks are awesome. I love spending every moment I can with them. Right now with the adults(my hatchery birds) and the babies, I feel like I have a full time job with the chickens, which I absolutely adore.

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

Quote: Unfortunately, I've sold out of almost all of my bantams, but this generation, they have very wide lacing. I've been going back to black to improve the lacing, and it's been working. My last 2 pairs are marked for donation at our fall show's breeders auction. I'll try to get some pics soon to show you...

 

[janchilds]

Most of my chicks. One splash is not photoed. The splash will go to a new home when the legs are fixed, has splay leg. I assisted the splash from its shell, the chick was too big for the shell and could not zip. Today he/she is walking after making a bandaid splint, she will make a full recovery. Sorry for the poor quality photos, I only have an iPod touch for the Internet, my computer died.
Here are my cute fluffy chicks.
Pink, I taped her toe due to curling.

Brown

Purple, she, too has a taped toe now

Black

Orange

Yellow orange, her wing feathers are coming in solid blue, I thought she was a splash, but I was wrong. She needs to be washed a little also.

Blue

Should I wait a bit to rehome or do it now? I only want to keep the show potential. Or is it too soon to tell what these little ones will look like?
Here are the eggs they hatched from.

Edit to add, I love, love, love the black ones too! They are beautiful grown, so are the blue too. Oh heck, I love them all and I'm in love with this breed.

I know this is a bit of subject... but what size are the leg bands. I had no idea they made them that small. I want some! ;-)