Araucana LF Spangle Project bird Picture

[rebecca10782]

She's gorgeous, she looks like a white leopard

 

[Shaffer]

klf73,
Krista, I have another pullet coming this week from the same gentleman but this one will have muffs and beard to put with an Ameraucana male. Unfortunately this will take 2 years till I get an Ameraucana spangle unless I have a male with a hidden gene. HS

 

[hinkjc]

Harry, I'm pretty sure a silver duckwing cock would work great in this project. Should produce incomplete, but visually spangled the first year. On the 2nd generation, they should produce some pure spangled. At least that's what I was thinking with my spangled orp project.

Using a black roo would produce visually black offspring on F1. Then on F2, 50% black, approx 40% incompletes, and approx 10% spangled. Which means it would take until F3 to get to pure spangled I believe, if my calculations are correct.

Jody

 

[Shaffer]

Jody,
Thanks for the information. I am aware of the genes needed. All I need to do is go to the german site Kip Calculator which is very simple to use. http://home.hetnet.nl/~h.meijers69/kruising.html

Everybody this is translated into English so there will be no problem to figure it out. It is a friendly site for the beginner. HS

 

[hinkjc]

That is a great calculator, but even the best calculator can't tell you if the bird has hidden genes. Hidden genes can give you a whole different outcome, which is what makes projects so interesting. If you know the birds genetic makeup, it makes calculations much easier and more predictable. Have fun!

Jody

 

[wren]

Hi Shaffer, I feel that the hen pictured in your avatar is beautiful. Simply breathtaking. Any more like her for sale? Thanks for the calculator link.

Karen

 

[Shaffer]

Karen,
Glad you enjoyed the calculator link. It is really an easy one to use. Sorry, but my Avatar is really a large fowl Lavender Ameraucana cockerel. Sorry, but all the cockerels went very quick this year. I had no pullets to spare since it is a color project in progress right now but there should be a lot of eggs available this spring. Harry

 

[wren]

Harry,

No apology necessary! I apologize for my mistake. He is stunning. How do the females look comparatively? Please put me down for eggs this spring. How you prefer to be contacted?

Karen

 

[phasianidae]

Is this project still in process?

 

[Shaffer]

No, this project ended because my other birds would not allow this pair I produced to eat and they both died. For some reason the other birds did not like them either for their color or they were not aggressive enough to survive. They were produced out of McGraws manx rumpies which means they definately had to be trimmed to breed. Too much fluff around the vent area which was a common problem in the manx rumpies also.