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Brahma Chicken5000 said:
You want to divide them up for breeding, correct? I’d just put the hens in the coop all together if you don’t get it divided and put the cocks with them once you divide the henhouse.
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Yes, Blue and his 2 blue hens, and triple tufts with his 2 black hens and the BBR. I'm not sure why Nancy had 2 black hens with him and not the BBR. He seems to be a faded gold duckwing so him with the black hens would just produce black. :idunno She said she hasn't had duckwing in her flock in years so triple tufts and the BBR were flukes.
The "Blue Crew":
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The hen in front with her head down is double tufted.
Here's spaz:
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Trish1974 said:
The big blue cock is "Blue". I was calling him that before he was even mine! LOL
There is an OLD double tufted black hen who was one of Nancy's show birds. That poor girl has to be older than Methuselah. She has an eye injury to where it is closed most the time, her face is pale, she's missing the tip of one of her toes, she's kind of "ratchet". So I've been calling her Ratchet! LOL Sweet as pie though! You can slip your hand under her belly and she just drops into your hand. She laid an egg yesterday too!
The triple tufted cock...well I hate to say it.... but I do NOT like him! :oops: He is skittish, loud, hyper, etc. He acts like I'm going to kill him just trying to refill his food and water. As soon as I touch his cage door he starts flailing around, squawking, and climbing over and on the hens he is in with trying to get out. This morning he was just a little bit more calm...but if he doesn't settle down more I may ask Nancy if she wants him back. I won't name him until I'm sure he's staying. I fought long and hard to get him so I'm going to feel pretty stupid if I ask her to take him back!

So far that is it. I'm toying with the name "Lucy" for the BBR. It just comes to mind when I look at her.
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my new marans roos were incredibly wild. they were screeching as if someone was killing them. after few weeks with my tame chickens they calmed down.
 
chickengr said:
my new marans roos were incredibly wild. they were screeching as if someone was killing them. after few weeks with my tame chickens they calmed down.
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Good, I hope he does calm down. I want to like him. Plus I begged and pleaded to get him so I'd better like him! I had to promise a good home for him too so it's not like I can resell him.
 
Trish1974 said:
I got some new birds today!!! :wee
A few weeks ago I emailed Nancy Utterback just to let her know how my chickens from her were doing, and what I was doing with my breeding program. She emailed me back and said she was selling the rest of her large fowl Araucanas and was just going to keep bantams, and asked if I would be interested! So I financed this 8'x12' coopView attachment 1779582 (probably not smart but I could not pass up the opportunity to buy the last of Nancy Utterback's stock!) and picked them up today. I got 7 hens (1 blue clean faced and one double tufted hen), one clean faced BBR, two clean faced black hens and two double tufted black hens.
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Also got a MAGNIFICENT double tufted blue cock. Both my boyfriend and I fell in love with him last year when we picked up the hen and chicks. Him and the double tufted blue hen were Nancy's grandson's show birds. They won Grand Champion breeding pair at the fair last year.
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And are you ready for this? I got her ultra rare TRIPLE TUFTED cock!!! Whom I also fell in love with last year when I was there. The third tuft is under his chin:
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I'll post better pics when everyone is settled in. Thank you @Brahma Chicken5000 for keeping my secret!
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OMG!! I miss the weekend, I miss a TON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOT!!!! So happy for you, Trish!!!!!!!!!!!! :wee:ya:wee:ya:celebrate:celebrate:celebrate
 
RinaRoo said:
Hi y'all or all of you. I'm hoping to get into this breed this or next year. I love the look of the rumpless birds. I'm looking at possibly getting a trio locally here in NC. Fingers crossed. Apparently they are young and the hens just started laying.
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Welcome to our little rumpless group and to BYC!!!!
:welcome:wee:frow

@Trish1974 I hope Spaz calms down for you, and I hope those couple of eggs under Bonita hatch!!! :fl And your bater eggs go well!!!
 

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