Araucana thread anyone?

[KirstenJL]

Do a search for Crossbeak. Aparently it is pretty common and not really cureable but some birds live with it better than others. Unfortunatly it all depends on how well they can eat. Lots of people cull if they have it. We have a Favorelle roo with it and he is currently just a pet looking for a new home as he is not breeding material. He is pretty (except for the crooked face) and our biggest bird. Good luck.

Thanks Puddin Fluff. I'll do that. So far, so good--I watched him eat yesterday and he seems fine. I've already decided not to breed him (and of course he's tufted!), and I'm hoping he's a girl so I can just keep her for table eggs. But even this young, he's screaming roo!

Kirsten

 

[Rumbull]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Puddin Fluff

I have a fertility/breeding question. My boy is crowing and dancing and jumping the girls at 4 mo. old. No eggs from my girl yet. Once she is laying, how long should I give them to "mature" before I can try hatching some of the eggs?

I'm currious about this as well.

I believe the cockerels sexually mature similar to the hens. It can be around 20-24 weeks. I had terrible fertility from my young guy until I did some fluff trimming on him and his girls. He was eager but didn't have his moves down yet.

 

[Rumbull]

Some nice bouncy barred/cuckoo tufts!

 

[sega]

I love blue too. Something about it is very pretty to me. Though your splash pair, if bred together, will produce 100% splash. If you bred a splash to a black, then you'd get 100% blue. Here is the run down of BBS breedings, taken from here.

Blue x Blue = 50% Blue, 25% Black, 25% Splash
Blue x Splash = 50% Blue, 50% Splash
Blue x Black = 50% Blue, 50% Black
Black x Splash = 100% Blue
Black x Black = 100% Black
Splash x Splash = 100% Splash​

So, I guess from looking at this chart I could mix my Blacks and Blues into one pen and use the pen I was using for my Blues for another color? I would still get Blues and Blacks when I hatch the eggs. Does that Sound like something I should do or not?

 

[cashdl]

Yes that would work Greg, and as long as you don't have bleed thru in the blacks or blues it should all be good.

Lanae

 

[hennesseyt]

I just have to share some pictures of the new cockerel I got from Cynthia. He is so sweet and doesn't seem to mind the little ones snuggling with him. I never knew a chicken could be so cute! <3

 

[cmsdvm]

Isn't he a sweetie! I'm glad he's got such a good home. I never did come up with a name for him- his father is "little Mac" and I just called him the splash Mac boy.

 

[laura877]

I just got back from being away for a week and I can't believe the growth in the chicks that I got from Stacykins....and the tufts. Stacy your chicks are getting the longest tufts ever. Of the 13 I got, I lost 2. One was a black hen that I lost about 10 days ago and the other was a blue that was too young to tell. I have 2 black hens and I think 3 more hens at least. The tufts are coming is really thick and even on some of them too.

I just moved them to a bigger stall and will start making adjustments to move them outside more. I'm just nervious abt that since I lost so many to predators. Hubby said he would help me work on coop tomorrow as he is laid off from work for the 3 rd week in a row. Now if I can get him to help building the new fenced in runs for them.

Stacy the mottled black one is definately a roo. I'm not disappointed at all. I have a couple that, if they keep developing like I think, I may take them to my first show in Frankmuth, Mi.

I hope to get some good pics as these tufts are something else. The two chicks that I hatched from the eggs that I got from you, are still blue chicks whick I am expecting to probably turn into blue spashes... which means breed to one of the blacks will give me all blues.

 

[smoothmule]

Some nice bouncy barred/cuckoo tufts!

Your hard work has definitely paid off! Great looking chicks!

 

[hennesseyt]

Isn't he a sweetie! I'm glad he's got such a good home. I never did come up with a name for him- his father is "little Mac" and I just called him the splash Mac boy.

Thats cute. We haven't come up with a final name yet. It usually takes a week or so to find one everyone can agree on. Right now its Azule. My daughter wants me to get him a chicken diaper so he can come inside. hehe, I can just see my husbands reaction to that one.
Thanks again.