Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.

[sydney quailman]

There you go Sam. Update so far 18 out. Most are marked number 2 if that helps. Still some pipping but took these ones out to the brooder as I am having trouble keeping the humidity down due to all the wet weather.

wow look great, number 2s are from my normal brown pen, number 1s are from the multi coloured pen. they look very good. great stuff. i sent a pm re eggs,

 

[cluckcluckluke]

There you go Sam

wow, grand job, very pretty quails.

 

[cluckcluckluke]

My new breeding pens finished at last.
Bird mesh over the runs - ready for tenants!

xxxx M

Looks great Ash, top job. What breeds will be in those? or just some nice mixes?

 

[Ashburnham]

Hi Luke

One pen is already occupied by 3 black first cross "Rhode Island White" X Araucana hens and a BBR Araucana rooster.
The next one will have my best Barred rock quartet.
And finally a Lavender Ar rooster with 3 first cross Ar X bantam White Leghorn hens.
(None crossed back to their father of course.)

I have 4 Ar roosters that I am line breeding with.

 

[appps]

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We had floods the girls pen was underwater. My father had a tornado and they were many of them between kiama and Nowra everyone is ok and the girls emerged dry.

Yay baby quails. Need some pics Satay.

Glad everyone else is ok.

Yeah we are about 2ks from where one of the tornados went through. Huge trees been there since I was a kid knocked down roots and all. Crazy.

 

[appps]

My new breeding pens finished at last. Bird mesh over the runs - ready for tenants! xxxx M

You've done a great job! Bet you're glad it's finished at last!

 

[appps]

So who is good at genetics?

I have a sizzle and a silkie who are the only two I can actually breed (others would be sizzle to sizzle). But......I have two concerns.

1. I'm not 100% certain they aren't from the same parents. Is inbreeding an issue in chooks? Believe its not in cage birds but wasn't sure about chickens.

And 2. I don't know if the silkie if from the same parents has the dormant frizzle gene. Will that mean I could still end up with the unwanted frazzles even though she looks normal?

 

[Pinky Macgyver]

Hey guys, where's the best place to get an incubator? My homemade one doesn't seem to cut it.

 

[Ashburnham]

Have a look at Bellsouth- http://www.bellsouth.com.au/

They have been in the business for more than 25 years. I bought both my incubators from them.


xxx M

 

[IamSamSam]

Ash the coops are fantastic wish I had an ounce of handy person that I could build something half as good !