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[juststruttin]

no i need to move some runs around but raised some fully crele olive eggers. I need to get my rear in gear and hatch more

I have Bantam Brown red Ameraucana

Yes, Jason. Please do get your rear in gear. I mean really, get your priorities straight! Full time job, wife, kids... chickens . You're such a slacker. ; )

The bantam Ameraucanas sound interesting. I would only want a couple since I have a yard full of bantams. I would love to wait til you have the Crele Olive Eggers available so I can get them both at the same time. Do you still raise Amelias? I have one Amelia hen left but no mate for her.

 

[HighStreetCoop]

Well, the hen is no better and no worse today. She's lively, eating and drinking, poo normal, but that leg just gives out. She'll take a couple of steps fine, and then it will give out. Really hoping it isn't Merek's, but all I can do is wait and see.

 

[ronott1]

Well, the hen is no better and no worse today. She's lively, eating and drinking, poo normal, but that leg just gives out. She'll take a couple of steps fine, and then it will give out. Really hoping it isn't Merek's, but all I can do is wait and see.

How old is she? Mareks has the active part and then the cancer two years later. If she is not a young pullet, then she likely does not have mareks.

Usually, all chicks get mareks soon after hatch. Did you move her to your hospital cage?

 

[Hangtown Farms]

Yes, Jason. Please do get your rear in gear. I mean really, get your priorities straight! Full time job, wife, kids... chickens . You're such a slacker. ; )

The bantam Ameraucanas sound interesting. I would only want a couple since I have a yard full of bantams. I would love to wait til you have the Crele Olive Eggers available so I can get them both at the same time. Do you still raise Amelias? I have one Amelia hen left but no mate for her.

no more amelia's the crele olive egger deal kinda put a stop to them

 

[SilkiesForEver]

Quote: Don't mean to butt-in, but I don't think I've ever heard of Amelias? I would love to see a photo.

 

[ronott1]

Don't mean to butt-in, but I don't think I've ever heard of Amelias? I would love to see a photo.

 

[juststruttin]

Ron, do you still have a breeding flock? I would love to get some eggs.

 

[juststruttin]

Don't mean to butt-in, but I don't think I've ever heard of Amelias? I would love to see a photo.

Amelias are not a breed but rather a project. They are a cross between Crele Penedesencas (dark brown eggs) and Cream Legbars (blue eggs). The resulting chicks lay olive green eggs, and the chicks are auto-sexing, like the foundation stock.

The project was called Amelias in honor of a hen that liked to fly, and some how we all started calling this project "Amelias". I started the project a few years ago and gave eggs away to a few peopole on this board and sold some chicks. I cut way back in my projects, and Amelias was one of the projects I let go.

I still have one Amelia hen. She is 3 years old and still extremely well. I would like to see if anyone is still breeding them, as I would like to get my hands on a few eggs. I miss all those beautiful olive eggs.

Looks like Ron posted a photo Amelias.

 

[ronott1]

Ron, do you still have a breeding flock? I would love to get some eggs.

I do not have any Roosters and the egg farmer projects did not pan out.

They are one of my favorites though.

 

[dldolan]

Cute Amelias! I breed my Splash Marans rooster to Cream Legbar girls and get a great OE, all blue. this year I will try a CL roo over a very dark laying Marans prject bird, and see if resulting birds lay the same color of olive egg! Fun stuff...