Chicks in SE PA (Philly area)

[Backyardhomestead921]

Hatching season is in full swing now and I have lots of chicks hatching and incubating. Mostly layer-type breeds/hybrids, many sexable, all vaccinated for Marek's
Olive Eggers (Silver, Gold, Black, Lavender)
Cream Legbars
Opal Legbars
Welbars (Silver and Gold)
Copper Marans
Lavender Marans

plus a few more specialized breeds:
Ayam cemani
Ayam ketawa
Belgium Liege fighters
Genetic Hackle (Fly Tie)

and hopefully later in the season:
Cuckoo Ameraucanas (black and lavender)
Frizzle Cochin bantams (black, lavender, maybe mottled)
Heritage turkeys (mottled black, royal palm, sweetgrass)
Ducks - Muscovy, Shetlands, Australian Spotted, Mini Silver Appleyards, Aztecs
Guineas - Lavender and pearl

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Can you please show pictures of what the Cuckoo Ameraucanas (black and lavender) look like.

 

[dheltzel]

Can you please show pictures of what the Cuckoo Ameraucanas (black and lavender) look like.

These are lavender cuckoo hens, with a non-cuckoo black (het for lavender) cock. The eggs from this pen produce black and lavender sexlinked Ameraucanas.

 

[dheltzel]

Not good focus here, but this is a black cuckoo cock (also het for lavender) and a lavender cuckoo hen. This pen produces both black and lavender cuckoo chicks. All males from this pen will be homozygous for sexlinked barring - that is critical for producing all cuckoo chicks.

Note the light leg color, this is an unavoidable side effect of the barring gene. It affects both sexes. It does not affect non-barred pullets from the sexlinked pen, those are "full fledged" black and lavender Ams. I focus more on the type, comb, muffs, beards and egg color with the cuckoo line, as those are critical for producing "real" Ameraucana chicks in the sexlinks.

 

[Backyardhomestead921]

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Not good focus here, but this is a black cuckoo cock (also het for lavender) and a lavender cuckoo hen. This pen produces both black and lavender cuckoo chicks. All males from this pen will be homozygous for sexlinked barring - that is critical for producing all cuckoo chicks.

Note the light leg color, this is an unavoidable side effect of the barring gene. It affects both sexes. It does not affect non-barred pullets from the sexlinked pen, those are "full fledged" black and lavender Ams. I focus more on the type, comb, muffs, beards and egg color with the cuckoo line, as those are critical for producing "real" Ameraucana chicks in the sexlinks.

How much are they? Also when will they hatch?

 

[Backyardhomestead921]

How much are they? Also when will they hatch?

like how much are they as chicks? and if you sell them in pullets how much are those?

 

[dheltzel]

like how much are they as chicks? and if you sell them in pullets how much are those?

How much are they? Also when will they hatch?

I will be hatching them again in spring of 2023. My Ameraucana tend to start laying later in the spring than my "production" breeds (Legbars, Welbars and Marans). So, I would expect to have some chicks in late April, more in June and July.
Local pickup in small quantities are $8 to $10 each, depending on whether I feel I can sex them reliably. Black sexinks are easy to sex, lavenders not as easy. Cuckoo chicks are overall harder to sex, but I can usually pick out at least some black males.
I also ship chicks, mostly to breeders looking to build their own flocks for local sales. Larger quantities are needed to do that though.

 

[PerturbedPanther]

Do you ever get Red Bourbon Turkeys?

 

[dheltzel]

Do you ever get Red Bourbon Turkeys?

Sorry, I only raise Sweetgrass turkeys.