Colloncas, Huastecs, & Quechuas

[Yashar]

My Huastec pullet died

My Collonca looks to be male. So sad.

Oh my!

 

[coloradogal]

It is not so much that I am trying to give anyone hope at the moment. I am a tinkerer and like to solve problems and build things. I have a BiL (brother-in-law) who knows computer electronics and lots of science. I like the challenge of trying to solve a tough problem and bring it in on a reasonable budget. I believe that between the two of us we could build a machine that could compensate for the altitude. The big question is could we build one that was affordable?

So many of us have tried economically viable solutions for hatching sea level eggs up here. There really isn't any. Most rely on pumping in oxygen. I've seen some people try to only hatch the porous shells and others try other things. Of my eggs during peak cycle, I always get over 90% hatch rate. I often give my eggs away to people up here who are just so frustrated in buying fertile eggs online and not getting any success. My last batch hatched with a woman at over 9500, which I was frankly surprised.

Colorado is a hard place. It's going to be almost 60 today but in just 10 days, it is suppose to have a nighttime low of negative 30.

 

[Grannychick55]

   I need a source for Huastec eggs.  Right now all I have is my stunning, icy white rooster that hatched from a beautiful blue egg that I got from Yashars egg order last spring; the remainder of the chicks from that hatch were the standard black variations, and all died.  Every egg order since then has failed to develop.  I do have a black skinned, gray hen with a lovely crest I have in with him, and I'm saving the gray hatchlings.  I got her from ChooksChick/SparkyCrows South American eggs.  I do not know what her variety is called, but she looks a lot like the British 'araucanas'.  She loves the cold and wet weather, and has an extra toe - similar to silkie, but much more functional; she can crawl up a tall fence if she wants to escape it.  Lots of reading leads me to believe they may have originated in The Falklands islands off South America.
   So, I am trying to establish a separate flock of Huastec and the gray birds (maybe a mottled blue is closer to the color, with an occasional darker gray or black feather and streaks of white in some feathers).  My Huastec roo has striking white plumage, and with his adult molt he develop an overlay of pale gold rooster feathering across his back from neck to tail.  He is gentle with us and the hens, and very good with young - helping the moms feed their chicks, but has not tolerated new roosters coming into his yard

You said your roo developed a gold overlay of feathers what does his comb look like I hatched a roo from Yashars eggs that sounds like yours he has grey skin and a single purple comb he is really beautiful

 

[Grannychick55]

Also I have 2 white hens they are Huastecs they are laying and the fertilty has been great. I have quite a few in imcubators but I have not hatched a white yet I am getting blue eggs so maybe one will be white. When you said standard black I thought there were different colors is that wrong

 

[grammanenan]

My hen was black with inside out feathers - white streak down the center of the feathers. She had a small, neat crest too, and light feathering on legs.
My roosters comb is red/purple - but it is not single; his skin is gray/black like yours. I think the skin color is what makes the plumage so icy/translucent colored, instead of the matte white of a yellow skinned leghorn.
Yeah, I sure would like some of those blue eggs

 

[ronott1]

My hen was black with inside out feathers - white streak down the center of the feathers. She had a small, neat crest too, and light feathering on legs.
My roosters comb is red/purple - but it is not single; his skin is gray/black like yours. I think the skin color is what makes the plumage so icy/translucent colored, instead of the matte white of a yellow skinned leghorn.
Yeah, I sure would like some of those blue eggs

I want some too!

 

[familypendragon]

Pictures of my lone survivor This is my collonca that I suspect is a male by the already red comb - love to hear what you all think. And is there a name for this coloring? Thanks

 

[enola]

I agree rooster.

 

[Grannychick55]

I have one that is colored like that somewhat but the others are all different. I have started hatching the Colloncas fertility has been good so far I only have 3 hens that are old enough to lay and 2 more that should start soon. I have been putting all of the eggs in the incubator .

 

[Penny Hen]

I think he might end up being some kind of Silver. This is my Olive Egger



roo at that age and now.



He practically has inverted is colors when changing from juvenile feathers to adult ones. Only his tail remained dark and his shoulders remained white.
Long John Silver looks to be a Silver Duckwing but their is a pale yellow cast on his neck feathers that doesn't show well in these photos so he may be a Lemon/Cream Duckwing.
Only his offspring will tell me. Long John may also be penciled because of the black stripes in the centers of his hackles. He may be mottled as well but the pattern of white on his chest is more regular than most mottling I have seen and may be part of an incomplete lacing gene which could also could possibly give him this appearance. I have some of his eggs in the bator for he New Years Day Hatch. I can' wait to see what comes out.

So it is possible that as light as your boy is right now he could look totally different in 3 months.