Crele EE ameraucana project

[ChickenLeg]

I love the bearded barred look. Do you think you'll be offering hatching eggs?

Thank you! I just posted an extra dozen this morning but some1 locally already claimed them. I might have some time to time when incubator is full. Give me 2 years to clean up the yellow skin and ill have plenty available

 

[ChickenLeg]

Let a few birds out of their tractors to get some freedom this morning

 

[RaineyTN]

Nice they are lookin good

 

[ChickenLeg]

So I lost my main breeder from previous pics this summer to a fox. I saved my favorite son, hes barred but split to partridge. I also saved a nice partridge hen, and 2 crele hens. The crele hens arent showing too much promise but I'll cross the son x partridge daughter and keep all crele hens i get from them next spring. I'll also cross the son x the f1 barred split hens and keep the best double barred crele male. Keep the best trio then go from there. Slow progression but its moving along.

 

[ChickenLeg]

Hes not as flashy as his pops but hes filling out!

 

[ChickenLeg]

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[nicalandia]

Impressive, thanks for sharing

 

[ChickenLeg]

Partridge pullet filling out, the cockerel seems to fill out more every week!

 

[kurby22]

Partridge pullet filling out, the cockerel seems to fill out more every week!

Your rooster boys are gorgeous! The poppa was amazing, how sad that you lost him :-( Thanks for sending me the link to this thread! I will enjoy the updates. Maybe when you have all the yellow leg issues worked out I will have room for some babies

 

[ChickenLeg]

Your rooster boys are gorgeous! The poppa was amazing, how sad that you lost him :-( Thanks for sending me the link to this thread! I will enjoy the updates. Maybe when you have all the yellow leg issues worked out I will have room for some babies

Thank you! They are a fun group to watch run around. I used the original EE cock in the first photos over white and black ameraucanas from Paul Smith to start this line. They have a lot of spunk in them and lay nice big eggs. I hope to have all the birds clean of the recessive yellow gene in 2 years, but depending on how much effort I put in them it could be 3 years. Im just having fun with the line, but I'll be sure to keep updating as long as I have them !