egg questions

[Byrdj]

What color varieties do you breed to produce spangles?

 

[JJMR794]

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BYRD I HAVE NO IDEA TO BE HONEST. IT WAS A FLUKE THING HERE AS I AM NOT INTO THE WHOLE GENETIC MAPPING AND RESTRUCTURING MAD SCIENTIST THING.... I CAN TELL YOU SHE WAS JUMBO BROWN AND THE ROO WAS ENGLISH WHITE. NOW WAS SHE SPLIT TO WHITE? NO IDEA... I TEND TO BREED FOR QUALITY HEALTHY BIRDS WITH SIZE IF AT ALL POSSIBLE---- COLOR IS JUST A BONUS HERE. IF MONARC WERE AROUND SHE COULD TELL YOU WHAT THE LAST 12 GENERATIONS COLOR MIX WERE TO MAKE THIS "SPANGLE" BUT NOT ME-- SORRY

. SHELLEYD IS QUITE GOOD WITH COLOR AND GENETICS MAYBE TRY PM'ING HER PERHAPS SHE KNOWS?

 

[jetto]

Thanks for the spangle explanation! I'm relieved its a bird color and not an egg color. I was going to have to get more birds if there were different egg colors to be found! LOL!

I guess that group that hasn't laid any eggs is in the darker area of the barn....I'll have to move them closer to the light or wait til spring I guess....Kristi

 

[JJMR794]

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SUGGESTION? LED XMAS LIGHTS! THEY'RE ON CLEARANCE SALE RIGHT NOW AND USE LIL TO NO ELECTRICITY AND LAST A VERY LONG TIME--- JUST LAY ON TOP OR WRAP THE SIDEWALLS CLOSE TO THE TOP AND SECURE WITH ZIPTIES--- PLUG THEM IN AND INSTANT LAYER LIGHTS! IF YOU WANN GO ALL HIGH TECH REDNECK LIKE ME BUY A TIMER--- THEY SHOULD BE ON CLEARANCE TOO!

 

[jetto]

Great idea! Thanks! The dogs and chickens get the quail eggs so they say thank you too!

BTW- We tried hatching some of the eggs laid since the weather turned cold up here and got nothing even though I do see the occasional breeding taking place. I wasn't counting on the eggs being fertile- just wanted to see if I'd get lucky or not.

Kristi

 

[JJMR794]

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EVEN UNDER SUPPLIMENTAL LIGHT YOUR LAY RATE AND FERTILITY WILL GO DOWN..... I DUNNO IF ITS A TEMPERATURE THING OR THE FACT THAT WE'RE STIMULATING AN UNNATURAL LAYING SEASON, OR WHAT.... BUT THEY DO DROP DURING THE WINTER MONTHS. I TEND TO THINK ITS A TEMP THING MYSELF- DURING THE PEAK OF LAYING SEASON THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER I WILL SEE DECREASE EGG PRODUCTION WHEN ITS EXCEPTIONALLY HOT HERE. I SUPPLIMENT MY BIRDS WITH LIQUID VITAMINS AND ELECTROLYTES AS WELL AS EXTRA VIT C DURING TIMES OF HEAT STRESS AND IT HELPS BOLSTER THEIR LAYING RATE. SO HAVING EXPERIENCED THAT WITH BRUTAL HEAT AND HUMIDITY I GOTTA KINDA THINK THAT MIGHT BE THE CULPRIT WITH DECREASED FERTILITY IN WINTER MONTHS. MAYBE JUST ME? BUT AT LEAST THATS MY EXPERIENCE HERE. WHEN WE DO GET COLD SNAPS HERE MY GIRLS WILL SLOW DOWN FOR A DAY OR TWO AS WELL... (YES IT DOES GET QUITE COLD HERE, BUT THESE COLD PRODUCING WEATHER FRONTS USUALLY ONLY LAST 2-5 DAYS)