Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Kris5902]

Ugh, it’s pouring rain, I still desperately have to go empty the house rain buckets,and bring more down… but everyone is sheltering under MY trailer, which has me ridiculously on edge thanks to yesterday’s mink sighting… I’m not going to get anything done today at this rate. And good luck for getting any weather whining tax pictures to make up for today… unless y’all want blurry under trailer shots of soggy chickens among all the junk they’ve shoved under there. Sigh… at least it’s not snow/cold!

 

[featherhead007]

What happened too my steak and sauce virtual or not it was still mine

Sorry, I was distracted. Jaffar wanted to see a movie

 

[featherhead007]

And we have a cockerel name thrown out there!

No! Don’t name a rooster Zoltar!

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

I've collected 4 eggs so far. Here they are and they are what makes me happy to see in a egg basket. From left to right we have Baby, Holly, Corona and Raven. Baby is back to throwing some spots on her eggs, but the base color is just way to light for me to hatch from her. Today's egg is my favorite from Corona so far. I really wish they were already up to hatching size because that one would have been thrown in the incubator.

The 3 Marans eggs by themselves.

 

[Kris5902]

If they are pure Ameraucanas there should be about a 50/50 chance of green or brown in the offspring, they don’t have a dominant blue gene like a CCL. If they are EE though that would reduce the chances of a green in the offspring to something like 25% when crossed to a Marans. Interestingly my MaransxAmeraucana boy throws darker green laying offspring than my pure Marans crossed to the Sapphires (LHxCCL) and despite the dominant blue gene from the CCL grandparent, I still get about 50/50 green/tan in crossing the hybrids, but they are all gorgeous

Also, I think some of the EE ideas is how you end up with things like Bob’s plentiful browns. Crossing EE and EE just reduces the chances of greens and some people seen to think that the EE is a breed unto itself, not a hybrid with an Ameraucana parent. It’s why the Sapphires are a more reliable cross for coloured eggs from a hybrid with the dominant Blue gene. This is clearly easier and more fun than all the work I need to get doing… lol

 

[featherhead007]

Your right, the track record is terrible. Even when I got my original 6 Marans, 4 boys 2 girls. I want to know why the world thinks I need so many boys? I love them, but I really cannot keep every single boy that comes along. I hear of people complaining they have too many hens and cannot get a boy. Can I please have that problem this year...please.

Put in another quarter, and let’s see what Zoltar says!

 

[Kris5902]

13 so far this morning… and the nest boxes are full of grumpy ladies so hopefully it will be a good day…

 

[Marie2020]

Sorry, I was distracted. Jaffar wanted to see a movie

 

[RoyalChick]

She may keep that yellow tip. I was worried with Blueberry, but the tips stayed yellow and never turned black. Its been several weeks now and if she was going to loose them surely she would have done it by now right?

That is what I was thinking (hoping).

 

[RoyalChick]

I've collected 4 eggs so far. Here they are and they are what makes me happy to see in a egg basket. From left to right we have Baby, Holly, Corona and Raven. Baby is back to throwing some spots on her eggs, but the base color is just way to light for me to hatch from her. Today's egg is my favorite from Corona so far. I really wish they were already up to hatching size because that one would have been thrown in the incubator.View attachment 3008754
The 3 Marans eggs by themselves.
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I love that Corona egg. Beautiful.