Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Grandma The Chicken]

Not too late for a...
Twofer Tuesday
Looks like Tony wants to get in that box too.

 

[BeastBaby]

So my Orps are laying normal sized eggs now and the shells are hard, I am gonna run a test hatch of 6- 12 eggs and see what the fertilization rate looks like.

I have a 22 egg incubator though sooooo what, if any crosses would you do?

FBCM - Brownie - drk brown eggs
EE Cinnamon - med green eggs
Welsummer Ginger - reddish tan with speckles eggs
Amerucana peanut - Blue eggs
EE flour and sugar - dark mossy green with speckle eggs
Silverrudds Blue Biscotti- light green eggs
2 Azure eggers (roadrunner look) - teal blue and med green eggs

Can cross with the 2 jubilee orps roosters for an interesting feather pattern or for egg color.

The jubilee pattern is so complicated I can’t wrap my head around the possible outcomes lol so I would love to hear your opinions on which eggs you would set, if any.

Well, man, do I ever want to see a big ole bowl of your eggs! Those colors sound dreamy.
If you’re mixing for egg color, I would start back crossing for different generation green layers, like Flour and Sugar… but if you’re mixing to get more jubilee genes out there, then cross with Peanut.

 

[RoyalChick]

And I got another one done before bed. Tomorrow I shall continue to make an army!
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This variegated yarn also has maroon and gold stripes...those will be lovely for chickens too.

I think that is called leakage.

I really do love these. An army sounds wonderful.

 

[RoyalChick]

Ohhhh, He's handsome!!!

Totally agree! @Desertvalleychickens you have some gorgeous chickens.

That emperor of the desert pic needs to be entered in the caption contest! And POW

YES. Definitely.

 

[Marie2020]

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"No need to apologize! I, emperor of the desert, is very large!"
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"I'll be bigger than you one day!"
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"*whispers* Where is my cockerel control...."

Good morning big guy

 

[Marie2020]

I just bet

I am around just tired getting over this virus, and not sleeping great

But thanks for your kind words much appreciated

 

[Marie2020]

It's a lovely day today

 

[Marie2020]

Thank you! I already submitted that to POW!

Good for you

 

[rural mouse]

I think that is called leakage.

I really do love these. An army sounds wonderful.

Leakage: exactly!!!!!

 

[rural mouse]

It's a lovely day today

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She's looking wonderful! Marie, you are doing s great job with her!