- Aug 21, 2012
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Hello everyone! I can see that y'all love your birds as much as we do ours.
I live in West Texas and have had birds most of my life. Our chickens are Free Ranged except for at night when they go to bed. I am afraid that our local wildlife also would like a free Chicken meal and we would quickly be out of business. As you can see by our avatar our animals are very confused. That hen raised that calico that was dumped in front of our home.....so our cat is a chicken our dog is a cat as he was brought home and quickly learned to follow the momma cat around....we had a cat that raised bunnies and our dog has raised quail....They are all part of our crazy family we just love! Recently my cousin wanted into the quail family so we gifted ours to her as we would like to try and move in the direction of breeding Crele Orpingtons....it looks like it will be a little harder then we originally thought. We have really nice Buff Orpingtons, Black Orpingtons, Black Australorps, Ameracuanas, and Gold Winedots. We are looking for either some purebred Crele Orpingtons or an amazing Cockoo Marans to cover our hens with and continue to work on the off spring toward the goal of ending up with Crele Orpingtons. I know it is going to be a journey....but anything worth having is worth working for. I sure look forward to any guidance in genetics and quality y'all could send our way.
I could drive a fair bit in Texas if someone thought they might have the genetic make up I might need. I keep reading about Lemon Cockoos and the Double barred Marans....please forgive me if I got their names wrong they are very new to me....I would like chicks of both colors if that is what I need.
Thank y'all again
I live in West Texas and have had birds most of my life. Our chickens are Free Ranged except for at night when they go to bed. I am afraid that our local wildlife also would like a free Chicken meal and we would quickly be out of business. As you can see by our avatar our animals are very confused. That hen raised that calico that was dumped in front of our home.....so our cat is a chicken our dog is a cat as he was brought home and quickly learned to follow the momma cat around....we had a cat that raised bunnies and our dog has raised quail....They are all part of our crazy family we just love! Recently my cousin wanted into the quail family so we gifted ours to her as we would like to try and move in the direction of breeding Crele Orpingtons....it looks like it will be a little harder then we originally thought. We have really nice Buff Orpingtons, Black Orpingtons, Black Australorps, Ameracuanas, and Gold Winedots. We are looking for either some purebred Crele Orpingtons or an amazing Cockoo Marans to cover our hens with and continue to work on the off spring toward the goal of ending up with Crele Orpingtons. I know it is going to be a journey....but anything worth having is worth working for. I sure look forward to any guidance in genetics and quality y'all could send our way.
I could drive a fair bit in Texas if someone thought they might have the genetic make up I might need. I keep reading about Lemon Cockoos and the Double barred Marans....please forgive me if I got their names wrong they are very new to me....I would like chicks of both colors if that is what I need.
Thank y'all again
