Lavender cuckoo easter egger

[faykokoWV]

They look great! What are you feeding them? They look so shiny!

they are shiny, and that's part of what makes them hard to photograph! We use a feed mix from out local mill. Its 24% protein and has a lot of goodies in it. I like the mix because I can use it for my turkeys and ducks, and its great for my dual purpose birds like the Welsummers and Barnevelders.

 

[mstricer]

Can I use a Blue Barred Rock girl under a Lavender Ameraucana Rooster or should I use a Black Barred girl.

 

[faykokoWV]

you want to use the black, you don't want to mix the blue genes with the lavender

 

[Goose and Fig]

And you don't want to use Rocks and have yellow skin popping up. At least the Marans were white skinned to start with.
But- if you could find one of those Rocks with the awesome, crisp, show quality barring, and pale skin....Maybe talk to Scott in GA (Yard Full O Rocks)

 

[mstricer]

I will check that out and thank you

 

[nicalandia]

that would be pretty! I still need your suggestions on getting around the barring factor on the legs!

I think we have already mail each other about that right?

 

[jerryse]

that would be pretty! I still need your suggestions on getting around the barring factor on the legs!

I think red will not have issues with leg color.Give it a try and share the results.

 

[nicalandia]

I think red will not have issues with leg color.Give it a try and share the results.

Red Barred will.. there is way around that, but takes a lot of time a breeding patience, so P.M if you interested

 

[Goose and Fig]

I think that would remind me too much of these guys:

 

[flyingmonkeypoop]

And you don't want to use Rocks and have yellow skin popping up. At least the Marans were white skinned to start with.
But- if you could find one of those Rocks with the awesome, crisp, show quality barring, and pale skin....Maybe talk to Scott in GA (Yard Full O Rocks)

I had one hatch out of some eggs this spring. I won a dozen show type barred rock eggs in a raffle this spring. They were weak chicks from the start so I ended up with 3 ccockerels. One looked like a great barred rock overall but the other 2 weren't so great, one had white wingbows and the other had white skin. I posted them here on BYC for a while before taking them to a trader, I was thinking the white skinned rooster would have been great for a barred orpington project because of the massive size, but looking back I realize he would have been good in this project as well