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Hopefully, Cuckoo Marans, BCMs, and B/B Ameraucanas. That's the plan at this point, at any rate!
I just love my Blue Ameraucanans they don't like the summer heat here and are stingy layers sometimes but both the males and females are the friendliest birds I have. They truly were little lap dogs in another life. If they can't get on my lap they fly up on my shoulders. The girls have a really raucous voice and will whine really loudly if they think they've been wronged or they want something LOL! I'm fixing to hatch some more real soon because I only have 2 girls and 4 roos LOL!
Where did you get your cuckoo eggs? Are they silver cuckoo?
I have some B/B/S Ameraucanas already and I absolutely ADORE them. I even kept a Blue roo with leakage just because his personality is so fabulous. He is a total romeo - always prepping the nest boxes for the ladies. They love him too! All my pullets but one ARE lap dogs in THIS life. Friendliest chickens I've ever encountered. My birds are on the small size, however, and need much improvement in the egg colour department and egg size. The B/B Ameraucana eggs I'm getting are coming from pips&peeps so I have high hopes although these eggs will have travelled a distance and spent some time in less than ideal circumstances so it will be interesting to see if I can get anything to hatch.
My (French) Cuckoo Marans are coming from Stellar Game Birds. I believe they are silver and very dark eggs, Davis lines. (In fact, I believe Bev herself is going to be bringing the eggs for me.) The eggs are entered at Crossroads so again, might be a trick to get them to hatch!! (She's throwing in some Black Coppers just in case but again, everything is travelling and will have a bit of a shelf life.)
Rest assured, I'll keep you posted!!
