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[RBahmer]

Here are a couple more pictures of the rooster I was talking about yesterday as being a barnvelder or wellsummers and a couple pictures of the white hen that was given to me . Any idea what she is?

The hen

 

[RBahmer]

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Welcome to our group

 

[NovaAman]

could the hen be an araucana?

 

[RaZ]

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You have made some good points. It certainly gives me something to think about.
I know that my little flock is not negatively affected by the cold. They were out early this morning and it was 22 degrees and windy.
I did not turn on the red heat lamp tonight as it seems to be unnecessary. I'll be leaving it off for the next few weeks and see if there is any change in egg production. I'm approaching this as a biology experiment.

 

[Olive Hill]

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A couple of things on this. First EEs are a hybrid. You don't breed EEs to EEs and get more EEs. Hybrids do not breed true. If you want to create EEs then you need pure Ameraucanas or Araucanas which you would then cross with a light brown egg laying breed. The resultant F1 offspring would be EEs. I'm not sure if that's what you were meaning or not, but thought clarification would be good if nothing else for others reading who may be wondering.

Second is that the very act of treating your roos as "lap buddies" increases your odds of having aggressive roosters. Raising them like your female chickens is a bad idea. Roosters with a healthy fear and respect of humans are far less likely to challenge your dominance than those who are intimately familiar with being in your immediate physical vicinity and who view you as one of the flock. Don't coddle your cockerels and you'll have much higher rates of success.

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Some very important points here on heating.

Another thing I would like to remind everyone of is that heating increases, rather than decreases the likelihood of frostbite. I know it was mentioned in passing that some are heating for fear of frostbite, but that is very much counterproductive. The temperature range right around freezing is the danger zone for frostbite for chickens because that temperature range fosters moisture which is a much bigger factor in frostbite than temperature itself.

 

[chicken grandma]

Friends of mine have a pair of parakeets for free in a lovely large cage with a floor stand.
The male is green and the female is white.
Is anyone near Grand Rapids interested in adopting them? Please send me a personal message if you are interested.
They are healthy and tame.

 

[RBahmer]

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I have no idea. The guy that gave her to me has no idea. He says just a chicken lol. She has no muffs

 

[NovaAman]

I was noticing the tailessness

 

[RBahmer]

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She has all the traits as one except she is missing the cheek muffs.

 

[Olive Hill]

If it's "just a chicken" it's pretty likely she's just a mutt. Most of the time if someone has an araucana they know they have an araucana as the true variety is very rare.