Naked Neck/Turken Thread

[maralpz2006]

I put some eggs in the bator today what color should get these are the parents

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please somebody could tell what i wil get

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

Quote: Given Goodwin's appearance, that doesn't surprise me that much (with all that red leakage/marking). But yeah, I was totally surprised to see those chicks pop out - I was glad I had decided to separate the eggs during hatch and make no assumptions. Once I get a sense of how they grow out (these and their half-siblings who are black or blue), I'll think about whether I want to take the space and effort to pursue lavender (since now if would entail keeping yet one more cockerel.) Can't wait to see what the brown downed chicks end up like. I want to say that Mystique was brownish black as a baby, but that may be faulty memory - I can't find a photo of her that young in my records. It'll be so fun to see! (And I have 6 more eggs that go into lock down next week - more chicks to guess about!!!)

(I'm going to go look up Db now.)

Quote: Yup - there's a slim chance that there is an additional pullet (or two) in the group that is large, but the more I look at them, the more I think they are still boys and just not as quickly showing as the others. She's a head or two shorter than the rest, though holding her own. I'm going to add her in to the other group - need to figure out the timing of it, as I will move them into their new brooder at one week old (when she'll be three weeks), and then the following week they will be joined by the rest of the NN chicks one week younger (when the pullet will be 4 weeks). Gotta figure out what's the best timing...

SO much cuteness!

can't wait to see how they grow out! Especially that rosecomb NN chick!

I know, right? I almost can't stand it!!!!

- Ant Farm

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

I put some eggs in the bator today what color should get these are the parents . . please somebody could tell what i wil get

Lovely birds!!! I couldn't say, but others here know better...

- Ant Farm

 

[maralpz2006]

I put some eggs in the bator, these are the parent what color should i get

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please somebody could tell what i should i get

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

I put some eggs in the bator, these are the parent what color should i get . please somebody could tell what i should i get

Your first post went through just fine, no need to repeat. I'm sure someone will answer, but give it some time - folks aren't on all the time. I would answer you except I honestly don't know.

 

[Kev]

I put some eggs in the bator, these are the parent what color should i get . please somebody could tell what i should i get

color wise all black chicks, roo maybe has only one barring gene- in that case half of the chicks will have a white head spot(won't be sex linked in this pair).

chicks could either grow up solid black or barred, some may show extra white on neck and on the back areas of the roosters.

If the rooster is a birchen, may show a lot more color details on body and breast on both sexes. maybe some partial or mixed pencilling/spangling. with barring added it can make the birds look whiter.

rooster also has mottle but that will not show up in cross. it can show up in second generation either by sibling mating or to another mottle.

 

[Kev]

Given Goodwin's appearance, that doesn't surprise me that much (with all that red leakage/marking). But yeah, I was totally surprised to see those chicks pop out - I was glad I had decided to separate the eggs during hatch and make no assumptions. Once I get a sense of how they grow out (these and their half-siblings who are black or blue), I'll think about whether I want to take the space and effort to pursue lavender (since now if would entail keeping yet one more cockerel.)

Ah that's right, I keep thinking he was solid lavender. It would not be a bad assumption to guess his leakage was directly due to being E or ER crossed with ?? But, I would not have expected e+ from Arbequina if wheaten amer/marans was solely her ancestry. I really would not think it possible for eWh chicks to have such strong striping, ever. only e+ or eb. hmmmm.... e+/eb..? ahh I don't know. part of me wonders if the wheaten amers were not actually that or had e+ floating in their stock(it is recessive to wheaten, so..)

as for brown chicks, yep it is fun to see what they turn out into!

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

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Regarding Arbequina, per the Eight Acres website, this is how they construct their OEs: F1 was Blue or Black Copper Marans x Welsummer, then the hens from this cross were bred to Wheaten Ameraucana rooster. Then THESE offspring (hens) were covered by a Splash Copper Marans Rooster (to darken the olive color). So maybe the Welsummer? (I don't know their genetics...) Regardless, she lays the most GORGEOUS olive egg ever...

Regarding Goodwin, I got him as a "bonus" chick - she wasn't actually really offering them for sale, as she just had them on hand to work on a project and I had expressed interest in passing. She now has Isabel Ameraucanas (Lavender Wheaten Ameraucanas) available this year (which was presumably her project), so maybe (just maybe) he could have been an oops within that project? (No duckwing on him, as you said before, but maybe something coming through?) Like I said, he was a bonus chick, and there wasn't any guarantee of his purity (which was fine by me).

So much fun to think about!

(If I didn't already have so many chicks coming in February, I would have incubated the CL pullets' eggs now that Monkey is with them - but I have had to exercise restraint. Maybe later...)

- Ant Farm

 

[chickengr]

Regarding Arbequina, per the Eight Acres website, this is how they construct their OEs: F1 was Blue or Black Copper Marans x Welsummer, then the hens from this cross were bred to Wheaten Ameraucana rooster. Then THESE offspring (hens) were covered by a Splash Copper Marans Rooster (to darken the olive color). So maybe the Welsummer? (I don't know their genetics...) Regardless, she lays the most GORGEOUS olive egg ever...

Regarding Goodwin, I got him as a "bonus" chick - she wasn't actually really offering them for sale, as she just had them on hand to work on a project and I had expressed interest in passing. She now has Isabel Ameraucanas (Lavender Wheaten Ameraucanas) available this year (which was presumably her project), so maybe (just maybe) he could have been an oops within that project? (No duckwing on him, as you said before, but maybe something coming through?) Like I said, he was a bonus chick, and there wasn't any guarantee of his purity (which was fine by me).

So much fun to think about!

(If I didn't already have so many chicks coming in February, I would have incubated the CL pullets' eggs now that Monkey is with them - but I have had to exercise restraint. Maybe later...)

- Ant Farm

lucky you! I will stay another year without olive eggers. my only blue egger that started to lay passed away last night. suddenly. she was perfectly well and when she was back to coop in the evening she couldn't walk properly. I put her in the house where her legs got paralyzed or were stretched due to pain. she had tachycardia and spasms so I suspected she got poisoned. with charcoal and plenty of water she vomited but didn't make it. there is no sign of any poison or anything toxic in their coop/run. the other 7 birds that were with her are well. I am not sure what happened to her.

I tried to candle eggs but can see some eggs are dark inside. I have never candled before so I left it alone. I checked in internet and the pics of day 10+ look similar to what I saw, so I just hope.

 

[Phill98]

lucky you! I will stay another year without olive eggers. my only blue egger that started to lay passed away last night. suddenly. she was perfectly well and when she was back to coop in the evening she couldn't walk properly. I put her in the house where her legs got paralyzed or were stretched due to pain. she had tachycardia and spasms so I suspected she got poisoned. with charcoal and plenty of water she vomited but didn't make it. there is no sign of any poison or anything toxic in their coop/run. the other 7 birds that were with her are well. I am not sure what happened to her.

I tried to candle eggs but can see some eggs are dark inside. I have never candled before so I left it alone. I checked in internet and the pics of day 10+ look similar to what I saw, so I just hope.

Do you have her eggs in the incubator