FYI - Those two girls of mine that you wanted me to cross with that mottled boy of yours with are just now starting to lay. I figure if I give them a little more time, then pen them up with him and a couple of my transylvania girls for awhile, I should have hatching eggs for you around xmas time. He's getting alot more spots on him, kinda looks like a starry sky against a big red nebula or something. Pretty cool.
I've got this little cockerel from those K&M Farms birds that hatched on the eclipse. He looks alot like an Aloha, really cool looking so far. But he's gonna be looking for a home. If you weren't so far away I would just bring both of them to you. Your guy thinks he's ready, and it's kinda funny to watch. If he can get ahold of a hen he just stands on her back and holds onto their neck but never seals the deal. He gets to third base but just can't get the "home run" figured out, and the hens just all annoyed like "are you done yet??"
I have one alot like that except her breast is lighter. She's the one that started out with white feather tips when you brought them over and you thought she might be an aloha, but she feathered out like that instead... with some very pale lavender in her tail and underfluff. Very pretty. I think she's laying too.
one of my 3 black girls started to crow. his comb and wattles are small, tail looks like girl's and saddle feathers just popping out. a very late bloomer!
