Beacon Point Ratite Ranch
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- May 3, 2019
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Hello all! It's been a while since I last posted on here, but I wanted to share some exciting news! I am developing a new breed of chicken! I am calling them Canterbury Cresteds, after my hometown of Canterbury Connecticut! The breed will include a mix of silkie, serama, polish crested, ayam cemani and phoenix chickens!
Our eventual goal is a cold hearty bantam breed with smooth feathers, dark skin and meat, minimal comb, feathered feet with extra toes, a large crest, an upright posture with down-pointed wings and a high-set, very long tail. We are also going to be breeding for a calm, even and friendly temperament.
Stage F1 consists of silkie and serama crossed. These are some of the F1 chicks I hatched from this cross:
This first group were born with extra toes and feathered feet, like silkies, and many of them had black or blue skin. As their feathers emerged, we actually got some with silkie feathers and some smooth feathered. I find this interesting as silkie feathering, to the best of knowledge, is a recessive trait.
As they got bigger, 2 birds began to stand out as the most impressive. This hen, who I named Surprise for the exclamation point shaped marking on her head which turned into a black/brown poof.
And this rooster, who I named Gilderoy Flockhart, or Gillie, for his full-of-himself attitude. (Anyone who has read the Harry Potter books knows why that makes sense. lol)
These two F1 birds, I am now crossing with polish cresteds to get my first F2 birds. As of right now, Surprise is raising seven beautiful little F2 Canterbury Cresteds!
(I know there are 8 here. We ended up losing 1 of them.)
In this F2 group, we have 5 smooth feathered babies and 2 silkie feathered. We are so excited to see what these beautiful little birds looks like as adults! So far the results are fantastic! I will be posting updates, so follow along to see how this new breed develops as it happens!
Our eventual goal is a cold hearty bantam breed with smooth feathers, dark skin and meat, minimal comb, feathered feet with extra toes, a large crest, an upright posture with down-pointed wings and a high-set, very long tail. We are also going to be breeding for a calm, even and friendly temperament.
Stage F1 consists of silkie and serama crossed. These are some of the F1 chicks I hatched from this cross:
This first group were born with extra toes and feathered feet, like silkies, and many of them had black or blue skin. As their feathers emerged, we actually got some with silkie feathers and some smooth feathered. I find this interesting as silkie feathering, to the best of knowledge, is a recessive trait.
As they got bigger, 2 birds began to stand out as the most impressive. This hen, who I named Surprise for the exclamation point shaped marking on her head which turned into a black/brown poof.
And this rooster, who I named Gilderoy Flockhart, or Gillie, for his full-of-himself attitude. (Anyone who has read the Harry Potter books knows why that makes sense. lol)
These two F1 birds, I am now crossing with polish cresteds to get my first F2 birds. As of right now, Surprise is raising seven beautiful little F2 Canterbury Cresteds!
(I know there are 8 here. We ended up losing 1 of them.)
In this F2 group, we have 5 smooth feathered babies and 2 silkie feathered. We are so excited to see what these beautiful little birds looks like as adults! So far the results are fantastic! I will be posting updates, so follow along to see how this new breed develops as it happens!
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