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[mjgigax]

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VERY PRETTY but............. Wow, can you get insurance on chicks?
Uk has Chocolate Cochins too, very pretty but I like Lavenders better.

 

[kathyinmo]

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Yes, Silkied Ameraucanas. https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=31282-silkiefeathered-ameraucanas

 

[nocityboy]

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Yes, Silkied Ameraucanas. https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=31282-silkiefeathered-ameraucanas

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/31282_furry_4-11-10_007.jpg

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/31282_furry_and_group_4-11-10_033.jpg

Has it been found if it is the silkie gene or something else, I read alot of that thread in early Dec. but never heard if they found where the feathering came from. And I believe they were having a hard time hatching them.

 

[banjoejoe4783]

sillkied ameracaunas wwooww

nice work is the sillkied feathers a mutation or did you use a sillkied breed to start ??????

 

[nocityboy]

Just candled 10 eggs, day 18 all looked good. My first hatch so I'm crossing my fingers.

 

[kathyinmo]

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It was a mutation. The parents were hatched from blue Ameraucana eggs. I am no longer involved in the project. I gave mine to others that are continuing. Vigor is difficult with the original parent stock. Many lose them at point of lay. I keep updated by reading the thread

 

[vebi]

Anyone here raise quail? I am building breeder cages and would like to know how much to slope the floors so the eggs roll out..

 

[banjoejoe4783]

kathy-- by the way wecome to the OKIE

thread i have fond that some bread tind to sufer with imune defishancy on new mutations wich make them harder to raze

DONNIE your inbox is full

 

[mjgigax]

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That is good to know. My Self-blue Cochins are in a pen with my young buffs and they don't seem as lively or "smart" as the buffs. They are flightier too. Another problem with the Self-blue/Lavenders is poor feather quality. Some say the self-blue gene is close to the poor feather gene , others say it is the same gene.

 

[chickensandmore]

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Kwartel, has quail but they don't seem to be on much anymore, you might do a search then PM them for your info

Don