Orange Mottled Chicken!

[Chickanmanfromarkansas]

Neat mystery roo/hen. Like her alot.

 

[squeakyballs]

Is this project still alive? The thread seems eerily quiet

In June I hatched a few eggs from LareePQG, and here are the results:

Laree's Patchwork x Speckled Sussex:

Laree's Patchwork x ??:

 

[HaikuHeritageFarm]

Your Aloha chicken project sounds like almost exactly what my goals with my Alaskan Super Chicken (working name, lol) goals are, except I have an added emphasis on features that should make the birds extra cold hardy. Tiny combs and wattles (Rose combs, pea combs, cushion combs, etc,) and I have a personal preference for beards and muffs.

I love a rainbow of colors, and a large dual-purpose breed. My foundation stock are five Spangled Orloff pullets, 3 Buff Brahma pullets, and, at this time, a Buff Chantecler cockerel. I may switch to a Red or Partridge Chantecler roo next summer, depending on my results. I think Wyandottes will prove to be a useful breed for me, as well, to achieve the desired cold-hardy comb and a fun mix of colors with dual-purpose utility.

Going back to read the rest of this thread, now!

 

[Tam'ra of Rainbow Vortex]

I love them!
Great job so far. Those are exactly the kind of chickens I want! Currently I have a mixed flock because I want lots of color which is hard to find in most breeds. I am partial to blue laced red wyandottes primarily because of the variability you find. I would love to have some of your lovely chickens some day... keep us posted!

 

[phasianidae]

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Yes a pea comb would be wonderful!

 

[phasianidae]

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Same here! In a MN barn without insulation and heat pea, cushion, or rose combs are highly favored!

 

[Tam'ra of Rainbow Vortex]

I prefer the single comb here. I have mild winters and hot summers... Technically a mediteranian climate. I think they look nicer too. The rose comb and the little tails are my least favorite wyandotte traits.

 

[VA Susan]

Laree,
I've been interested in reading about this project. I saw the picture of the Blommehonne you posted and it's very pretty! It reminded me of my Spangled OEGB. She went broody in the fall laying 11 eggs and we replaced her eggs with some of our layers' eggs since we didn't want a batch of half Bantys. Her eggs were fertilized by "Red" our Red Star (Sex Link) rooster. They might have been good to use for your project. She's not a good layer, only lays when she's getting ready to go broody, but the Red Star blood might have improved that a bit.

Here's a thread about my Red Star and the chicks the Banty raised. Two of those chicks are from our Speckled Sussex hen's eggs. The gray one is from the Red Star roo and the brown is probably from our RIR roo. I think the gray one is the prettiest. He has a little bit of brown on his tail along with the gray. They both started out patterned but have changed as they grow. It would be a fun project to breed the gray one to the Banty but we already have enough roosters here!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=429272

 

[LarryPQ]

She is gorgeous! I definately jealous

Right now I am working on improving the Aloha's size. We want them to be dual-purpose, and since some of our base stock was banty-sized (like your pretty girl) we still get teeny chicken throwbacks. The WORST is when we finally have a roo with the heavy mottling, and the little dude stays little, and "misses the mark" when he attempts to cover the big girls. Grody.

Still, I you gotta love a man who sees a mountain and says, "I am gonna climb that."

 

[phasianidae]

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Yup, it all depends on your climate. Around here, a rooster with a single comb will have a rose comb in not too long.