Orange Mottled Chicken!

[Sugar Sand Farm]

alahoachickens, I havent read all your post but I noticed on your original post pics of your crosses. I have mille fleur leghorns that I b ought from Sandhill Preservation They are from the one breeder ion the US Ron Nelson You might want to check them out as they would breed true colors here is a pic of two of mine at 9 weeks. Hope this helps Micki

 

[LarryPQ]

Wow! I will have to order some eggs and get them in with Patchwork!

Mahroni- Since I don't know Patch's lineage.. (he's a ghetto yard mutt mixed with something and something) I am not sure how the Maran cross would work. I don't know if he has barring, or is crele, or true mottled or what. Either the maran/patch cross would work spectacularly well, or stink it up big time.

I will see what he does with my CMs when they start laying.

 

[Freeholder]

If someone got some of those Mille Fleur Leghorns (which are REALLY pretty! Do they lay well?), and wanted to use them to breed up to a dual-purpose bird as this thread is suggesting, what would be best to cross with them? The New Hampshires? And if you WANTED a pea comb (for those of us who live in colder climates) would Buckeyes or Red Chanteclers work, or are they too dark?

Kathleen

 

[LarryPQ]

I think Sommer's breed standards call for a single comb, but lots of my chicks are hatching out with pea combs anyway. I am currently using my mixed flock of brahmas, orps, EEs, austras, etc to breed with Patch and other Aloha F2s & F3s to increase size and production. The original hens were cruddy layers, and banty sized, so we got some speckled sussex, exchequer leghorns, and other layers to bump up laying and start bringing them up to size.

 

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Sounds like quite a mix!

I know her breed standard calls for a single comb, and for her climate that's undoubtedly the best kind of comb. But a lot of us live where the winters are colder, and a pea or rose comb is better, so I was thinking why not start something along this line but get a pea comb in there? I really like the idea of the mille fleur patterned birds or something similar, as they are really pretty. (Of course a lot of chicken colors are really pretty -- so many pretty birds and so little time and space, LOL!)

Kathleen

 

[LarryPQ]

Hey, I am all about that. Since the Alohas are a "type" rather than "breed" (much like EEs) I suppose there is room for variation.

Besides, I LIKE the uber-fuzzy-butt of the orp and the pea comb & carraige of the brahma/EE. Like any project, things may turn out better than you originally thought they would.

Check out my site, and you'll see some of the variation I am seeing---even with the few chicks I have hatched. I will try to get some pics now that the chicks are feathering out. Sommer's (alohachicken) chicks are more consistant, but she is hatching crudloads of them. Of the few I have hatched, all are from the sussex/exchequer hens via Patch. I have not trued to hatch any of the other crazy mixes yet. You'll have to read though Sommer's site for specifics on what she is doing now.

Sommer has dial-up internet, so you may hear from me more often. If Sommer is the Aloha's fearless leader, I am the "kinda-slow-marketing cousin with accounting & networking superpowers". I do not speak for the Aloha project as a whole, but if you have a question, I can find out the answer!

It would be really great to get a few more people interested...even just for funsies. I love the beauty of a well-done breed, but there is something to be said for the anticipation of something new and potentially stunning/funny-looking

 

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I've looked at both of your websites, and it looks like you are making good progress! I just spent some time with the chicken calculator and several hatchery websites -- I have a pretty limited budget for new stock, and it makes it difficult when I can't find everything I want at one hatchery! I'll have to do some figuring -- I'm already getting some Salmon Faverolles this year, so can't do too much more than that. But those Mille Fleur leghorns from Sand Hill really could be the start of something good....

Kathleen

 

[amazondoc]

If anyone wants the mf leghorns, Sandhill Preservation has them. I have some from Sandhill myself, but I'm not breeding them. Also, another BYC member -- HBuehler -- has some, but I don't know if she's breeding right now.

 

[LarryPQ]

I know, I saw! Very, VERY tempting. I emailed Sommer, so maybe we'll get a new infusion of mottled, good layers. Then we'll just have to get them up to eatin' size!

 

[BoiseBubba]

Looks Mille Fleur