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These chicks don't look like my normal blue chicks and I've been hatching blue chicks for 5 years now.
 
Is it possible your blue hen has been carrying lavender? If she only has a single copy of a recessive gene like lav, the only way to tell is to do a test mating with a full lav cock (which you did, in effect). Since Lav is somewhat new to Ameracaunas (been present in the gene pool with some bantams for decades, like the porcelain D'Uccles), I assumed she did not have that in her lineage, but she could.

There are threads on BYC about the combination of lav and blue, sometimes called self-blue and Andulusian blue respectively. I think you'll just have to see how they turn out, but that's part of the fun.
 
dheltzel said:
Is it possible your blue hen has been carrying lavender? If she only has a single copy of a recessive gene like lav, the only way to tell is to do a test mating with a full lav cock (which you did, in effect). Since Lav is somewhat new to Ameracaunas (been present in the gene pool with some bantams for decades, like the porcelain D'Uccles), I assumed she did not have that in her lineage, but she could.

There are threads on BYC about the combination of lav and blue, sometimes called self-blue and Andulusian blue respectively. I think you'll just have to see how they turn out, but that's part of the fun.
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That's for sure!
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LadyBehir said:
Hardware cloth for the run. 3' width, but, half inch or inch mesh? Which do you prefer and why?
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1" is fine if you are dealing with adult birds, but I prefer the half inch for at least the lowest level around a run to prevent small chicks from squeezing through and also to help prevent raccoon paws and small rodents from getting in as easy. It only needs to be about a foot high though. you could accomplish it by cutting 1' tall strips of the 1" mesh and wrapping it around the bottom of the run as a second layer, just offset by 1/2 inch to reduce the size openings, or buy another roll of 1/2" mesh and use that as your lowest level wrap.
 
Since the 3' is going horizontally, maybe I'll do the bottom in half and the top in inch if there's a difference in price.
They are in 2x4 garden fencing now in the middle of a fenced yard. Only critters I've seen are a groundhog!!! and the neighbor's cats who come to visit. Groundhog must go! Dog is not doing her job.
 
LadyBehir said:
Since the 3' is going horizontally, maybe I'll do the bottom in half and the top in inch if there's a difference in price.
They are in 2x4 garden fencing now in the middle of a fenced yard. Only critters I've seen are a groundhog!!! and the neighbor's cats who come to visit. Groundhog must go! Dog is not doing her job.
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I use 2x4 welded wire over everything, even making a 2 ft "skirt" on the outside, laid flat on the ground (grass grows through it and holds it down on permanent structures, I use boards on movable coops).
Then, if there is any chance of a coon wreaking havoc by reaching through the 2x4 wire, I add 1/2 inch HW cloth, 2 ft high.

I'm pretty confident only a human or bear can breach my security.
 
chippysmom327 said:
All this egg carton talk:

Anyone know where I can get a small number of custom half-dozen egg cartons?
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It might be worthwhile to ask on Craigslist for free cartons, cut them in half and put a custom label on top. Good luck!

stake said:
Hope your girl Maple is doing well...amazing how us backyard folk worry about our chooks...me thinks the more experienced folk think we are nuts...(and we are)
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We are nuts!

Someone had posted about Pokeweed, please be careful. I have a book that says that children have died from eating the berries. I believe you can eat the young shoots if you boil them into changes of water, but please don't rely on one opinion.
 

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