Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

[dheltzel]

Great thanks. BTW: this morning had my 15th hatchling from Adam -- and it's a lavender! That's running odds of 2 out of 15.

I am doing a similar cross of 2 heterozygotes (both Olive Eggers in my breeding pen) and this last hatch of 22 chicks, only 2 were lavender. But I only need 1 cockerel to survive for the next cross in my project. I will hatch a few dozen every 2 weeks until I get enough lavenders to assure I can make a good pen.

 

[feliciadawn]

I am doing a similar cross of 2 heterozygotes (both Olive Eggers in my breeding pen) and this last hatch of 22 chicks, only 2 were lavender. But I only need 1 cockerel to survive for the next cross in my project. I will hatch a few dozen every 2 weeks until I get enough lavenders to assure I can make a good pen.

Well, if you need a lavender male Copper Marans x Ameraucana, I can give you Turing in another month or so. He is clearly a boy, but I need to keep him until his best friend Duckworth is integrated into the flock. She cries hysterically whenever he is out of sight.

 

[HeartoftheMatterFarm]

Best place to get Ancona Ducklings? I lost 3 female ducks this last week. 1 to a fox and 2 to someone not paying attention to the road. I want to try Ancona ducks. I did put some duck eggs in the incubator. Hopefully some will hatch.

 

[dheltzel]

Best place to get Ancona Ducklings? I lost 3 female ducks this last week. 1 to a fox and 2 to someone not paying attention to the road. I want to try Ancona ducks. I did put some duck eggs in the incubator. Hopefully some will hatch.

I have a friend in Myerstown selling Ancona eggs and maybe ducklings. I will message you.

 

[dheltzel]

Well, if you need a lavender male Copper Marans x Ameraucana, I can give you Turing in another month or so. He is clearly a boy, but I need to keep him until his best friend Duckworth is integrated into the flock. She cries hysterically whenever he is out of sight.

Unfortunately, he won't do, I am breeding for Isabel, which is lavender with wild-type, not the extended black that both Marans and Ameraucanas have. I am pretty sure I will get plenty of chicks to work with eventually.

 

[dheltzel]

11 baby quail hatched yesterday. Quail are the cutest when they are newly hatched. These are Celedon Coturnix, they lay beautiful blue eggs. You all know how I like my eggs, blue!

 

[dheltzel]

New quail chicks! These are the Celedon variety that lay bright blue eggs.

And my other special chicks. Most of these are Ayam Ketawas, the Laughing Chicken.
The 2 on the left are for @feliciadawn
and the lavender one in the center is one of 2 lavender/isabel chicks from the project I mentioned earlier, 22 chicks and only 2 lavenders.

 

[feliciadawn]

@dheltzel You are breeding chickens with an extra long crow? Just what I need...

 

[dheltzel]

@dheltzel You are breeding chickens with an extra long crow? Just what I need...

LOL. You should look them up on youtube. It does not sound like any rooster you've ever heard. I think it might totally confuse the authorities.

 

[feliciadawn]

@dheltzel I should release 10 roosters like that in the woodland park near my house.