The Aloha Chicken Project

[alohachickens]

Draye, did you check out the link to the Turken hen - golden with mottling - in Florida?

Wish she was closer! She's lovely!

Some of the Ebay Speckled Sussex eggs are hatching! Three chicks so far, and pips on a few others. Plus a TON of Alohas being hatched today.

 

[draye]

Draye, did you check out the link to the Turken hen - golden with mottling - in Florida?

Wish she was closer!  She's lovely!

Some of the Ebay Speckled Sussex eggs are hatching!  Three chicks so far, and pips on a few others.  Plus a TON of Alohas being hatched today.  

I followed the links that you posted, but I only saw a picture of a Turken rooster that had some gold and mottling on his breast.

I've been watching the auctions and farm postings around here looking for mottled and spangled ( this is the type if mottling on game chickens) chickens, but haven't found anything much to my liking. Have seen a few SS but not a lot of white in them. Still looking though.

 

[alohachickens]

I followed the links that you posted, but I only saw a picture of a Turken rooster that had some gold and mottling on his breast.

I've been watching the auctions and farm postings around here looking for mottled and spangled ( this is the type if mottling on game chickens) chickens, but haven't found anything much to my liking. Have seen a few SS but not a lot of white in them. Still looking though.

She is still up there when I clicked on the link! First two photos are of the rooster. Look below the main photo - the one of the boy. There should be an entire row of six photos, they are little thumbnails underneath the big photo of the boy. If you click on the little "thumbnails" then they enlarge. Photos four, five and six all show a hen who is buff with some patterning - perhaps lacing? And white spangles on many feathers!

 

[alohachickens]

I followed the links that you posted, but I only saw a picture of a Turken rooster that had some gold and mottling on his breast.

I've been watching the auctions and farm postings around here looking for mottled and spangled ( this is the type if mottling on game chickens) chickens, but haven't found anything much to my liking. Have seen a few SS but not a lot of white in them. Still looking though.

Here, I tried to direct link to the pic. See if this works:

http://images.craigslist.org/00606_8ipOpouJm5K_600x450.jpg

 

[draye]

I figured out the problem I was on the phone that is where I do most of my BYC stuff, my tablet sucks so I very rarely use it. Phone doesn't show all the pictures underneath.

But anyway I found it a saw it. The hen sure looks nice, but I'm not totally sure that is real mottling. It looks like buff barred to me. It may not be, because things looks different to me in person than in pictures. She might would totally!y work and would be worth a try if only she was here I could get a hold on her and I'd definitely try it out.

In a few days I'm going to move my mottled partridge hen to the run with the new rooster and his hen and come late July but most likely late August I'll start collecting eggs and put a hatch on of those two hens and the rooster and see what I get from them.

 

[Deerfield Acres]

Draye, did you check out the link to the Turken hen - golden with mottling - in Florida?

Wish she was closer! She's lovely!

Some of the Ebay Speckled Sussex eggs are hatching! Three chicks so far, and pips on a few others. Plus a TON of Alohas being hatched today.

Great! Success at last!

 

[draye]

Well I'm down to 5 Naked Neck Aloha's. two calico rooster and 1 calico pullet, one darker red rooster( may have a little bit of a Mille look), and one buffish/reddish hen that looks to have a few whiteish spots in her.

I think I'm going to put in my Columbian colored NN hen in along with the Mottled Partridge hen in with the new Mottled breast/winged rooster I got the other day. Sooner seems to have luck with her Sussex if that color.

I'm putting them together this coming weekend. I will start collect eggs in August so that I can set them in September for a fall hatch. Should be ready for spring laying.

I had planned on a hatchery order but think I'll put that off for now and try out this rooster to see if I can't build up my Aloha/Calico NN, so they thus coming spring I'll bee able to have some numbers to work with.

 

[alohachickens]

I just wanted to share photos of my upcoming flock!

FINALLY - feeling like I have some of my "end goal" Alohas!

Of course they are going to need some fine tuning, building up type and such, but these are still close enough to be what I would call "Alohas":


Younger Aloha NN hen, only about 3-4 months. Of course half her kids will be "normal" feathered and look at those yellow legs and spots!!!


Younger hen, about 3-4 months.


Above and below: Younger Mille hen, about 4 months. Kind of smallish but still has time to grow.


The ABOVE hens are from a group of 24 baby hens that I'm growing out! These are just the oldest. There are many more, but they are still too young to evaluate.

Next the older baby girls - these gals are actually laying, I think? Or very very close. They will probably continue to fill out a little, but are basically grown:


Above: This gal is most like the Aloha end goal, with her light coloring and bright yellow legs!

Above: This hen is also the Aloha end goal, but has the darker, almost Sussex browns. However, she is clearly "not-sussex" with the yellow legs and tons of white.

Above: This hen has gorgeous color and tons of white! She is tall, but is a little lanky in build. I think when crossed back to Sussex lines, her babies could be awesome, though.

I don't normally hatch in the summer, but I may make an exception and try, just to attempt to get some of these newbie girl's chicks. It's so scary this time of year, as we could lose any of them because of the upcoming heat!

 

[draye]

I just wanted to share photos of my upcoming flock! FINALLY - feeling like I have some of my "end goal" Alohas! Of course they are going to need some fine tuning, building up type and such, but these are still close enough to be what I would call "Alohas": Younger Aloha NN hen, only about 3-4 months. Of course half her kids will be "normal" feathered and look at those yellow legs and spots!!! Younger hen, about 3-4 months. Above and below: Younger Mille hen, about 4 months. Kind of smallish but still has time to grow. The ABOVE hens are from a group of 24 baby hens that I'm growing out! These are just the oldest. There are many more, but they are still too young to evaluate. Next the older baby girls - these gals are actually laying, I think? Or very very close. They will probably continue to fill out a little, but are basically grown: Above: This gal is most like the Aloha end goal, with her light coloring and bright yellow legs! Above: This hen is also the Aloha end goal, but has the darker, almost Sussex browns. However, she is clearly "not-sussex" with the yellow legs and tons of white. Above: This hen has gorgeous color and tons of white! She is tall, but is a little lanky in build. I think when crossed back to Sussex lines, her babies could be awesome, though. I don't normally hatch in the summer, but I may make an exception and try, just to attempt to get some of these newbie girl's chicks. It's so scary this time of year, as we could lose any of them because of the upcoming heat!

Awesome hens. You got the roosters to go with them?

 

[alohachickens]

Awesome hens. You got the roosters to go with them?

No. I still need some really outstanding boys.

So far I have a tall lanky boy who could use more weight and height, and a big beefy boy who is colored like a Cinnamon Sussex but with yellow legs.

There is a promising teen boy who is probably half Buff Sussex. Not a lot of Mottling, but he does have some visible white - not just a stray white spot on the tail like a "carrier". Size is fantastic. Legs are white / pink like a Sussex. His size is awesome and all his babies (when crossed to mottled hens) will have visible mottling to some degree. However, I do not know if he carries the yellow leg gene.

I may have to try and breed specifically for a new rooster. I am kind of thinking of taking my "best" new teen girls shown here - and maybe crossing them with the Buff Sussex rooster? Or the Cinnamon Sussex cross rooster? The Buff Sussex boy that I have, he carries Mottling but doesn't really "show" much of it. Just a tinge of white on the tail and wings. So his kids may not show it either. I would have to pen these two awesome girls with him, hatch the babies, and keep them separate - and keep track of the boys, knowing they carry that awesome color and yellow legs from the Moms, though they probably would not show it?

If I crossed the girls with the boy who looks like a Cinnamon Sussex, I don't know if his color would "carry" or if his kids would FINALLY lose that white color and be Mottled or Buff? A test breeding would be mega helpful! It's a rotten, rotten time of year to hatch babies, but I might have to do it regardless. A nice rooster out of that awesome teen hen would be great - I really want to spread her genes through the entire flock, she's so lovely!