The Wolfae Works Breed(s) in the making

[cppeace]

Oh Thanks! Yep incubator is going with 32 eggs and 4 more will be added. So far so good.

 

[cppeace]

oh by the way, neighbors complained, so I gave my rooster a crow collar. He was fun to catch. I think he would be a good parkour champ.

 

[cppeace]

So, long time since I checked in and much has changed but my goal remains the same.
Of that incubation last reported I had bout 10 eggs make it to the "lock down phase" but none hatched. Guessing the temp just wasn't stable enough.
Something killed my beautiful Brahma rooster a couple months back and I lost my dark Cornish hens during a super cold patch. Not sure why, but lost two geese same weekend. So, I will be getting fresh chicks in a few weeks. Decided to replace the Brahma rooster with a Chantecler and need to find new Cornish chicks soon. I also will be getting some Faverolle chicks, a couple new Delaware chicks and one more Brahma chick. This should give me 18 chickens in total when I find the Cornish. I know there is a local breeder who I bought from but can't recall how I found them- I think through Craigslist. The hens were ok, but very very flighty and nervous. We shall see what I can find.

I considered getting some Dorkings but the person I was trying to get from stopped responding so that will wait.

I believe the goal will now be feathered feet, faster growth, 5 toes and either walnut or pea comb, mostly white but possibly some original pattern of some sort. We shall see over the next couple of years how it goes.

Will share some pics of the chicks when I get them.

 

[cppeace]

So this is ever evolving. Chantecler out for now. Have 3 white bresse chicks I was able to hatch. So hoping atleast one is of each sex lol. If so, I should be able to collect and hatch more. Going to put a bresse roo over brahma, and favorelles for now and mix cornish in next grouping. Plan for today atleast lol

 

[cppeace]

So Second Incubation of 2019 Hatched Two more Bresse and 8 Coturnix Quail chicks. Of the ones I hatched in March, I believe there are two cockerels and one's a pullet but am not positive as of yet.
The Swedish flower hen I was able to hatch I believe is a pullet as well. Here are some pretty rough picks of the 4 week olds

 

[drumstick diva]

hope the girls stay girls. Sometimes cockerels pretend to be girls, so you will fall in love with them. After you decide to keep them - they turn into boys over night. Very tricksy

 

[cppeace]

Lol yeah. Tge only one I'm really attatched to is the little Sfh. If that one turns out to be a boy I'll be very surprised. I helped it hatch and it was the only swede to hatch so, that's why lol.
The suspect female bresse still is not looking male to me but we shall see in the coming weeks.

 

[cppeace]

Well, Today was a tragic day. Some creature attacked and killed my 9 chicks. All My Bresse besides the two youngest ones that are with the quail and all of the favorelles. Looks like I'll have to start over. I cried over the SWF hen pullet more than I should have. I put them out yesterday and last night was their first night out. Have had chickens and such for years. Never had anything like this happen before. I would just occasionally lose one to a stray cat. These weren't tiny chicks, they were almost 10 weeks old.

 

[Hugz21]

OH NO! This thread has been a total emotional rollercoaster! I'm so sorry for your loss.

 

[cppeace]

Woo! Didn't realize it had been sooo long since I last updated.
Well, here goes.
I have some kind of predator that has wiped put my chickens the last 2 years. I now have good secure areas hopefully and have a pair of white bresse, new chicks of various others and soon will have excellent quality, very very expensive standard Cornish chicks coming. They likely will be red with white lace but white is possible. Supposed to get 6 in total sometime this month and they'll be around 6 weeks old. Not sure if it will be two cockerels and 4 pullets or one cockerel and 5 pullets. At 6 weeks they should be fully feathered and fully sexable by pattern.
I have in no way given up on this goal. It just keeps adjusting.