Our neighbor took 16 and incubated... all 16 hatched. Let me know if you would like to buy a couple.
Hen-thusiast--
Hooray for Rex!
You can actually let people know that Rex is a TRUE AMERAUCANA. Chickens are breed-qualified by their physical characteristics matching the APA's or ABA's Standard of Perfection descriptions, not actually their bloodlines (which would be too hard to track by official pedigree, etc). And, unless I missed something, Rex has ALL THE REQUIRED CHARACTERISTICS. (The only thing he might be off on is skin color--Check to make sure he doesn't have any yellow on the undersides of his footpads.) If he's bred to genetically compatible hens, he may throw a good number of true Ameraucana chicks. Because his mom's genetics were less established & some of his dad's are weak in some areas, Rex would probly also father some chicks that were EE's.
Hi all you Utah people out there!!! I have an adorable, very tame Red Pyle, Old English Game Bantam ROO for sale!!! We can't have roos here and he has started to crow! LOL! It is so funny and squeaky but he is sooooo cute and friendly! He loves being with hens and treats his hens like queens! He and the girls are really upset because we had to bring "little Ninja" into the house today! We don't want the neighbors to hear queaky crowing! $5 bucks and he is yours!!! Oh yeah...He is 7 weeks and 8oz!!!
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Sure.... bad enough you list him on KSL and then trick me with a photo on this board! (I'm the one who called who has Izzy, a potential wife lol). Too bad you're in Roy. or maybe that's a good thing!
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Sure.... bad enough you list him on KSL and then trick me with a photo on this board! (I'm the one who called who has Izzy, a potential wife lol). Too bad you're in Roy. or maybe that's a good thing!
LOL! I just reduced him to 5 dollars! He REALLY needs a good home and a girl to pamper!!!! He is the sweetest thing! We brought him inside last night, and made him a chicken diaper! LOL! It is SO funny to watch him walk around with it on!!! But he needs to be with other ladies where he can squeak in confidence!! You should take a road trip this weekend! hehehehe Meet me in Bountiful???? You know you want to!!!
Last night, he didn't want to be left alone, he followed us around the house and insisted on sitting on our shoulders the whole night! And all he kept saying was, "Oh how I wish I had a girlfriend like Izzie..." LOL
Would it help if I post new pictures of how handsome he really is??
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I'll ask my husband if he knows anyone at work that'd be willing to pick him up for us. Izzie's eggs are just so dang cute! Smaller than a typical banty's and once when we gave some to my husband's work the coworker's little boy said he wanted to keep it to hatch so he could have a tiny chick. I guess they had to stop him from trying to carry it all over.
Does anyone want a gorgeous Egyptian Fam Roo? He's was one of the first to come running. I saw 'was' because all our known roos (5) are now in a big corral during the day so he doesn't get much attention but all our roos have nice attitudes so far. I figure if they go by hawk or fox it'll be quick(er) but we do lock them up in the barn at night because even roos I'm not going to subject to death by raccoon. I have two pullets and could maybe part with one if you wanted a breeding pair ($20 for the two). (or trade for a little ninja, you drive!)
I also have a pretty OEB, a barred cochin (loved his ladies and would make a good breeder), and a couple Americana banty roos. All but the cochin are this year's chicks. None are meat quality really, just breeder or bug eaters. When the cochin was in with my hens and Izzie would escape he'd go nuts and alert us so was out.