Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[Saris]

Well, if it doesn't work out in the roo department, I may still have an extra rumpless aracauna roo.

I wouldn't have to worry about the fatal ear tuft thing unless I crossed second gen right?

 

[Saris]

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I'm in Oly.

Olympia? That might even get to be same day shipping. Let me research shipping costs and stuff and we can go from there. When is the soonest you'ld want eggs?

 

[Cockatrice6420]

I wouldn't have to worry about the fatal ear tuft thing unless I crossed second gen right?

From what I understand, I may be wrong, if a bird is clean faced it lacks the gene itself. If you breed t/t you will have approx. 50% die in the shell, the other 50% gets divided between clean and tuft. Each tufted bird carries both genes for clean and tufts. They are a combo between quetros (rumpless) and coloncas (tufted).

 

[Saris]

From what I understand, I may be wrong, if a bird is clean faced it lacks the gene itself. If you breed t/t you will have approx. 50% die in the shell, the other 50% gets divided between clean and tuft. Each tufted bird carries both genes for clean and tufts. They are a combo between quetros (rumpless) and coloncas (tufted).

Okay, I assumed your roo was tufted. My bad. I may take you up on that in the spring. I prefer the muffs on the Amerucaune, watch the one breed I want a roo from be all pullets. I'm at max capacity so I'm already going to have to do some finageling to get all the hens I want in.

 

[Cockatrice6420]

I'm hoping I have a line on fertile colonca eggs... then I just have to find some quetros. Then I have to find other lines eventually.... but one day I hope to have pure bred and selected my own line of aracaunas.

 

[Cockatrice6420]

Okay, I assumed your roo was tufted. My bad. I may take you up on that in the spring. I prefer the muffs on the Amerucaune, watch the one breed I want a roo from be all pullets. I'm at max capacity so I'm already going to have to do some finageling to get all the hens I want in.

There was a conversation earlier in the thread as to what putting an Ara with an Ameracauna would create... I was told it would technically be an EE, although Ams are made from Aras. I'm confused. Dang double helix stuff.

 

[Saris]

There was a conversation earlier in the thread as to what putting an Ara with an Ameracauna would create... I was told it would technically be an EE, although Ams are made from Aras. I'm confused. Dang double helix stuff.

Genetics are fun!

 

[Rod-T]

There was a conversation earlier in the thread as to what putting an Ara with an Ameracauna would create... I was told it would technically be an EE, although Ams are made from Aras. I'm confused. Dang double helix stuff.

Isn't Americana made from Ara too..
I think most hybrid are just called ee

 

[Cockatrice6420]

Genetics are fun!

I do enjoy playing the mash up.

 

[nuklee0]

Where did you get your silkie eggs? Would love to add a couple to my flock.

The eggs are from my silkies. I had a beautiful white roo and a splash roo with two black hens. Unfortunately a bear got them all but only one black hen managed to survive. I'd be more than happy to send you some eggs but it would be a while before I can do that (never shipped before either)... She only lays maybe 2-3 eggs a week now but I'm not sure if they would be fertile anymore.