Well they are here, not impressed with the crowded conditions they came from but the breeders are quite impressive.
The younger birds are a little rough being in cramped quarters but with some loving care should turn out stunning!
We were going to get younger birds but they had some "teenagers" where the roos and hens were quite evident so we decided to get three of them. the price mysteriously rose and we were almost ready to leave when they offered us the trio for $5 less and then threw in an extra roo, We went planning on spending $4 a bird was told the larger ones were $8 and about the time we picked out the three it went to $30 for three! hmm it has been a long time since I was in school but shouldn't 8 X 3 = 24??
I think they realised we were about to leave "and that we could count" when they offered the 4 for $25
One reason we did not leave was the adults they came from were quite an impressive stately group!
Mary will be looking in the spring for some "new blood so to speak" to add to the genetic diversity and to strengthen their desirable traits and remove any faults with these ones.
We will get pics later, the roos were picked a bit and have some extensive bald patches where the hens are fully feathered just a little rough looking, " I belive there was a large roo of a breed i could not identify in with them that was dominant.
Any way they are aclimating to having only 4 birds in a 10'X16' run vs 15 birds in 3'x 18" cage
knowing they are flyers they also have multiple roosts at varieing levels to see the world from above if they like while getting used to the neighboring bantoms, ducks and laying hens
ah... someday someone will come through with a box of hatching eggs for me
