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Housing, Health & Hatching / Re: Showboxes
« on: July 17, 2018, 05:35:07 PM »
Thanks for the info Don, I appreciate it and I'll be sure to let you know if I start making them to sell.
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Housing, Health & Hatching / Showboxes
« on: July 15, 2018, 01:29:05 PM »
I am currently in the process of making showboxes to transport birds in. I was wondering if there are recommendations or advice making the showboxes. I'm planning on making the box dimensions 16 inches wide 20 inches long and 20 inches high for each individual compartment. I'm planning on making each box doubles so they would be 32 inches in total width.
Not really sure if the dimensions are adequate for adult large fowl Ameraucanas. I've looked at other people's designs and dimensions for Adult standard size large fowl and these are similar to those.
I'm planning on transporting multiple birds in this manner and I'm trying to keep in mind the safety of the birds while in transport, and ease of use for myself.
Any ideas, recommendations, or advice is greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Mitch and Tiffany
Not really sure if the dimensions are adequate for adult large fowl Ameraucanas. I've looked at other people's designs and dimensions for Adult standard size large fowl and these are similar to those.
I'm planning on transporting multiple birds in this manner and I'm trying to keep in mind the safety of the birds while in transport, and ease of use for myself.
Any ideas, recommendations, or advice is greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Mitch and Tiffany
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Breeding / Cockrell Breeding Age
« on: January 02, 2018, 10:52:15 PM »
At what age do you recommend/put a cockrell over pullets/hens? I've read that a cockrell can breed at 16 - 20 weeks but that fertility can be an issue and that they may struggle breeding until they have figured the whole process out better.
The majority of our flock is the same age 16 weeks so the cockreels are the same size or larger than most of the pullets. We do have 4 pullets/hens that will be a year old in March that are a little larger than the cockreels, but the way the cockreels are maturing that will not last long.
This will be our first breeding season so any tips or advise is appreciated.
Thanks
Mitch and Tiffany
The majority of our flock is the same age 16 weeks so the cockreels are the same size or larger than most of the pullets. We do have 4 pullets/hens that will be a year old in March that are a little larger than the cockreels, but the way the cockreels are maturing that will not last long.
This will be our first breeding season so any tips or advise is appreciated.
Thanks
Mitch and Tiffany
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Breeding / Re: Cockrell or Pullet ?
« on: December 20, 2017, 09:08:36 AM »
Thank you for the input its greatly appreciated.
Mitch and Tiffany
Mitch and Tiffany
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Breeding / Cockrell or Pullet ?
« on: December 18, 2017, 12:19:42 PM »
We're trying to figure out if this bird is a Cockrell (late maturing) or a dark blue pullet. We have 4 birds I am confident are blue pullets, two (one blue and one blue wheaten) that I know are Cockrells, but this last bird has us confused so any help or advise would be greatly appreciated.
This bird has the same hatching date (12 weeks old today) as the other six and is from the same breeder. Its comb and tail feather development is no where close to the Cockrells but it's color is darker than all of the pullets. All of the birds are fed the same ration of feed and this bird is a little smaller than the pullets and noticeably smaller than the Cockrells.
Thanks for any help.
Mitch and Tiffany Taylor
This bird has the same hatching date (12 weeks old today) as the other six and is from the same breeder. Its comb and tail feather development is no where close to the Cockrells but it's color is darker than all of the pullets. All of the birds are fed the same ration of feed and this bird is a little smaller than the pullets and noticeably smaller than the Cockrells.
Thanks for any help.
Mitch and Tiffany Taylor
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Breeding / Re: Ameraucana Breeding Literature?
« on: October 20, 2017, 10:37:43 PM »
Thank you for all the information Don we are really looking forward to getting into the breeding and genetics, hopefully we'll get our first hatch sometime in early to mid March. Looking very forward to diving into this information and educating ourselves on the genetics and developing our flock along the way.
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Breeding / Re: Ameraucana Breeding Literature?
« on: October 20, 2017, 08:19:26 PM »
We're both beginners at poultry breeding so we're going to need information for beginners to help get us started. We're planning on breeding the blue varieties (blacks, splash) and the wheaton varieties (blue wheaton, and splash wheaton) so any information regarding color, lacing, and other varibles that affect show quality poultry we'd greatly appreciate it.
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Breeding / Ameraucana Breeding Literature?
« on: October 20, 2017, 06:27:50 PM »
Trying to educate ourselves on Amerauacana breeding and we've searched the forum's for the best literature for beginners and didn't know if there was any new books out that anyone would recommend? Most of the information we found in the forums was from older books and we didn't know how much things have changed in the industry since.
Another question we have is what happens when you cross a blue Amerauacana with a blue wheaton Amerauacana? Will it be a blue, blue wheaton, or simply an Easter Egger?
Thanks for any information.
Mitch and Tiffany
Another question we have is what happens when you cross a blue Amerauacana with a blue wheaton Amerauacana? Will it be a blue, blue wheaton, or simply an Easter Egger?
Thanks for any information.
Mitch and Tiffany
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Housing, Health & Hatching / Re: Feed options
« on: October 09, 2017, 07:13:27 AM »
Thanks for the info it's much appreciated.
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Housing, Health & Hatching / Feed options
« on: October 03, 2017, 12:52:28 PM »
Just wondering what everyone does/uses for their flocks feed. My wife and I are just getting started raising and breeding Ameraucanas and we've been buying a few different brands of organic/Non GMO feeds and have found that we like the Highland Naturals chicken feed line. Our chickens clean it up well and don't seem to waste much feed either. The feed is on the high side, but we want to stay NON GMO organic. We are talking to a local feed mill to see what other options are available for custom milling but it seems that finding NON GMO ingredients in our area (southeastern Indiana) is going to be the struggle.
Thanks for any input or ideas.
Mitch and Tiffany
Thanks for any input or ideas.
Mitch and Tiffany