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Breeding / Wheaten X Black bantam Cross
« on: December 15, 2021, 02:03:46 PM »
So I crossed my wheaten bantam cock over a black bantam hen. All the pure wheaten chicks hatched from him look like standard wheatens with the correct down. The black hen I haven't used before, she was from another breeder I purchased last fall.

The chicks from the cross all hatched out as blacks with various levels of leakage, except for 1 guy. I originally thought he was a silver egg that somehow got put under the broody hen, because his down looked pretty much like a silver down. As he grew out I thought he had horrible autosomal red coming through, which was supprising because only one other silver hatched last year showed any signs of red, and that guy only had a slight hint of red in his shoulders when full grown. But this guy was 50% white, 25% red, and 25% black as he grew up. I gave him as well as 8 others from the cross to a friend, and I only kept a hen from the cross. You'd think she was pure black besides a few very very minor ticks of red in her chest.

Fast forward 3 or 4 months and my friend's birds are all grown. The one odd looking guy grew out of all the white he had previously in his chest. He is definitely not a silver offspring, and no possiblity of being a silver cross either. My silvers were never put in any other pens, so he had to come from the wheaten x black cross. Which now I can assume the black isnt E/E. The breeder she came from only raises brown reds and blacks. Anyone have an idea what e locus she might be carrying? Shes a good looking girl so I plan to use her with my blacks and cull appropriately. Anyways here is a photo of the guy, his siblings, and the pullet I kept with the wheaten cock. I do have a problem losing my wingbow in my wheatens after the first molt so disreguard his lack of wheaten in the wing.

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Ameraucana Marketplace / ISO self blue bantam boy cull (Dixie Classic)
« on: November 06, 2021, 03:20:47 PM »
I need a self blue bantam cull, to test breed a couple pullets whose mom was split. I dont need anything of quality whatsoever just a cheap cull. I'll be at the Dixie Classic in Dec. shoot it could be any breed as long as its a lavender bantam.. Im not NPIP but I'd also be willing to bring a spare bantam silver pullet or bantam blue hen to trade for the boy. Thanks, Spencer

spencercrouse@outlook.com

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Breeding / Wheaten Wing Triangle disappeared after molt
« on: September 15, 2021, 01:29:37 PM »
I only kept one cock from last years breeding who had the best coloring. Didnt have the space for more since my wheaten bantams are just a fun pen and not a main focus here.

This guy is still filling out from his molt, his beard came in almost solid black after molt but the wing triangle is gone. His dad still had some wing triangle after his molt, would of been wise to hold onto him another year.

If anyone has an older cock or a line who retains the triangle well Id be interested in some eggs or a cock at some point 👍 especially if attending the Dixie Classic in December.

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Housing, Health & Hatching / Cheap Rabbit Cages for Bantam Breeding
« on: January 21, 2020, 02:51:58 PM »
Thought I'd post a pic of some bantam breeding cages I bought off a local farm group on Facebook. $50 + $10 for him to drive them an hour to me, so $60 total. I saw it as a good score. He got them in a trade for a boer goat. Previous owner used them for rabbits, seem to be perfect size for bantams.

8hole, each compartment is 18in wide X 24in long X 18in tall

4hole, each compartment is 24in wide X 24in long X 18in tall

Anyone else use this style set up for bantam pairs/trios mating?

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Breeding / Crele Ameraucana Project Color
« on: December 04, 2019, 05:39:26 PM »
I saw back in the mid 2000s that Michael Meunks was selling some of his project crele birds. Does anyone have Mr Meunks email to contact him? I tried an old email I found with hopes of hearing from him.

Does anyone here know what came of the project or how far along he developed them?

I have 5 crele oegb hens and 1 male. I have some bantam white and black ameraucanas also that I have raised with the crele, hoping they mate well in the spring. Wish I had a silver bantam male to work with but I'll be focusing on the black X crele mating this first year. And test mating the whites to determine their underlying color.

If anyone else has worked on this project please feel free to chime in. I'm not concerned with the absence of slate in the legs since this is a project and not concerned with their ameraucana status.

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Ameraucana Marketplace / ISO Bantam Silvers ABC Nationals
« on: October 02, 2019, 12:20:01 PM »
If anyone has a descent trio of bantam silvers available at nationals. I would be interested. Thanks

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