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Ameraucana Marketplace / Export Eggs to Ontario, Canada?
« on: November 19, 2020, 01:01:12 PM »
Has anyone done this recently? (there are a few very old posts about this) It doesn't seem the paperwork/vet requirements have changed in several years.  Requirements are a Vet visit to originating flock within 30 days of shipment, and a form filled out by the vet, NPIP certification, as well as a few very achievable packing requirements.  What would a US breeder charge for the additional required paperwork and effort?

Looking at options for spring 2021  :)

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Exhibiting & Promoting / Quarantine after shows?
« on: October 28, 2020, 10:31:17 AM »
Do you quarantine your birds after they attend a show?  I assume that most people have separate breeding pens and show pens, but what if they are located in the same general area of the property without room to move?

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Breeding / How many hens to a breeding pen?
« on: May 12, 2020, 01:16:00 PM »
Just a curiosity...How many breeding pens do you keep (within a single variety) and how many hens per pen?

Ive separated my 4 best hens to put with my best rooster....is this average, or too many? 

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Breeding / How can I improve a small flock?
« on: April 15, 2020, 04:06:35 PM »
I have a very small flock of BBS (2 black hens, 7 blue hens, and 2 splash cockerals).  Some of my birds I quite like, others should be moved on as pet quality.  I plan to put my best cockeral with 2 or 3 of my best hens (blues) and collect those eggs for my next years grow outs.  Based on the space I have, I can only keep about 10-12 chicks out of this mating to grow out until next spring (maybe a few more if I get rid of a couple more hens). 

From this years mating, I hope to improve overall balance and depth of chest in the hens.  I expect that crossing splash to blue will leave me with washed out blues/splash without a lot of lacing. Most of my stock has somewhat pinched tails, so I would hope to improve that, as well as colour, in the following year.

What would be my next steps?  Do I keep a cockeral and breed him back to the same 3 hens, or keep a couple hens and breed them back to the sire? Or do I find a cockeral from a new source?

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