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Ameraucana Marketplace / Re: Silver and Lavender Bantams

« on: August 24, 2015, 01:33:57 PM »

Jean, I have several cockerals growing out right now, as well as a number of breeder males. So hopefully there's plenty of time to get one for you.  We can figure out something.  Any chance you are hoping to make the National?   Send me an email with your checklist, comb etc. and lets see what develops as they grow. Also, from which line is your stock?

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Ameraucana Marketplace / Silver and Lavender Bantams

« on: August 24, 2015, 12:30:32 PM »

We have several groups of young Silver and Lavender Bantams available.
These are young birds, price varies depending on the ages.
Also have a few pairs of breeders from this year in Silver.
I do not ship birds.
I will be happy to meet you or have you come to our place to pick out stock. 

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Breeding / Re: Brown Reds

« on: August 24, 2015, 12:15:53 PM »

Nice picture DeWayne, He looks like he is a good sized bird too.  This is a beautiful variety.  Do you have some nice pullets for hatching next year?   Its really great that this variety is finally getting spread around a little more.  Now we just need to see some bantams at the shows so folks can see how nice they are. 

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Ameraucana Marketplace / Re: White Ameraucanas Available

« on: August 21, 2015, 01:28:49 PM »

I think this is the old line that came from Fosbrink to Anne Foley.   I wrote with them when they were offering eggs on Ebay, Matt Parker showed them for a few years after Anne died.  I think there are several family members in Ohio that have been increasing this flock for the past years. 

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2010 National Wish List
« Reply #5 on: September 20, 2010, 02:40:21 PM »

Paul, let us know what if you are looking for certain qualities (ie. size, comb, muffs, etc) more than others.  Anne Foley will have LF Blacks and Whites for sale at KY and the Ohio National.  Most of the cockerels I have kept this year are over the standard weight as I feel small size is an issue with the large fowl.  I just weighed my first hatch of black pullets and the average was 4lbs 13oz with the smallest at 4lbs 2oz and the heaviest at 5lbs 8oz.  The cockerel I used to get them weighed in at exactly 8lb in January when I put him with my breeder hens.  The whites are stock from Carl Fosbrink who had them for about 7 years and never showed them.  I am bringing a couple extra cockerels because they have excellent combs and nice type.  I haven\'t weighed them yet but I\'ve already culled the smaller ones so what is left will be at or above the standard.  The white cock bird I used was Carl\'s oldest.  He weighed 8lb 1oz in January but I\'m not sure his pullets will be as big as the ones from my blacks, probably due to the overall smaller size of the breeder hens.  Looking forward to seeing everyone at the National!

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Breeding / Re: New white chick

« on: August 14, 2015, 11:19:42 AM »

Ceasar,  The thread said that he used Black Australorp with a white male, probably trying to get a larger size with the solid black.  The Austrolorps do have white skin and red ear lobes but lay brown eggs.  But they also are normally a good size, fairly short body type and medium tight feathers.  I remember seeing some that had really nice green sheen and nice wide feathers along the way as well.  I am sure that they were looking for other possible qualities also.  Given the nice blue color of most Black AMs today, the brown egg genes must have not created much of a problem.   

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News and Information / Re: Meet Result gallery

« on: August 04, 2015, 10:34:40 AM »

Thanks, Looks Good Susan.   This will should it much more convenient for comparing colors over the different meets and hopefully show some of the variations in different lines.

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Housing, Health & Hatching / Re: North Carolina taking it to the next level in the fight against AI?

« on: July 26, 2015, 09:48:14 PM »

I understand the logic, but it is rather scary when the state decides to take this stance.  We are just a burr under the saddle of both the commercial folks and the state ag folks.  Its kind of sad really.  Wonder if its time to buy some property in another state somewhere?   Its really nice out here in CO and WY this time of year.   

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Breeding / Re: New white chick

« on: July 14, 2015, 07:43:47 AM »

I am not sure where the whites started "originally" but they may have been used to improve many of the other colors over time.  I know Jerry said once that he only had one buff so would use a white/buff mating and would be back in buffs in two generations.  Australorps seem to be a common breed for some of the old improvements.

http://ameraucana.org/forum/index.php?topic=1126.msg6855#msg6855

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Breeding / Re: New white chick

« on: July 13, 2015, 09:00:10 AM »

Paul, We may have a couple of late hatched whites from the birds last year here too. They are guite young yet but they sure look white at this stage.  I will have to go back and check toe punches to see which matings they are from.

I also hatched a few whites out of an old line of Lav bantams for the first time this year.

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News and Information / Re: MIA - I'm back :)

« on: July 13, 2015, 08:56:10 AM »

Glad to see you alive Susan.  I hope you get back on the mend soon.  With our humidity I can't imagine how difficult it is to get comfortable and breath fully in this summer heat.  I hope you the best, Sooner than later. 

Gordon, glad you are doing better.  Any advice for Susan?   We might be able to find her some medicinal "shine" if you think that might help?  My grandmother was a stanch Baptist and would never dream of taking a drink.  But she always kept a bottle of whiskey and rock candy for medicine and would offer that to the family as needed.  Some of her other old time remedies were not nearly as normal. 

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Breeding / Re: New white chick

« on: July 10, 2015, 06:53:14 AM »

It  is an unusual moment when they stop at that age. 
Is this the recessive white out of Blue that Paul mentioned this year?
Looks like there may be a new line of whites coming out of Texas.

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Housing, Health & Hatching / Re: Lice and Mites

« on: July 04, 2015, 07:26:27 PM »

Thanks for the responses and the information.  I also saw a post on the internet where a breeder swears by home made orange oil and white vinegar.  I am going to give them a dust bath with the ashes and try some of the other approaches.  Its good to have options and the greener the better in my mind.  We used to get a product called Black Leaf 40, basically concentrated nicotine. But it is no longer on the market.  I wish I knew someone that was still raising their own tobacco and could let me have some tobacco stems.  It does smell nice and the bugs don't seem to like it.  Think we could learn something from them?  One of my first Bosses told me that without tobacco, there would be no North Carolina.  Probably a lot of truth for periods of time in the past.       

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Housing, Health & Hatching / Re: Lice and Mites

« on: June 30, 2015, 09:38:57 PM »

Hey DeWayne,  Glad to see you on the forum, haven't seen you on for a while.

I wanted to bump this, I had been thinking about it for a while.  I have one pen where scale mites has been persistent.  Strangely I've seen it happen in the "yellow legged" Rocks/Leghorns here and not the Slate legs.

Did you give this a try and did it work for you?

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News and Information / Re: Boy It's Hot Out There

« on: June 29, 2015, 09:17:57 AM »

Sounds like you've got it ready for serious heat Susan.   We have a lot of trees for most of the back yard.  They are great for shade but have their own detractions.  They can be a liability with falling limbs or storm damage.  Our Muscadine vines would make great shade cover if we had lines run across the tops of the growouts, and the birds love the over ripe dropped fruit too.  They grow very full during a season, then they lose their leaves and allow all that nice winter sun in to warm and sterilize the coop.

I might add that the ice chips is the way I add "some" cooling to the feed.  I am not sure if too much ice fed directly might be a shock to their systems?  I am sure its fine the way you are letting them play with the black berries.  Though its a shame to waste those black berries, surely Barry would like some black berry cobblers.
I also soak wheat in water over night.  They pick this out first.  I can usually keep this a few days to sprout in the early winter, but in the heat it will sour before it gets fully sprouted.   

I have never used the misters.  We buy water from the city now.  I know the misters are very effective in the drier heat.  I always questioned whether on not the added humidity would be a counterbalance in our humid conditions?

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News and Information / Re: Boy It's Hot Out There

« on: June 29, 2015, 07:44:38 AM »

The heat has finally reduced here for a time and humidity is down a bit too. It is a nice break for sure.
I hope you have the best luck with this heat wave there.  We have previously discussed adding some wet mash to the diet to increase the water intake.  We can add some ice chips in the mash if you have it available.  Just offer them as much as they will eat in one day, no left over wet feed to mold.  Electrolytes might help in the water if you can add these during these times of stress.  And fans to help keep air moving a bit if the air starts to get stagnant.  Also, watch out for the buffalo flies that some had problems with a few years back.  One of the best solutions for these was thought to be air movement and the darkness of the coop.