It's great that you are going to have some chickens,
Peony. I have taken care of animals my whole life,
and I wonder what it will be like when I can't care for
the variety I have now. Downsizing is a good thing
I guess it's something you get in your blood and can't
seem to let it go.
McMurray hatcheries
What do you raise now truest?
prettypeony...noticed that your McMurray delivery date is around March 24th. We were going to place an order to come in around the l5th. I know I can call them, but according to your order, are they full for orders until the 24th? Was going to order a 6 variety mix of hens and a jersey giant rooster or two as we have found them to be very gentle.
better get your order in then willie, if hers are coming in on the 24th that was probably the first available date. I got my order in early enough to get them delivered on the l0th, I wanted them in february but I was too late.
Peony, we raise chickens and goats. Nothing purebred
so far, but I am going to try purebred breeding with my
quail and chickens. Perhaps my grandaughter will be
intersted in showing some of those.
We also 'have and feed' horses, dogs and cats. I have
3 breeds of chicks coming on Feb 11th. I ordered early in January.
I ordered one cockerel and eight pullets each of White
Crested Polish, Blue Cochins, and Ameraucanas.
I currently have Coturnix quail in the bator, which I will
be raising for meat, and then plan to branch into Mountain
quail when I feel comfortable with my skills.
I see there is a difference in the ameracanas and aracanas in looks, but i've always been told that these two breeds are the same. Can't be true mcmurray has both and they both look different.
The 'araucanas' that McMurray has are really
'Ameraucanas'. True araucanas have no tail-
and a petite sized comb.
Anything mixed with that carries the blue egg gene, so
if you get ameraucanas, you can still get the colored eggs.
Araucanas were found by the Araucana tribes of South
America, hence their name. When they were imported and
cross bred, they become known as the Americana, or
ameraucana.
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Kathy_ann - Americaunas are different from Aurcanas. Both lay colored eggs.
I love my chickens, by the way. Each one is named and they all know me and follow me around the farm while I'm doing chores! It's so much fun. And my rooster runs after me while I'm getting their feed every day - too funny!
Yeah! Beth, do you r chickies come when you call Here kitty kitty. LOL I holler here kitty kitty and they all come a running, I haven't a clue why , but it does sound like here chickie chickie LOL Mine won't eat out of my hand and aren't named but I normally have about 50 of them and it's too hard to keep up with them all LOL
thanks for the info on those americaunas and auracanas.
There were dates available in late February and early March, but we didn't want them that early. McMurray states that their araucana/americana chicks are recommended for egg laying color and ability, not for exhibition. In the past I have had rumpless ones.
Darn, I wish I had dates available in february, I think it was because I got so many diff varieties LOL
Bad picture and not show quality
These are Auracana
RUMPLESS and suppose to be tuffed(you can see on the hen she has a tuft on one side and a half of one on the other
If 2 rumpless and tuffed birds are breed together there is a fatal gene which will kill the chicks
Not sure this happens in all cases but I was told not to breed them together
This cock bird has no tufts
So hopefully I will get some chicks....if they ever lay an egg
I didn't know that about the fatal gene, How weird, their butless LOL
I didn't know that, either. The first time I saw a 'rumpless'
bird I thought it was very strange looking.
WEll, you can bet if there's a rumpless chicken around here, some stray animal has tried to grab it up and missed but took out a chunk of it's rear end ha ha
LOL