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Breeding / Re: January chicks

« Last post by Mike Gilbert on January 16, 2024, 10:38:53 PM »

How are you getting eggs in January... in Wisconsin... in sub-zero temps??  I haven't seen an Ameraucana egg since last September.

Years of selective breeding.  I have always maintained that Ameraucanas need to be productive, not just show birds.  Or maybe I'm just lucky?   I do have the lights on a timer, so they are getting about 14 hours of light each day. 

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Breeding / Re: January chicks

« Last post by Max Strawn on January 16, 2024, 04:50:21 PM »

How are you getting eggs in January... in Wisconsin... in sub-zero temps??  I haven't seen an Ameraucana egg since last September.

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Breeding / Re: January chicks

« Last post by Mike Gilbert on January 16, 2024, 03:01:40 PM »

Is it the partridge chick towards the middle and left?

Good eye Russ!  One Partridge Chantecler chick.

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Breeding / Re: January chicks

« Last post by Russ Blair on January 16, 2024, 02:37:14 PM »

Is it the partridge chick towards the middle and left?

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Breeding / January chicks

« Last post by Mike Gilbert on January 16, 2024, 02:20:26 PM »

Took a small batch of Ameraucana bantam chicks out of the incubator today.  Not what I was hoping for, but I'll take it.  Mostly Silvers with a few Wheaten/Blue Wheaten and Brown Reds mixed in.  There is a larger batch at Jim Laatch's that I have not picked up yet.   There is one outlier in the photo.   Can anyone find it and tell me what kind it is?

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Exhibiting, Promoting & Club Notes / Re: Poultry Press publication for January

« Last post by Mike Gilbert on January 15, 2024, 06:59:38 PM »

Thanks Russ, for contacting Bill.    I realized recently I had not received my January issue and was thinking about giving Bill a call or an email myself.  So thanks for saving me the trouble.   

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Exhibiting, Promoting & Club Notes / Poultry Press publication for January

« Last post by Russ Blair on January 15, 2024, 10:47:26 AM »

Greetings,

I just got off the phone with Bill Wulff, and he informed me that the January publication of the poultry press has been lost by the USPS. He mailed them all out in connersville Indiana and their last known location was at a depo in Cincinnati OH. He’s been making attempts through the USPS but they can’t explain it, tell him where they are, or give any explanation? So they are currently reprinting them and will be sending them out again. I just wanted to pass that information on to any of our members that might subscribe to it. If you don’t I truly urge you to get one, Bill and his family do a lot for our hobby and supporting people like that should be every good Poultry man/woman goal. Just like your APA and ABA memberships. The only way we keep this hobby alive and well is by a group effort and support for one another.

Thanks for reading
God Bless
Russ Blair

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Breeding / Re: E-locus

« Last post by Barbara Campbell on January 14, 2024, 06:17:47 PM »

The links only go to pages advertising fiber optics

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Breeding / Re: Ermine project questions

« Last post by Stan Alder on January 12, 2024, 01:56:09 PM »

Thanks Max.. I have been in contact with her.. she is only 2 hours away and we chat often..she doesn't remember wh yBlacks are different from Blue lines..

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Exhibiting, Promoting & Club Notes / Re: Brazos Valley Poultry Club - Bluebonnet Classic

« Last post by Russ Blair on January 12, 2024, 09:45:49 AM »

Congratulations Max, he is a good looking bird.