What useful crosses can I make?

[Mazhar Awan]

They look like Red Jungle Fowl eggs to me. I would say you have a good breeding pair. Another way to tell is to see if they have yellow skin.
Are you looking for show quality birds? There is a breeder here in America that may ship some chicks, but they are expensive.

yes all habits of my pair are like rjf, but color is not, yes i want quality bird. i will try to purchase, plez give me link, actually i want to re introduce this rjf in my near by jungle t, whre they are in past, but now exticnt

 

[Fanci Feathers Marans]

Oh, wow! How cool. Here is a small breeder in California:
http://redjunglefowl.m.webs.com/sit...en-US&fw_sig_premium=0&fb_sig_network=fw#1323

yes all habits of my pair are like rjf, but color is not, yes i want quality bird. i will try to purchase, plez give me link, actually i want to re introduce this rjf in my near by jungle t, whre they are in past, but now exticnt

 

[Mazhar Awan]

Oh, wow! How cool. Here is a small breeder in California:
http://redjunglefowl.m.webs.com/site/mobile?dm_path=/index.htm&fw_sig_potential_abuse=1&fw_sig_social=1&fw_sig=983f765e4e94f81b1ced9b50630343b7&fw_sig_site=33453793&fw_sig_permissions=none&fw_sig_access_token=32f850a0c65fd0ba59d68806f18cf5e47395bfa2&fw_sig_session_key=502be28a0438650bda96761101b635b387a9bfec65acd8f9bf22b1320f52f87f-33453793&fw_sig_permission_level=0&fw_sig_url=http://redjunglefowl.webs.com/&fw_sig_tier=0&fw_sig_partner=webs&fw_sig_api_key=522b0eedffc137c934fc7268582d53a1&fw_sig_is_admin=0&fw_sig_time=1509631549398&fw_sig_locale=en-US&fw_sig_premium=0&fb_sig_network=fw#1323

Thank you for nice discussion

 

[Fanci Feathers Marans]

Thank you for nice discussion

Any time!

 

[shsesc]

Cackle says they have straight combed rhode island whites.

 

[shsesc]

Your BCM is being a gentleman. He is protecting his hens from excessive breeding, and stress. Don't worry, he's getting business done, it's just never when you're there. I was worried about the same thing myself, but almost every egg in his pen was fertile.

As for the silver or white gene, I'll have to locate my book. Hang on.

Do you think four males would be too many for 30 females? Right now I have 30 females and 3 males.
Also what book do you recommend to learn this?

 

[Krazyquilts]

All I know is that a Marans cross gives you a darker version of the other parents egg.

Ooooo! That gives me ideas!! I just acquired a handsome breeding pair of Black Copper Marans and I was disappointed that I was only able to get one hen, but now I'm thinking that I could put my Olive Egger and Amauracana girls in with the Marans rooster and their offspring would lay darker olive eggs and more Olive Eggers!

 

[Fanci Feathers Marans]

Oh, well I have several books. The one I spoke of earlier is "Exhibition Poultry" by David Scrivener. I also have "Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens" by Gail Damerow, which I use a lot, too. L

A good ratio isn't set in stone. For heavy breeds 1:8 is optimum, and 1:12 is max

For light breeds like Leghorns, it's 1:12 and 1:20

Just out of curiosity, do you plan to make separate pens or chop heads?

Do you think four males would be too many for 30 females? Right now I have 30 females and 3 males.
Also what book do you recommend to learn this?

 

[Fanci Feathers Marans]

Ooooo! That gives me ideas!! I just acquired a handsome breeding pair of Black Copper Marans and I was disappointed that I was only able to get one hen, but now I'm thinking that I could put my Olive Egger and Amauracana girls in with the Marans rooster and their offspring would lay darker olive eggs and more Olive Eggers!

Oh, honey. You can do more than that.

 

[Krazyquilts]

Oh, honey. You can do more than that.
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I think I love you.

I also think it may be my life's goal to breed for that far right shamrock-colored egg in the last row.