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wrathsfarm said:
Don't you have coops to build?

Oh, wait....so do I.


Nevermind 😋
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I'd like to have a 4x4 to 5x5 elevated coop with a 5x8 run, I could put this in my existing 10x20 run without any chickens sacrificing too much on the space because some of the ones currently using the run would be spit up into the new coop/run. Then I'd have one more spot to stash some breeders.
 
wrathsfarm said:
I was very happy seeing her lay Olive. She is my first girl from Esther my EE, so wasn't sure if she'd lay brown or olive. I tried last year and only got 3 boys and this year hatched 2 boys with this girl.

I'd like to get a few more this year.

A question maybe you can answer for me, the 2 boys both had muffs, she doesn't?

And if I hatch more will they be the same muff less girls, or possibly get some with?
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The beard gene which also causes the muffs in ameraucanas is autosomal. If it has varied, it is just because easter eggers are crosses, so the mother was heterozygous for the beard and muffs.

So there is a possibility to makes and females with and without them.
 
2ndTink said:
I'd like to have a 4x4 to 5x5 elevated coop with a 5x8 run, I could put this in my existing 10x20 run without any chickens sacrificing too much on the space because some of the ones currently using the run would be spit up into the new coop/run. Then I'd have one more spot to stash some breeders.
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I need to do this same thing in the Marans run. The boys are using that run. Kong uses the back run and Kings run which are connected while King is free ranging then I close off the back run when I switch them out.
 
BlueTheBrahma said:
The beard gene which also causes the muffs in ameraucanas is autosomal. If it has varied, it is just because easter eggers are crosses, so the mother was heterozygous for the beard and muffs.

So there is a possibility to makes and females with and without them.
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I had a feeling it would be hit and miss because I was shocked when I saw muffs on the 2 boys this time as I could have swore I didn't see muffs on the 3 boys last year.

Found a pic of two of them... ETA- Kong was sire to them 3. I switched roos in Dec 2023 I believe.
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Officially got lights timed to go at at 7 am. Sunrise is at 8:07

Most of the time was spent wiring to isolate the 2 coops from the rest of the barn but also added a 2nd LED overhead to the Marans coop and that brightened it up. I've got 3 more LEDs to wire in yet, 2 for Kings coop tomorrow, not sure if I'll need both as that coop is smaller. And 1 for the Sissy's (duck) coop.
Not quite sure how I'm going to configure the bachelor coop yet. I can wire in their coop or leave it dark. If I keep it dark I'll have to block off the rest of their door to keep light out.

I seem to think it may just end up being a fail, tho. As Kong and Kings crowing will just get them going soooooo.....:confused:
 

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