keyhole kate Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 Going off on a bit of a tangent do breeders borrow birds for breeding? The way dog owners do I have a lovely little cinnamon frizzle girl with Unfeathered legs and feathers that all curl forward which by all accounts is a good description of a pure frizzle. Similarly do breeders borrow cockerels to introduce new blood lines without actually keeping the bird I just ran this by OH he said I need to get out more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffin Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 I have a cockerel owning friend who said some of my girls are more than welcome to weeks 'holiday' Sun, sand, sangria....... that kind of thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 I've lent a few of mine out, they go for a couple of weeks at a time usually but some have gone for longer, it benefits someone who cant have a cockerel and I dont have to feed them or listen to their crowing if they arent here Be aware though that a frizzle to frizzle mating will produce some chicks that are overfrizzled who can lose feathers easily but its hard to find Frizzles at the best of times let alone a cockerel with flat feathers Another option would be for your hen to visit a cockerel at his home, that way you dont get the crowing, she should lay fertile eggs for at least 10 days after leaving him and possibly for up to 4 weeks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyhole kate Posted January 1, 2012 Author Share Posted January 1, 2012 Thanks for your responses lol I particlarly like the idea of sending her off on a jolly holiday to meet a beau she is such a little character I must post some pics of her on the forum she is very pretty with gingery brown feathers with little black tips to them rather than one solid colour. She was given to me and decribed as cinnamon but I have no idea if this is correct. You have certainly given me something to consider Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 Perhaps Omlet should start a hen & cockerel lonely hearts section. Awww. Little Cinnamon hen (frizzle) would love to meet handsome cockerel. Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffin Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 Be aware though that a frizzle to frizzle mating will produce some chicks that are overfrizzled who can lose feathers easily but its hard to find Frizzles at the best of times let alone a cockerel with flat feathers Watch this space, I think 3 of my 5 Frizzle chicks are flat feathered! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 As Redwing says, I borrowed Quigley a frizzle cockerel for a couple months last summer to come and make babies with my girls We got 5 chicks, none frizzle, and then he went back - were tempted to keep him or one of his sons 'cos he only crowed a couple times in the few months and that was when I took Gerald my drake to work for him to make babies Be interested to see the Cinnamon colour - is she paler than Red? I have a pekin sold as Red Pyle which I think was made up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lillybettybabs Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 interesting i think i have three girls and sooo wanted one cockeral to breed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 Got a feeling I've got 3 showgirl girls - I too wanted a cockerel! Only time will tell! I've got two pale reddish girly frizzles. I tend to call them buff, so would also be interested in seeing the Cinnamon colour. Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsley Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 I have "booked" a beautiful Sulmtaler boy to come and stay with my two girls when it warms up a bit. Not sure whether to lay on candles and soft music Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Was looking at the Sulmtaler at The National - prefer the girls to the boys! Have seen 2 Pekin cockerels I want to borrow one of over the summer to visit my pekin girls (one is flat and the other is frizzle!) Think Cilla may be going there to visit a silkie cockerel and have some babies of her own too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mum Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 ... Another option would be for your hen to visit a cockerel at his home, that way you dont get the crowing, she should lay fertile eggs for at least 10 days after leaving him and possibly for up to 4 weeks I never knew that! I got some new-to-me girls last Sunday (one is a known "escaper") and when I opened one of her lovely eggs today, I thought, "I'm sure that is a fertilised egg" then I though it couldn't possibly be because it was laid yesterday and she's been here since Sunday. If any of my girls go broody in the next week or two, I'm going to put some of those eggs under her (if I haven't gobbled them all up by then ) Thank you for that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsley Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Was looking at the Sulmtaler at The National - prefer the girls to the boys!l: It is the winning boy that will be coming to stay One of my girls should have been at the show but went into a moult a few weeks before Still, she will be going to Reading Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmastar Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 I would love to holiday a boy cochin for my evie but she is sutch a big wuss the racket and tantrums would have him running . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyhole kate Posted January 23, 2012 Author Share Posted January 23, 2012 Sorry I hadn't been keeping up with this thread as I use my I pod touch rather than computer and had unchecked the follow post I spent some time studying her today her colouring is a match for my Ginger Ninjas except the tips of her feathers are black. I am off to take some photos & will report back. As for character she is like a little baby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyhole kate Posted January 25, 2012 Author Share Posted January 25, 2012 Right here we go this is the best I could do on my own she just will not keep still I am totaly rubbish at techy things hope this isen't huge if it is sorry She always looks tatty hence the name This a close up of cinderellas feathers taken from above of her back And Finally face on with the what me look Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
