tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3006996514567195596.post4856389847509093467..comments2023-03-12T03:29:35.715-07:00Comments on the natural chicken: incubation update: 3 days from hatchUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3006996514567195596.post-27478388333069769922011-09-23T17:28:26.748-07:002011-09-23T17:28:26.748-07:00Commercial red layer x ancona; and commercial meat...Commercial red layer x ancona; and commercial meat hybrid x leghorn.<br /><br />The ancona is from hardy local stock, and I like their rate of maturity, temperament and style/colour. They don't lay as well as the commercial birds so the result should have a longer laying lifespan.<br /><br />The meat hybrids are crossed to leghorn to produce a bird that can live comfortably into reproductive age, but still make good table cockerels at around the 16 week mark. However I feel this will take 2 crossings (back to leghorn) to get around the health defects of the poor hybrids.Erica Bandannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06289166473144658097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3006996514567195596.post-28279240864449487772011-09-23T12:34:37.590-07:002011-09-23T12:34:37.590-07:00what breeds are you hatching?what breeds are you hatching?Mrs. Reverend Doctorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17850938501003683008noreply@blogger.com