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Here are the latest photos of the same Ayam Cemani Roo above & a few of the girls I selected out of 150+ from last years hatch. I am certainly looking forward to this years offspring.

I have decided to abandon this test trial for the following reasons; 1- Anyone who has spent countless hours familiarizing he or herself with this breed can visually arrive at a consensus as to which birds are either a FM1, FM2, or neither. Case in point; my first trial. My theory was that he...

Unfortunately I have never had a higher incubation mortality rate. Out of the 10 fertile eggs only 6 chicks survived. 2 died after hatching and 2 eggs failed to hatch. The 2 chicks that didn’t make it looked identical to the 6 survivors, both of which favored the darker version. It is unclear if...

Update; the first 4 chicks of the first in a series of test trials hatched yesterday. Two others have piped & the other 4 should begin hatching in 2 days.

Love this site. Here’s an entire thread dedicated to trap nests; https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/the-trap-nesting-thread.567357/ The trap on post #8 shows promise. Simple to make and perhaps less intimidating than others.

Banding isn't an issue. They all come to me when I'm near them. They have all been given quite a bit of attention since birth. All of the grow-outs currently have bands identifying pullets and roos and to distinguish between visual levels of fibro. I think I will look into the trap nests in...

Thank you NatJ. All good suggestions. It appears most online information on the topic leads to a trap nest. My three hen houses all have trap doors. Perhaps once the egg cubicles are occupied I can close the door and photograph each hen and band accordingly. Just seems a bit overwhelming at this...

I have approximately 20 AC hens that qualify for this trial. Can anyone offer suggestions as to how to keep track of each one without having to stand guard the entire time? For example; does each egg have a footprint, similar to a fingerprint? Just thinking ahead...

Update; 10 of the 14 eggs candled positive.

The last of the 14 eggs for this first trial have been placed into the incubator. It is a bittersweet day and one I will not soon forget because unfortunately roo #1 will be culled. On the bright side, he in tandem with my new hens have produced excellent offspring. His contribution first and...

Thank you nicalandia. It's certainly a relief to know there are several factors at play and that there is still hope for a successful outcome.

I was in the process of separating the first roo and upon closer inspection his fibro expression is only about 80% (guess) so my expectations for the first hatches would appear at this point to be subpar, nothing like the majority of his offspring. My assumption at this point is he is the...

The early morning light wasn't quite right for these photos from the grow-out pen. There are actually 15 birds at this location. A few behind the bale of hay & a few inside the hen house. The two with the red arrows in the first photo are the other 2 cockerels showing promise. Test breeding for...

Thank you nicalandia. After 4 years of trial and error with disastrous results, not to mention time and monetary losses, I am cautiously optimistic going into this 5th year into next, given this new strain.

Photos of birds for this test trial. There are an additional 2 cockerels a month younger than the one shown at 4 1/2 months that will be used in 2021, including several pullets of the same age with very good to excellent characteristics in my grow-out pen.

Thank you NatJ. Eliminates any guess work. The first AC roo will remain with the hens for two more days at which time the hens will remain idle for 5 weeks. Hopefully the second roo will come of age during this time. He's shown interest & has been testing his vocal cords. As striking as the...

Yes, it was a blue, Blue Ameraucana roo & one Cream Legbar hen.

The Splash rooster I previously had was separated from the Blue Ameraucana hens 6 weeks ago. My first AC roo has been with the hens for a week now. Yesterday and today I collected 7 eggs. All went into the incubator an hour ago so with any luck more eggs than not will be fertile. I will continue...

NatJ. Please, no need to apologize. Both you & nicalandia have contributed to this discussion with unquestionable knowledge & for this I am grateful to you both!

Thanks again nicalandia. That would simplify the test on my end as mentioned before I already have the Blue Ameraucanas. So, & pardon me if I am repeating myself; are you saying if I breed my Cemani Roo to a blue/black Ameraucana hen & the chicks are all black then my roo is as the Cemani site...