Hello- I need some expert advice. I have a small flock of Arcaunas. Last spring a beautiful Game Chicken, feral, started foraging with them, and has decided to stay. The tame checkins enter the coop every night, but she roosts in the tree. She mated with my Arcauana rooster and made a nest under my shed. Beautiful little baby chicks hatched out. But I am seeing them disappear due to predation. I caught her with the 1 week old chicks and put her in a spare coop. She is NOT happy, never having been caged. Chicks seem to be adjusting. Questions:
1- How long does it normally take for a wild chicken to settle down and accept living in an enclosed coop?
2- Any idea if the little ones, if pullets, will lay the characteristic Arcauna blue eggs? They all have yellow legs, not the green or blue of the true Arcauanas. Is egg color a recessive trait?
Thanks for your help all!