Besides the 6 eggs I have in one of my incubators, I forgot that I also had put 4 eggs from my BBR hen in with a batch of eggs in another incubator, due to hatch Monday night or Tuesday, and they included several eggs from the Red Pyle project birds.
The hatch is complete, and from the 4 eggs, I got two wild type chicks, one looks BBR and the other one is close but slightly different pattern. I also got one chick that picked up the dominant white and looks like a Red Pyle, so I\'ll be watching that one with anticipation. The one egg that didn\'t hatch had a dead chick in it, also with the dominant white gene....sure wish it had hatched. My BBR hen does have the correct BBR coloration, including the breast. She\'s colored exactly like my Brown Leghorn hen.
In the other RP project eggs, I got 6 nice chicks, all solid colored, not one wild type. One looks white (very pale yellow down), and I do have a white hen in that pen so that chick is probably hers. The rest have the coloration of Red Pyle chicks, so we\'ll see.
Rooster, I can definately see what you\'re saying about the Brassy Back hen. You wouldn\'t happen to have an extra Brassy Back Ameraucana just laying around would you? Lol! Wouldn\'t that be nice?