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Chick color black/blue
Sharon Yorks:
I will definitely have to start keeping better track. The blue I think you are referring to, Leah, I think...I don't have a picture of her when she was a baby chick, but I did have a question mark beside her name regarding color. Below is a six week picture, then at 5 months old. Here are a few other before and after pictures. Leah was a very dark navy-colored chick that didn't lighten up until almost 5 months old. Indi (I thought was blue) turned jet black. And Coal was such a dark black chick, then turned a navy color and never lightened or laced up :'( Leah and Cole are both out of my black hen Ruby. I'm breeding Ruby to a black cockerel this year.
Sharon Yorks:
The dark chick is Goliath and the light chick is Reba. Here are before and after. They both are also out of Ruby. Reba didn't lace up as well as I would like. I am breeding her to Leah's daddy, which seems to have an excellent lacing gene.
greeneggsandham:
Yes, Leah has very nice lacing. I was going to ask who her daddy was. Was Goliath the same daddy as Leah? It seems like your dark blue chicks have good lacing. Are they all coming from Leah's daddy?
Also, if you keep chick #1, let me know if it turns out male. I think it is. ;)
Sharon Yorks:
Leah's daddy is named Andre. He's the one throwing the good lacing. I'll have to find a picture of him. He was brought back from the poultry Nationals in Indianapolis in 2011. He's a little small in size, but has nice features and a good body shape so we figured he was worth trying. We really like how a lot of his babies have turned out. He's the one we're breeding Reba back to since she's large in size. I've heard the color comes mostly from the daddy and size from the momma. I'm hoping that holds true with this pair. I just put some of those eggs in the bator a couple of days ago.
What makes you think the #1 chick is a male?
greeneggsandham:
--- Quote from: Sharon Yorks on January 15, 2013, 08:17:12 PM ---Leah's daddy is named Andre. He's the one throwing the good lacing. I'll have to find a picture of him. He was brought back from the poultry Nationals in Indianapolis in 2011. He's a little small in size, but has nice features and a good body shape so we figured he was worth trying. We really like how a lot of his babies have turned out. He's the one we're breeding Reba back to since she's large in size. I've heard the color comes mostly from the daddy and size from the momma. I'm hoping that holds true with this pair. I just put some of those eggs in the bator a couple of days ago.
What makes you think the #1 chick is a male?
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Hard to really judge from a picture, but the way he raises up and looks around. A boy I sold chicks to used that method in picking his out and he got just want he wanted. Three females and one male.
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