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Breeding / Re: Skittles my special splash chick!
« on: May 21, 2015, 08:49:28 PM »More update pictures
I think it looks splash too. It also looks like you have a male.
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More update pictures
Did any of y'all once NOT wash, and then begin to? Did you notice a significant difference in hatch rate and chick survival?
I'm sure there is some genetic explanation that is still out of my reach. Different lines may produce better birds from chicks with the white chick down. I would keep all the darkest blue chicks regardless. I got my start from Paul by the way... Some of my Blue Andalusian chicks are so dark it's hard to tell them apart from the blacks until they are about a week old. And they have the white chick down on their chest and bellies.
I think it is a matter of learning what your own lines produce. Keep good records and take pictures along the way. In a few years you will have a pretty good idea how they will grow out when they hatch.
I have found that with the chick down the darker the blue the better. Also I look for more yellow down on the chest and belly instead of the white. They seem to be the most uniform in color when they grow out. The edging seems to be more defined as well. They don't really have true lacing...yet. To be continued....
Max do you think that when a blue chick hatches, the darker the down is usually means that the chick will have better lacing? It seems to work like this on my blue chicks.
When I click on the breeders directory link on the left of the page, the page goes absolutely nowhere. All the other links on that side of the page work, but not that one. For example, if I'm on the downloads page and hit the breeders directory link on the left, I end up staying on the downloads page. If I'm on the homepage and hit the breeders link, I stay on the homepage. This started day before yesterday and is still doing the same thing. All the other links work, so I don't see how it can be something I'm doing.
Sharon, When you click on the breeders directory does it open 2 new boxes to the right? One should say print only (pdf) the other says online interactive. If you click on one of the 2 it should take you to the format you wish to use. I hope this helps!
The Breeders Directory link no longer works. At least it doesn't work for me. Can anyone else access it?
Bad time of the year to not have that available.
Sharon, could you please be more specific? What is not working? Can you not see the links, is it stalling, are you getting an error message... What?