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Hi, I'm gone in a different direction a little, bit and bigger and breeding more this year than before. I'm better prepared and slightly less busy on different things in life so it's nice to dedicate more time to breeding this year. Currently breeding Large light Sussex, Bantam light Sussex...

I would re arrange the nest boxes and where they are. Try and have a nest box for each. You'll find that they have a favourite one that they all try and lay in. This can make it harder for one to settle down and become broody. If one starts laying at a different new location you might find...

Hi, what is the smallest Bantam breed that is known to carry the silver gene? I have bantam white Sussex and have breed them back to bantam silky male and the sex link works great. I am looking to know if there is a smaller bantam that I can get that carries the silver gene? I am looking to...

To look at the egg I would say that it is not fertile. It has the dot that all eggs have but it's the ring around the dot that would say it is fertile that your eggs has not got .

As above. Do you have to vent sex chickens at the first few days old or can you also do it at a few weeks old? Thanks

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As above, I am changing roosters around to different pens. How long would you say it would be until the eggs are fertilised by the new rooster rather than the one in there today roughly? Thanks

No worries, they are called pekins here in Ireland but you guys call them Cochin.

Thanks very much moonshiner, that's fantastic help. I might do the skin sex linked as that would be handy and make excellent broody hens. Thanks very much.

Sorry to annoy you again moonshiner, the only other sexlink that is easier to see at hatching with pekins would be my buff rooster over a white hen if she carries the silver gene? Would that be correct? If my white hen is a silver gene carrier I should also be able to use my white silky bantam...

What will I get from this cross? Thanks

Also the same should apply if I put a white silky bantam cock over a white or cuckoo pekin hen? Thanks

Thanks very much, exactly what I am looking for. Going to be a bit of expermexperim with them to see .I love looking into genetics it's so interesting and you can learn for years about it. Thanks

Thanks, I'm New at it so sorry for the silly questions, solid colour would be buff, white or black? Is that right? Thanks

Hi, what colours are crossed to end up with gold partridge? They are a gorgeous colour. Anyone breeding sex linked Cochin? Buff over white or black over cuckoo? Does it work? Thanks

Thanks very much, iI'l try the Pseudo Birchen, they look nice. Thanks

Pekins are perfect for what you are describing. They won't scratch and rip up your garden anywhere near as much as most other breeds either. They are very quiet and when handled a bit are perfect for children to feed out of their hands etc.

Thanks very much. IlI' have a play around with a few. Lol I know what you mean, it ewoul easy to get very deep into it and have to many projects going . With MF and buff being gold, in theory should I be able to get sex linked putting them on other colours? For example buff over white or buff or...

Mixing Pekin/ Cochin bantam, Hi, I have a few different colours of pekins. White, black, lavander, buff, black motted, Cuckoo, millefleur. I will be breeding most of them true to colour. I am just looking to know from your experience if I cross certain colours what different mixes I can expect...

Hi, I have a few different colours of pekins. White, black, lavander, buff, black motted, Cuckoo, millefleur. I will be breeding most of them true to colour. I am just looking to know from your experience if I cross certain colours for sex linked chicks? For example if read somewhere that buff...