So I'm just trying to figure this kid out - he's AMAZING.
Black skin & tons of toes so he's 1/2 silkie. Head roo is a bantam mottled cochin, but - though this kid was solid black when hatched - he appears to be LACED?! All Buddy's (the mottled cochin) kids have come out solid black with...
Ok, I just finished my 2nd hatch and I have 3 birchen marans and 3 black copper marans.... and a ton of lookalikes. I have a lady who wants JUST the marans.... how in the world do I figure out which they are?
My first hatch was abysmal.
Started with 31 eggs, 17 made it to final lock down. 11 ayam cemanis from Cackle and 7 assorted from MPC.
7 of the cemanis hatched but 2 died
6 of the MPC hatched but 2 died
Giving me a grand total of 9 living chicks from 31 eggs (incubator: Farm Innovators 4250)...
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I had a chicken that I loved madly when I was a kid... but the neighbor's dog ate her. I got 4 Easter Eggers chicks back in March when the Corona stuff started. I called them the "Four Chicks of the Apocalype."
(2) How many...