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I have final got a breeding group of three hens and a rooster . Bought the hens in Feb. and found a rooster yesterday . So I will soon have eggs to set . Not the best but a start .

You should get a black sex link . Chicks should be mostly black . Males will have a white head spot . Unless the Chantecler is dominant white . Then no sex linkage as the chicks would be mostly white and you could not see a white head spot on a white chick .

There is a rose comb Rhodebar project that might be a good solution for frostbite .

Depends on which way you do the cross . Rhodebar male over buckeye hens will give you barred pullets and single barred cockerels . Not able to sex at hatch because all will be single barred . Buckeye rooster over Rhodebar hens = sex linked pullets . I have heard Buckbar mentioned somewhere . You...

I am looking for a Rhodebar rooster within 200-300 miles of central IL . I asked on the IL. thread also .

No need to separate them and possibly disrupt their laying. Just check their vent for size. If laying the vent should be large moist and pliable. If eggs are being laid the opening will be large enough for the egg to exit.

I do something similar. On older cockerels 6 months and up I skin them cut off wings in the process fillet the breast meat off the bone cut off leg and thigh in one piece and remove meat with two cuts down the length of the bone on each side. Remove heart and liver and feed the raw carcass to...

Single barred birds should have a solid colored feather somewhere. Often in the tail. Could save you test breeding. Here is a example.

That is my backup plan should 1 not make it. I will brood these with a small group to up their chances. I knew the risk and thankful I got 2.

From Texas to IL. Sent 14 and 2 hatched. It is a start.

Hatch day. 2 chicks hatched from shipped eggs. Looks like a pair. Now to raise them.

Candled my rhodebar shipped eggs today on day 8. I see 8 that look to be developing out of 14. So fingers crossed for enough for a start.

I received my shipment of Rhodebar eggs today. All 14 made it in good shape. Air cells look good.