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That's beautiful!Hey guys I have been lurking a bit just waiting for my little flock of IB's to grow out a bit. They have changed a lot in the short time. I have been rather busy building a new bator as well, fired it up tonight got it tweaked about where I need it. This side by side layout is so sweet compared to the stacked trays I had in the old pepsi cooler. Trying to reach back in there when needed was driving me nuts. This should make candling a breeze even with my fumble fingers.
My yellow chicks are turning into a very light version of the chocolate chicks. Pure silverery white on head, neck and center of breast. Although maybe they are lighter than the ideal, they are gorgeous! I think they will benefit my breeding program at least.This is my speculation and I'll let others like Connie and Kari critique/correct my thoughts. Because the breed is a silver penciled "offshoot" so to speak, I think the lighter colored chicks are part of that silver penciled pattern. (similar, to say, a silver leghorn (although they should NOT look like silver leghorn chicks, just giving an example)) We know that eb plays a large part in the brown colored chicks, and my speculation is that the super solid chocolate chicks and the pheasant looking, striped chicks are just to extremes of the modifier expression.
Now, that is my speculation, so take it with a grain of salt. Connie, Kari, what are your thoughts on this?
We also know that the chocolate colored chicks (solid preferred, mottled acceptable) should be the down color to aim for in our silver penciled chicks. For some reason, as yet unkown, the old breeders preferred the chocolate chicks to the pheasant looking chicks. Maybe in time we'll figure out why.