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This is so great OnTheSpot, thank you! I have 6 different rubbermaid brooders incase I need that many to keep them sorted. I will buy food coloring before I move them.
I will put up pics when I can of the hatcher setup.
It is an emu hatcher, so there are metal fences or baskets big enough to hold an emu egg. They divided the trays into 8 sections. I took out the 4-way dividers, that made the small 4 compartments on each end, leaving 2 main squares on each tray. 3 trays, 6 sections total. I really like the 'fences' because they keep the chicks from falling or jumping off the trays.
I used 4 of the big hatcher sections and I have one batch in my
brinsea little incubator. So five groups of eggs.
1- I put AMs with Presley BCMs since I knew the BCMs, while black as well, would have feathered legs.
2- I put Bev BCMs and LOPs together since the LOPs would hatch silver and again, BCMs have feathered legs.
3- I put Mottled Javas and the olive colored Olive eggers together cause MJs will be yellow and Olives will be BCM color. (these have pipped)- olive eggers have AM and BCM breeding so could have feathered legs, not sure.
4- Red brick eggs bred to be olive eggers are all by themselves, not sure if they will lay olive or green in first gen. OnTheSpot might know. Plus they could have feathered legs.
5- Penedesencas are by themselves in a section.