no was no relation to adult pattern ,guess it is like a Wheaten chicks some are more yellow than other ,or the buff some are more darker than other ,maybe ( I m just guessing here could not find any study done in this subject ), some BC chicks have the white belly other have yellow ,what I...
sorry the Dom White does not dilute the red but dilute the black and the Blue ,that why we have a Red Pyle pattern witch is a wild type or Wheaten where the black is replaced by the white but the red will be always there ,some time a Dom White affect the golden pattern but does not dilute it...
the reason is very simple like what you guys suggested male has more contribution on the future genetic of the flock ,that one thing .second thing if the chicks turn up to be female than we have to see the color of the eggs she will lay if they are darker than she is a keeper and all her future...
I have seen that many time before ,they did grow to normal BCM . tag his leg please so you fan fellow his or her growth , if it is a cockerel than it is a cull ,
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removed a BCM rooster Baheema from breeding pen #1 very low fertility and replace him with a younger rooster 14 month old solid Black split copper Black Pearl , he has one eye lost the other one in fighting . I m adjusting the hen type and number to go with him ,
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finished the perimeter fence ,now I start building 11 small coops inside the container on the left hand side ,they will be 3 feet deep and divide the big run into smaller one, going shopping for timber tomorrow.
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building more new runs for the container coops , future breeding pens for pairs and trios , 10 pen in this side of the container , the other side I ll live it the way it is 3 large pens
this big run will be divided to 10 smaller runs about 12/14 square meter each enough space for a pair or...
moved mama hen and her chicks to very good spot lot of shade all day long ,we are going to have very hot weekend 34DC , far a way from the other chooks ,beside the breeding pens ,they are happy ,in a week time or 2 I can let them out ,
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very nice ,i have few marans laying pinkish egg some time with a heavy bloom they look almost purple , I have been doing a lot research to what is causing it , the old line I had they never laid any thing like that but this line I m working with not all of them just Amori s and Unicorn lines...
Ah the copper dot on the head ,it is just a traits in some Black copper lines .stand for the purity ,doesn t mean the one they don t have it are not pure like I said it just a trait ,does show up a lot on my BCM lines that I m developing , I have yet to see it on the BLC chicks , don t know why...
mama hen very happy with her babies ,today is the first day she start scratching , she know they strong now .i ll put her on a grass next few days .
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33 eggs going to the bator tonight . when they hath I ll give them to the hens to look after them for me ,I can t afford loosing too many eggs and chicks at hatch it is the end of the season and I need to hatch every egg from the 3 breeding pens ,I m not going to chage the pairing tonight ,I...