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    Mystery colored egg hatch-a-long

    All of the mystery eggs have hatched, and I'm still waiting on two or three from the splash hen. In the incubator hatched 2 light grey (I don't know if they're splash or lavender or something else), 2 seemingly black, with black skin. One of the black ones I'm sure came from the splash hen's...
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    Mystery colored egg hatch-a-long

    The first babies have hatched. Egg 5 hatched out under the hen, and it has a white underside and black on top. Super cute. In the incubator, eggs 7 and 8 have hatched. One is black, the other is pale grey, maybe lavender. I want to say the black one is likely from the mystery egg, and the light...
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    Mystery colored egg hatch-a-long

    We now also have pips on eggs 5, 6, 7, and 8. None of them have hatched yet, but two bantam chicks hatched, so I'm sure it's only a matter of time 😄
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    Mystery colored egg hatch-a-long

    We have our first external pip! It's egg number 3. I only saw it because it was the closest one under the hen, so maybe there's other pipped ones I didn't see.
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    Mystery colored egg hatch-a-long

    Just two more days! Anyone want to take a guess on what colors the chicks will be, for fun? I'm hoping to see some brown and blue chipmunk striped chicks from my splash girl's eggs, I think those would look adorable.
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    Mystery colored egg hatch-a-long

    Lockdown is tomorrow for the incubator bunch. The ones under the Silkie hen are just going to stay as they are. I also found out the dark brown ones are Marans eggs. I'm not sure what breed the rooster was, so I don't know if they'll be pure Marans or mixes. I suppose we'll see when they hatch.
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    Mystery colored egg hatch-a-long

    All of them are doing great so far. It should be day 17 today if I'm not mistaken.
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    Blue chick feathering out white?

    I haven't updated in a bit. The chick is all white and has a light beak and comb, which is something I've seen before in two recessive white silkies I hatched a few years ago, so it makes me think this chick might be recessive white after all. Though, why the down was such a dark blueish color I...
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    Mystery colored egg hatch-a-long

    I had a billion broody hens and decided to throw something under them. I got 10 colored eggs from someone that occasionally sells eggs to one of my relatives. I've seen some of their chickens, but to be honest, I don't remember much about what they looked like, nor do I know if they've had any...
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    Giving a hen eggs before they hatch or chicks?

    I have broody hens with a couple of eggs for the purpose of keeping them interested in staying broody, while my incubator eggs hatch. However, giving chicks to hens can be tricky, so I was wondering if it might be better to give the hens the incubator eggs just before they hatch instead. I don't...
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    Males or females?

    The EEs look like a male and a female. The male is the white one with red shoulders, the female is the brown patterned one. I'm going to wait for someone more experienced in Brahmas to comment on them, as it's been a while since I've raised any.
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    Could these 6wk olds be pullets?

    Update: At 8 weeks old I'm 99.9% sure both are pullets.
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    Is my black Silkie E or ER?

    I realized I accidentally confused chicks from two different years. His sisters were solid black, but two of his daughters had silver leakage. Sorry about that. That would make it more likely he's E/ER, wouldn't it?
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    Is my black Silkie E or ER?

    Whoops, my bad 😅 Ah, alright then. I was just trying to figure out the genotypes of my Silkies for fun and got curious. Some of my black chicks are solid and some have lots of white, so I was wondering if that might have something to say about what they or their parents might be based on. But...
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    Is my black Silkie E or ER?

    I'm starting to question if my black Silkie rooster is really based on E/E. I read that extended black based chiks are typically all black, while ER/ER chicks have white markings on the face, chest and tips of the wings, so I'm wondering if my rooster might’ve been ER/ER this whole time...
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