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    Silkie barred rock cross

    This is my experiment. I was taught by and older breeder some chicken genetics and how to sex eggs for selection before setting and it works. I took a more rounded blunt white silkie egg. I only have 2 white silkies and 20 barred rock hens and 1 barred rock rooster 3rd generation selected for...
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    silkie cross

    I can prove that wrong. See my other post made today with what I was taught and still did not believe til I did exactly the same experiment and i have included photos, and reseach quotes on how I proved it. You can try it yourself or not. But it was exactly as an expert self taught breeder...
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    White sikie hen barred rock cross

    Now to add to this. Egg sexing by shape. If u read all this you know this is the hen and hatch of 9. Here is what I did as told me by my father-in- law who was licensed to raise doves and quail as well as whitetail deer. He was well self educated in poultry genetics by experimentation. I did not...
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    White sikie hen barred rock cross

    I am new here and started to discuss this. This is an update of my experiment cross with photo. It is a pullet that I hand sexed the egg. Previously discussed and will prove beyound a doubt you can sex eggs by shape. It will be in a seperate post as I have photos and a lengthy explanation. So...
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    Thank you.

    Thank you.
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    Thank you.

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    Comment by 'farmeroakly' in article 'Momma silkie and 9 chicks'

    Funny I said the same thing to my sister!
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    Do you weigh eggs? What's your largest egg, and average egg size? CHICKENS ONLY

    Who knows I used to have a photo, trying to find it. Looked as big as a goose egg and I don't have any ducks or geese.
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    Do you weigh eggs? What's your largest egg, and average egg size? CHICKENS ONLY

    I have had several much larger, 2 hen laid one everday. Then they died, I suspect egg bound but not sure. Maybe egg broke insid or maybe a weasel got in but I find it strange that both died laying huge single yolk eggs. Not even double yolks!
  10. Momma silkie and 9 chicks

    Momma silkie and 9 chicks

    top left chick is Silkie barred rock cross. The other 8 are pure barred rocks.3 days old.
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    Do you weigh eggs? What's your largest egg, and average egg size? CHICKENS ONLY

    70 grams on this larger one my average size is 60 grams barred rocks. I have barred rocks and have had a few bigger than 70 grams. Just for fun I took a photo of an old Zenith egg grader. The numbers represent number of ounces for a dozen of all one size eggs.
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    Do you weigh eggs? What's your largest egg, and average egg size? CHICKENS ONLY

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    My little piece of heaven

    Yes it is a pair of guineas. They free roam everday for about 12 hours and follow chickens back into their fenced in yard and go into coop every night to be closed in for safety.
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    My little piece of heaven

    my barred rock rooster and his harem included 2 white silkies. This was spring and had to keep them penned in their yard til I repaired my garden fence that a spring bear squashed. Now they are happy foragers for 12 hours a day!
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    Silkie Barred Rock cross

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