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Just updating for anyone who is interested in this cross. I know these guys won't win any breed standards awards, lol, but I find the genetics of this all so fascinating! So, we set 12 eggs to hatch on Wednesday, October 28th. On day 5 candling, 11 were looking good, and 1 was looking like...

Thank you! He was the lucky winner out of the 3 lavender roos. He was the most beautiful and the sweetest! My kids call him Mr. Floop lol

Okay, I think I've got it now. So if I mate the offspring of this hatch to the lavender roo, I'm likely to get about half blacks and half pure lavender color, not accounting for the leakage from the ISA Browns genetics. And then, that will largely depend on how many eggs I hatch. The larger...

Oh that's exciting! Yay! I'm starting to see how this chicken math problem starts up, hahaha! My husband's likely to find me googling land plots outside of town in the coming weeks! Luckily, our town is relatively rural and the only ordinance regarding animals/pets/poultry/livestock is "keep...

If you can see the pics in my original post, he's the grayish guy. He's my only roo right now. He seems gray in that pic because it was cloudy when I took it this morning. But in the sunlight, he shimmers an actually pastel sort of lavender color. It's really pretty. And he's just the...

Thanks for your quick reply! I didn't know about leakage. I mean, I had heard the word before but never really got what that meant. The pictures make it way more clear. That's pretty cool! So now, since the lavender gene is recessive, if I take the pullets from this hatch and breed them back...

Thank you all for the warm welcome! It makes me wish I had joined as a member when I first found you guys years ago! Lol

Lol this is amazing! Never heard of a triple yolker before either! Following with fascination!🍿

Hey guys, first day as a real member of the BYC community, been a lurker for years. Joined literally just to ask this question. lol. Attaching pics of the rooster and hens. The only Lavender hen isn't laying quite yet, so all the babies will be a crossbreed. Has anyone done this particular cross...

Thank you, I'm happy to be here!

Thank you so much! 😁

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Relatively new to chickens. The first flock arrived in the mail in 2016, still learning something every day! (2) How many chickens do you have right now? We have 8 chickens we bought at Tractor Supply on April 4th of this year but...