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That looks like a Marans chick of some kind, I'm thinking Cuckoo Marans.

Silver Duckwing Phoenix chickens. They're an ornamental long-tailed asiatic breed.

The Barred Rock and Silver Laced Wyandotte (?) look like cockerels, and the rest look like pullets.

Mmm, keep in mind female mammals only have two X chromosomes to pass on. Only males have the one Y to pass on. You've just had bad luck.

I have never seen a Russian Orloff chick with yellow skin. Their shanks are yellow, but the skin of their face, including the comb, should be pink or red; pink at this age. There's nothing else I could think of that it might be, though. It looks like an odd colored Russian Orloff.

Aaaaaaahhhh! Late update for day 10 when I candled to see who was developing and who wasn't, out of my 7 silkie eggs 3 didn't develop at all. I cracked them open and there was absolutely nothing that went on in them, just infertile or otherwise failed to develop. Day 15 I candled and one chick...

Those are blue colored silkies. Blues have one copy of the black dilution gene, while splash birds have two copies.

I set my first ever eggs in my homemade incubator; 7 50% silkie/50% showgirl eggs of unknown color that I picked up from a breeder in a nearby city. Today is day 4, I candled all 7 and 4 have obvious signs of development, 2 were indistinct, and 1 seems to not be developing. My hatch date is Nov...

This article as it stand feels significantly incomplete. I look forward to future revisions including information on the efficacy of home-generated oxygen.

I know of two ways to generate oxygen at home, check out the methods I left in another comment on this post.

Hohoho! Do I have good news for you. Oxygen supplementation is absolutely within reach of the average person. Thanks to my aquarium keeping hobby I know of two ways to generate oxygen at home. Both were taught to me by Youtuber aquarist Joey, the self-proclaimed King of DIY. One method is...

Marcel flirting with Saffron. She's interested.

Marcel flirting with Saffron. She's interested.

Saffron's first day brooding 6/1/18

It's a backyard flock.