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    Interaction between splash & mottled genes?

    Since Silverudd's are birchen I can probably get a nice splash mottled in a couple of hatches, just for fun. My blue birchen marans cockerel is turning out really nice, so I plan to see what I can do with his genes.
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    Interaction between splash & mottled genes?

    I'm a superuser of the chicken calculator. It's so much fun to experiment, but I'm not familiar with the color genes for Silverudd's or the mottled gene, but I've been breeding chickens for decades, so I've got the basics down. I'm mostly curious if mottling would be noticeable with splash...
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    Interaction between splash & mottled genes?

    I'm playing around with some breeding charts and a few test combos lead me to chx with both splash & mottled coloring. How would that work? Would it even be noticeable or just look like a splash? I have some nice blue birchen marans and a few Silverudd's with the mottling gene so I thought it...
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    NPIP Marans Eggs: Blue Birchen, Blue, Blue Copper, Black & Splash

    I ended up ordering chicks directly from Greenfire. If I do any hatching later this summer I will check back with you. Thanks!
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    Can't sell homegrown eggs?

    Do your homework. It's industrial agriculture that puts most of these regulations in place to choke off competition from small farmers. They write the laws then bribe lawmakers to enact them & threaten to pull business from an area that won't submit. Most liberal snowflakes actually *like*...
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    is 25$ a lot for a chicken?

    Last time I did the numbers it cost me $10-12 to raise a pullet to point of lay. I sell my culls for $15 and they are snapped up within hours of listing them. I charge (and get) $40 easily for a hen that lays a nice colored egg.
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    Blue Birchen Marans from Greenfire.... 4 weeks old ?

    I just ordered a few blue birchen marans from greenfire. I can't afford too many so I'm hoping for a decent roo to bump my olive egger flock.
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    NPIP Marans Eggs: Blue Birchen, Blue, Blue Copper, Black & Splash

    Hi! What is your schedule like for June for blue birchen group eggs? Your birds are lovely!
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    Looking for BBS ameraucana hatching eggs. Show quality!!!

    I guess by serious breeders you mean show breeders, not laying hens? I select for winter laying & actually do have pens set up in winter. I'm also not having much luck finding good quality BBS Ameraucanas now, so I'll just keep breeding from what I have. It's a slow process but it does pay off.
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    Is this splash, or a similar trait?

    Cool looking birds! Does anyone know what blue splash Roos will throw? I have an ameraucana blue splash and am curious to see what he can do, but most BBS color charts don't go that far.
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    ISO BBS Ameraucana eggs

    Hi All, I'm looking to upgrade my flock with some better-than-hatchery birds. Anyone have winter-laying Ameraucanas? Thanks!
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    BLACK COPPER MARANS HATCHING EGGS 12+

    Just got our eggs yesterday and they all arrived in great shape. Best packaging ever! They're resting a bit before hitting the incubator. Fingers crossed the USPS didn't scramble them :)
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    "Spent" Hen Enterprise

    We often sell our spent hens on Craigslist, but none of our regular customers want production breeds for food purposes. Not old enough for good stock flavor, and too scrawny for the hassle of butchering for pet food etc. Most of the varieties we've tested had a drastic drop off in production...
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    HELP!! Incubator got unplugged :/

    It takes a few hatches to start being able to go with the flow. I used to get crazy with spreadsheets and egg weights and micromanaging humidity. But all the near misses helped me sort out a consistent ballpark for my particular incubator and hatching style, so now I relax a little more. Mostly.
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    Help! BCM candling question.

    I think if you have a good routine for hatches, just go with it and hope for the best. Sometimes you have to trust your instincts and good track record when there isn't enough information. I learn something with every hatch, even if they are nail-biters.
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