Last batch of Ams from our lav. split pen hatched one lav. with very little fluff on it's back. It has sort of a bare shaped U and little on the back of it's legs. This hatch, I see two black that look similar. Google searches have come up with one study on the barred gene that can cause...
Ugh! We've lost our blue Am. roo so I'm wondering if I would be compromising the genetics or color of my bbs by using my black split/lav. roo.
If I do not breed the resulting pullets back to the roo, won't the lav. genes just disappear down the line?
Okay - we've hatched plenty with our Genesis bators but my turner motor gave up and we've put eggs on the wire to turn by hand. Then we realized, "hey, we can fit LOTS of eggs in there without the turner" and we put lots of eggs in there! I've ordered a motor for the turner, but I'm thinking...
I've read where some breeders use the black blrw's to acquire deeper coloring in their golden laced flocks. Are the blacks from blrw's actually true golden laced Wy's?
Kim
Hello - I'm hoping for some help this morning. We drove around yesterday collecting our hatching eggs here and there and getting ready to set the bator this morning - Genesis 1588, and of course we are missing parts! This was my son's Christmas present and his grandad helped him put it...