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    Breed ID for BYM chicks

    I have 2 BYM chicks, roughly 5 weeks. Lady is bought them said these are the possible breeds: Black Copper Marans, Barred Rock, Easter Eggers, Rhode Island Reds, and Ayam Cemani. We think the grey one is part Ayam going off the skin color but not sure the other half of breed. The black and...
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    Welsummer roo x black copper marans hen sexing

    We hatched 3 chicks from this pairing & I'm hoping someone who knows more about genetics than ido has a guess on sexing. Chicks are 10 days old. #1 & #2 are black with brown/rust on wings & #3 is black with white barring. What little info I've found so far seems to indicate the barring could...
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    Thoughts on failed hatches?

    1st incubator hatch (used broody hens last year) I started with 43, ended up with 24 fertile, as 2 girls haven't been with the rooster long. 9 hatched on day 21, 11 hatched on day 22, 1 hatched early on day 23 and 1 i had to assist hatching in the evening. 2 failed to hatch. Would love input on...
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    Silkie Color help!

    Hey yall 😊 we are hatching our first eggs this week with the help of broody hens. Trying to figure out chick colors now 🤔 8 total, 5 are silkies, 2 are silkie/polish, 1 hopefully olive egger. (OE is a EE/ welsummer cross I threw in) I know the dark chick #1 & #3 came from polish egg so they...
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    Silkie Sexing 16-20 weeks

    Thought I'd get some opinions on my growout pen. I have 1 who is confirmed roo (mottled showgirl with cross beak), Joe Dirt started crowing at least 4 weeks ago. But no one else has joined in 🤷‍♀️ Silkies are roughly 16-20 weeks, including the tiny black and tiny white ones that arent growing...
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    Silkie Color Help!

    Hey yall 😊 we are hatching our first eggs this week with the help of broody hens. Trying to figure out chick colors now 🤔 8 total, 5 are silkies, 2 are silkie/polish, 1 hopefully olive egger. (OE is a EE/ welsummer cross I threw in) I know the dark chick #1 with photo in my hand came from...
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    Unsure on breed/color on rescue hens

    Hey yall, so we picked up 6 rescue hens and im pretty sure I got them figured out but not sure on colors for these 4. Any thoughts? 1- grey americana or EE (not sure which) 2- buff patterned americana or EE (not sure which) 3- buff colored satin silkie looking one but patterned 4- grayish...
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    Any guesses on breed of rooster?

    I bought silkie chicks from a girl who had bought hatching eggs. Spoke to the girl who had the eggs and she sent pics of her 2 roos and 2 hens, all white silkie except one. Out of my 5 chicks, 2 are white silkies and 3 are looking to be frizzle silkie mix. I'm trying to figure out the breed of...
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