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If you don't mind my asking, who did you get your pair from? I came back from George Conner's with a trio of Violettas and one male spalding who is split BS and Violletta.

Did you get any of your eggs to Hatch? Mindy

Been awhile since I was able to take pics and post them. I had to go thru 2 different rounds of radiation treatments in July and Aug. and it left me totally useless for almost the entire time. Meanwhile our babies have been growing. We successfully hatched 3 Sonja's Violettas 2 are male wild...

I can't seem to find #3 but 1 &2 are definitely both males.

@Arbor...is the hen Cameo or charcoal? If she is cameo (sex linked) she would have room for only 1 copy of the Cameo gene where it is located on the DNA. If the charcoal gene is located elsewhere on the DNA she could theoretically carry those charcoal genes and if they are recessive to the...

Unfortunately she didn't kill herself. Your male has what we call Testosterone rages, which means his hormones are getting the better of him and he would rather fight than mate. I have one like him and I no longer try to breed him, he goes into his own pen for the duration of breeding season.

Okay, that is interesting. The father of that egg was split to Cameo, so it would be possible to get a Cameo daughter, but that chick looks too dark to be Cameo

Hmmm, it looks purple to me, but I didn't have purples in 2014. What does the paper towel say? I can't quite read it all.

As a dark pied he would have no white genes, so if he produced white chicks he is definitely split to white. Sometimes the only way to know is to breed them and see what you get.

Dad was my "showy" pied Harley, I will not refer to him as loud, since we don't all agree on what that means. She will carry 1 copy of the pied gene, and 1 copy of the white gene. She will carry either 1 or 2 copies of the white eye gene. I am guessing your male is a split to white, if so you...

Mom was a silver pied.

Yes, your male is likely split to purple, and he could produce bsp daughters with your BS hens.

A purple or split to purple male can produce purple daughters no matter what color hen he is bred to. Hens cannot be split to purple they are either purple or not. This is how "Sex-Linked" colors work.

So sorry for your baby. Hovabator fixed this on the Genesis they enclosed the fan to keep babies from getting hurt. I use mine as a hatcher now. Set up your brooder box at 95 degrees and move the babies right after hatching.

So sorry to hear that. At least you know you tried to help her.

That's good to hear that it is just one. Often times a chick will hatch with crooked toes, and if they have a hard time getting out it seems to be more likely. When this happens for people with experience we tape toes right away. If the person who hatched the chick is inexperienced they probably...

Is Ivory the only one like this or do the other 2 babies have the same problems? Vaseline is a good option just keep it off the feathers as birdrain advised.

Have you checked them for lice and Mites? I am not sure if a bad case of either could cause those sores on the face or not. Either way the goal now is to get them clean and healthy and we will do our best to help you with that. Even with messed up toes they can usually still perch. Have you...

Beautiful babies @WestKnollAmy