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  1. Hybridroo

    Fun Genetic Experiment! Hybrid Crosses!

    Almost forgot to mention..... I had a Silver-Laced Wyandotte. So I find it interesting that this chick looks like a Gold-Laced Wyandotte! So silver-laced must be recessive??
  2. Hybridroo

    Fun Genetic Experiment! Hybrid Crosses!

    So I just looked at more Wyandotte chick pictures online. They match the pattern of my chicks. Looks like the mystery is partially solved! So the golden chicks are Wyandotte x Barred Rock. I guess the all-black ones are still unknown...
  3. Hybridroo

    Fun Genetic Experiment! Hybrid Crosses!

    The hens did not have feathered shanks. Looks like it all came from the rooster.
  4. Hybridroo

    Fun Genetic Experiment! Hybrid Crosses!

    So it looks like I had the eggs mixed up. I thought wyandottes had eggs with a more pointed top and barred rocks had a more rounded top on the egg. Interestingly, all of my new barred rock chicks came from rounded top eggs, as well as the golden chicks, and all of the solid black chicks came...
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    Fun Genetic Experiment! Hybrid Crosses!

    Hi all, I haven't posted for several months but I wanted to give updates on my new flock of hybrid chicks! I hope you all find this interesting as you never know what you will get with random crosses. Parents consisted of 3 chickens: 1 wyandotte hen, 1 barred rock hen, and 1 hybrid barred rock...
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    Possible deformed chick?

    Hi all, I have had 8 baby chicks hatch. 7 of them appear to be normal overall, but 1 chick appears to have issues with its legs. When resting, the chick's legs can fold under the body like the other chicks. However, when the chick stands and tries to walk, its legs stay outstretched...
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    Help Please!! Chicks struggling to hatch

    Hi all, I have had several chicks hatch already, but some appear to be struggling to get out of the shell and I don't know what to do. Usually I see that they are making the first hole in the egg with their beak and I come back an hour later and they are stumbling around the incubator. I had...
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    Help ID'ing hybrid rooster and hens

    Hi all, I received 3 chicks from a woman who had a mixed flock, but I was just getting into chickens at the time and only recognized a few of the breeds she had. She told me two of the chicks were blue silkies, and the third one was a mystery chick. The chickens seem to be almost fully grown...
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