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Hi All, What is the mortality rate of your mealworms during the pupal stage? Is it normal for a portion of them to die during pupation and turn black or dark brown? OR, more oddly still, to turn bright fushia red? Until recently I had not been too concerned, assuming that some some death during...

Hi All, What is the mortality rate of your mealworms during the pupal stage? Is it normal for a portion of them to die during pupation and turn black or dark brown? OR, more oddly still, to turn bright fushia red? Until recently I had not been too concerned, assuming that some some death...

OK, well that's interesting food for thought! I am running a school chicken club so it will be fun to do a little scientific investigation into the accuracy of feather sexing amongst our chicks once they have matured. I have no idea of the breeding lines of my hens, or for that matter the...

Thanks for explaining the 'brand name' deal. The sex-linked stuff makes my head spin :) I know leghorns don't produce sex-linked COLOURED offspring but I've read that being an early feathering breed, when crossed with a late feathering breed the offspring are sex-linked for feathering....and...

Looking for the advice of someone who is an expert in Sex-linked feathering! My 10 2 week old chicks from this cross (see subject) are ALL white although 2 have a small black spot in random locations. Before hatching I read that sex can be determined by early/late feathering with this cross...

Hi there - I just hatched a bunch of eggs from a White leghorn Rooster over my RIR hens and I cannot find, anywhere, a name for this cross - only the reverse - which someone said is called a Tetra Tint. Would it be the same hybrid name regardless of which sex is which breed? Does anyone know? I...