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Out of 42 from the latest hatch: 1 of 6 golden is a hen. 6 of 12 pharaohs are hens. Still to determine: 2 sliver 15 a&m 6 cinnamon 1 tibetan

I understand that it is 50/50 over the long haul. But picking a few out of many you can end up with any ratio. My goal was to end up with 8 hens so I doubled that and added 1 for insurance. Luck gave me more than I needed and actually got 3 breeding groups instead of 2. I just thought it would...

My hens started laying by 5 1/2 weeks. At 7 weeks I found an egg in the male cage. Butters is a girl! My late blooming A&M (in hindsight) was the cause of the male agression i had. Now I have 11 girls and 3 boys in an 8'x8' section of my aviary with 3 males caged and waiting on freezer camp.

To close this out, 5 pharaoh out of 8 and 5 A&M out of 9 turned out to be female. So 10 females out of 17, I can't complain.

Six of eight pharaohs turned out female, need to wait on the nine A&Ms. I'm hoping on three breeding groups.

My cot chicks should be ready to pick up next week as 2 day olds from a local breeder. I am hoping to start with 8 hens for two breeding groups. I think I have myself convinced that 18 is the magic number to likely get me there. What ratios have you started with and how...