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I hope so too!

I didn’t know that could be a problem. Maybe a stupid question, but can you use shavings instead of hay?

So, here we are. I selected the best of the best to breed from last year’s hatches. That landed me with 1 rooster + his backup and 3 hens. It seems like more, but I’m also hatching bantam Cochins. For me, this is the goal for perfect auto-sexing RIRs. Before this batch I have hatched 20 RIR...

If I lost all my original selections, I’d start fresh again. I’m not sure how big of a deal that is for @SheaLoner, but it would be just getting another batch of hatching eggs from one county over for me.

You are absolutely right. When I saw this, I had already been told it was possible to have autosexing RIRs. I started selecting only the best of the best cockerels and pullets to breed and carry these traits. Now it’s a waiting game.

I would also add that of all the cockerels, the ones I marked were the first to grow nice big, red combs.

I’ll keep up with this thread and report back when I have new info. That could take some time. I haven’t decide if I’m going to buy another batch of eggs or just wait for mine next year.

I can speak on the RIR part just a little. I’ve hatched RIRs the last 2 years to sell in just small batches. Recently @The Moonshiner made me aware of these traits in RIR chicks. In the last batch I hatched I made sure to take note and mark chicks to verify this. All of the chicks did not have...