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Sonew123, how old are the little ones?
You will know soon whether it works for you. I hope it does work for you
4 boys and 1 girl would stink. . . . . AND be noisey.
3 days old:-( maybe I was too early to feather sex but I thought I read that was the best time to do it...
Welll..Im following that chart and it seems I have 4 girls and a boy. But from the looks and size of their combs I thought and think I have 4 boye and 1 girl??
Mine are hatching as we speak ( BCM's) I will post photos when I take them out-Math Ace how do you sex them that early??? I can see comb difference in yours -is that how you say sex??? I can tell you the first chick out is monsterous-Im guessing roo for sure-which is good I needed a new one...
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Very glad you said that! I think Im in middle school working my way up at this point. I missed 24 hours and There had to have been 20+ pages to read through! awesome thanks guys...
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I think I will take this challenege on. ..
1st hatching 4/ 4 roos 0/4 hens
2nd hatching 7/ 16 roos 9/16 hens
3rd hatching ? ? ? ? ? I'll let you know. I am on a roll - - - somebody better stop me . . . . I LOVE little fluffy butts!
At some point in time...
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well my BCM's are due within a week-so we'll see? MInd you, I've never had them before so It would be great if I knew exactly what I need to look for before they are almost adults! I mean great to spot bad flaws way ahead of time to weed out:-)
Oh you can tell at hatch. Is that what...
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Illia do you have a photo of a throw off? Just curious what I should really look for ??
I think she's talking about when you get a surprise chipmunk ( or two) in your BCM hatch. And then breed said chipmunks (wheatens) to eachother.
I'd like to know- (maybe Pink knows this?) can you...
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I know.
If you breed the throw-offs, you should get either 50/50 Wheatens and BCM's or 100% BCM's, but with 50% of them carrying recessive Wheaten.
Illia do you have a photo of a throw off? Just curious what I should really look for ??
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Well the most obvious is that he has way too little coppering on his body, the next is his extra points on the comb, and after that - He looks pretty good, but I hope the first photo isn't his normal pose. He's spreading his feet quite a bit. Love the EE there!
Black Copper and Blue...
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Always wanted the dark eggs layers to finish off a pretty basket:-)
Last year I bought FBCM eggs from Ahappychick-Bev Davis lines-I only hatched a roo ( story of my life) I kept him for my OE roo:-) he's a sweet boy
I had posted on the sharkie thread I might be interested in BCM...