I am wiling to work what I have, select a and remove the less than good ones . I think I will put another project on hold for them. This will open a coop up. This way I can put any pullets that are less than prefect in with my medium or lighter roo and see what will happen just have to finish...
Don't make me cry here. I can't have a.dozen roos and two females. Here are done pics I just took. The spot on the dark one depends on how the fluff lays.
Ok, here is what I did and will do. I temp. marked the roos with some bands I made from painters tape and numbered them. Just for giggles I picked a lighter one too, then the two medium ones with large spots and a darker one. I will take pics every week of them to see their progress in color. I...
No offense taken. I am starting to think that they might have thrown in other eggs since some of them were very pretty much cream colored. I will throw in the pullet with the other layers, this way I can get some use out of her and the other reject will be culled once they are big enough...
Those are the "rejects" which I think are all boys.
Here are the girls , sorted lightest to darkest. Hope I can work with them all. I should be able to get some RIR chicks that I can put in with a secondary rooster to work on the improvement of color.
Some of my Rhodebar boys I hatched yesterday. The three are are also in the other pic. Just to show their shades. I want to keep two of them for breeding, the others will go to freezer camp or will be given away.Those seem to be the five nicest ones. But which are the two best , shouldi keep...