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That is possible, but a blue birchen is only different from a lemon blue in the blue birchen has a silver hackle, and the lemon blue has a red hackle. Are blue birchen a recognized color in the danvers? Blue Birchen is also called silver blue.
why can't everything be called the same...
okay, i have a question... actually a head scratcher to me...
i have a trio of mille fleurs... i know that the rooster and one of the hens is split to self blue because they give me a porcelain every once in a while... but this last hatch, i hatched a decent porcelain and what appears to be a...
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i cull early... at about a week or less, i compare backs and only keep the ones with the shortest backs... i also look at tail angle, but i let them mature just to make sure... they just don't get a pull tie yet... then usually at 4-5 weeks, i know what bird is a hold back, and which...
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In oegb at least, what people are calling chocolate is actually dun. There is a chocolate gene, but as far as I know, it is only seen in orpingtons and seramas at this point. Dun is an incomplete dominant, as is blue. Self blue breeds totally different. Carl, correct me if Im wrong, but...
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opal OEGB's.......................................................... need their own thread...
srsly...
i still don't understand how opal works... what's their genetic make up, or how does it work compared to say, dun, choc, blue, self blue and what...
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i'll trade you a pair for a pair of chocolates...
edit: once they hatch of course... LOL... i'm working with chocolates... i should have some gorgeous specimens next season...
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i would get another hen that is a complete different color... that way when the chicks hatch, you know what is what... get him like a white hen or something... or something with feathered feet..?
edit: it will be easier that way than just getting another accepted color... or you can...
here are some pics of my friend's (bgjoe) hatch...
fawn silver duckwings...
i have two porcelain chicks in my brooder, i'll take pics tonight when i clean them up and feed them and post them up, if not tonight tomorrow...
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bantiesrule, you can sex oegb chicks with chipmunk pattern by looking at the black line on the eyes....a solid blk line run all the way is a female a fade or no line is a male. I got them all correct on 4 of my hatches....an old cocker thought me that when I bought his birds.
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Gumbii in Los Angeles raises a lot of different colors. He's online here. My two pairs of BB Reds are finally mature enough to get fertile eggs from. I haven't really decided if I want to really take the plunge with the whole breeding thing, but if you are interested in some eggs, PM...
um... the chick in between the two black ones is a mille fleur... old pic...
the one on the far right, yellow/grey one is a porcelain OEGB... RIP...
here he is a bit older... you can see the motling...
here's a mille fleur that is older... i think three weeks... darker bodies and...