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[Pennys Mama]

@Cedar Creek Farm Lady.....you look to have at least 1 pharaoh (possible jumbo) several red range (scarlet and scarlet tux) 2 tibetan or tibetan tux, a couple pansy or sparkly, a couple rosetta/rosetta tux, a couple roux pharaoh (egyptian) and the yellows could be white, silver, italian or possible german pastel (won’t know for sure until they feather out)......it’s a great assortment!! if any of the roux pharaoh end up male, it can be bred to pharaoh hens to create sex-link chicks.

It is so confusing to me when I see a bird with one very distinct coloring pattern, then another bird with the same pattern but a shade lighter, and then another & another still lighter. Are these all the same variety or is it a different variety if the shade/contrast changes?

 

[muddy75]

@Cedar Creek Farm Lady.....you look to have at least 1 pharaoh (possible jumbo) several red range (scarlet and scarlet tux) 2 tibetan or tibetan tux, a couple pansy or sparkly, a couple rosetta/rosetta tux, a couple roux pharaoh (egyptian) and the yellows could be white, silver, italian or possible german pastel (won’t know for sure until they feather out)......it’s a great assortment!! if any of the roux pharaoh end up male, it can be bred to pharaoh hens to create sex-link chicks.

but what that also translates to is about 1/3 feather-sexable and 2/3 not.......so would be a good idea to start researching vent sexing. you can start comparing vent anatomy of the knowns vs unknowns at 3-4 weeks to get practice and an idea of how many but can’t definitively vent sex until 6-8 weeks.

 

[muddy75]

It is so confusing to me when I see a bird with one very distinct coloring pattern, then another bird with the same pattern but a shade lighter, and then another & another still lighter. Are these all the same variety or is it a different variety if the shade/contrast changes?

the term “red range” is kinda a catch-all term for the different shade of red. the german pastels and silvers are “collections” that have a wide variety of colors as well. the tibetan are basically the black chicks....the amount of yellow they have as chicks typically shows how much white feathering they will have as adults. the “wild-type” stripe patterns are typical of feather-sexable colors. myshire currently offers 23 different colors and sometimes others that have not been officially released yet may appear in some “assortment” orders. did you have a celadon (blue) egg hatch in yours?

 

[Claire A]

Welcome @Claire A . Nice incubators! What make/breed are they?

Hi Maiahr - they are lavender Pekin bantams not much bigger than my Golden Giants, brilliant, gentle, broody hens and fantastic incubators

 

[Pennys Mama]

but what that also translates to is about 1/3 feather-sexable and 2/3 not.......so would be a good idea to start researching vent sexing. you can start comparing vent anatomy of the knowns vs unknowns at 3-4 weeks to get practice and an idea of how many but can’t definitively vent sex until 6-8 weeks.

I've been looking into it & plan on giving it a try when they get older, does the same technique for vent sexing work for Bobs I wonder?

the term “red range” is kinda a catch-all term for the different shade of red. the german pastels and silvers are “collections” that have a wide variety of colors as well. the tibetan are basically the black chicks....the amount of yellow they have as chicks typically shows how much white feathering they will have as adults. the “wild-type” stripe patterns are typical of feather-sexable colors. myshire currently offers 23 different colors and sometimes others that have not been officially released yet may appear in some “assortment” orders. did you have a celadon (blue) egg hatch in yours?

I did have 1 light blue egg that successfully hatched.

Hi Maiahr - they are lavender Pekin bantams not much bigger than my Golden Giants, brilliant, gentle, broody hens and fantastic incubators

I'm gonna have to get me some of those! They're gorgeous ladies!

 

[ShrekDawg]

I've been looking into it & plan on giving it a try when they get older, does the same technique for vent sexing work for Bobs I wonder?



I did have 1 light blue egg that successfully hatched.



I'm gonna have to get me some of those! They're gorgeous ladies!

I think they call them Cochins here in the US. Might help your search haha

 

[muddy75]

I've been looking into it & plan on giving it a try when they get older, does the same technique for vent sexing work for Bobs I wonder?



I did have 1 light blue egg that successfully hatched.



I'm gonna have to get me some of those! They're gorgeous ladies!

i believe that bobs can be sexed by the feathers on their head?? I personally have zero experience with bobs, but @007Sean and others may be better able to answer that question. The “blue egg” chick will be a carrier of celadon gene and if female may or may not lay celadon eggs. I have hatched a few but do not know which chicks were from those eggs as they can basically be any color and get “lost” in large hatches.

 

[Pennys Mama]

I think they call them Cochins here in the US. Might help your search haha

I've got several cochin & feather legged bantams now but not any lavender ones. I "need" a cochin bantam rooster.

 

[Claire A]

I think they call them Cochins here in the US. Might help your search haha

Just looked this up - so confusing lol. Says a Pekin is not a cochin - then says they are in the US - quote

"pekin Chicken Characteristics & Breed Information


Pekin chicken is a bantam breed which originated from Peking (now known as Beijing) in China. They are smaller in size and are true bantams. They have no large counterpart. Pekin chicken has been mistaken for a bantam Cochin due to some similarities and origins. But they had not relationship to the large Cochin chicken breed and looked quite different. Even, they come from a different place (Peking in China). So they were renamed as ‘Pekin Bantams’, after much debate over many years.

Cochin Bantams and Pekin Bantams are similar in appearance but the breed standards of this two breed are slightly different. Peking chicken are short and often only 20-30 centimeters tall. They were first imported from China to the UK around 1830-1840 and were presented to Queen Victoria."

 

[007Sean]

i believe that bobs can be sexed by the feathers on their head?? I personally have zero experience with bobs, but @007Sean and others may be better able to answer that question. The “blue egg” chick will be a carrier of celadon gene and if female may or may not lay celadon eggs. I have hatched a few but do not know which chicks were from those eggs as they can basically be any color and get “lost” in large hatches.

Bobwhites are sexed by feather color. Males will have black/dark brown and white heads with a black eye stripe. Females will have a buff colored head. Buff colored eye stripe. Body feathers are the same for both sexes.