April 2024 hatch-a-long

Still waiting for 4 more to hatch. But these 2 are out.
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All the chicks have yellow legs. I'm confused. Sussex have white legs, Dominiques have yellow legs.
:barnie

The eggs supposedly came from the Sussex, had blue streaks on their shells from marking the Sussex's vents. Two of the chicks have Sussex coloring, but they have Dominique legs.
:confused:

Do any of you know the name of the person here at BYC, who understands genetics?
 
Beautiful girl. We just picked up 10 speckled Sussex last weekend. Cannot wait to see them fully feathered.
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Mine at 2 months (Martha is second from right)

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And one year later. ⬆️
(Martha is in the middle, by the feeder)

The Speckled Sussex bantams are harder to breed to Standard, harder to find.
 
had a dozen eggs and 11 hatched! Four bantam cochins on 4/6 and 7 various bantams on 4/9. The staggered hatch was a success and I’m glad I was able to save the 4 bantams my broody abandoned! So excited for these fluffballs!
 

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