Asking for Breeding Advice!

[CassieReeves]

I can draw up the two pens I meant in a couple hours too if that would help

Ohhhhh please do!!! I'd happily pay for this!!!

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Do you know what color yet your Easter egger lays?

 

[CassieReeves]

Do you know what color yet your Easter egger lays?

I don't know, she's in the 6 week old group. Her, 1 RIR, and the silver cuckoo Marans are 7 weeks. 3 RIR and 2 Dominikers are 9 weeks. The rest are laying now.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

The Welsummers and all three cuckoo marans can go in either pen and be useful.

I don't know, she's in the 6 week old group. Her, 1 RIR, and the silver cuckoo Marans are 7 weeks. 3 RIR and 2 Dominikers are 9 weeks. The rest are laying now.

Is the gold cuckoo laying true chocolate eggs, or just light brown?

 

[Chipmunk Chicks]

The Welsummers and all three cuckoo marans can go in either pen and be useful.

Is the gold cuckoo laying true chocolate eggs, or just light brown?View attachment 3489269View attachment 3489270

You're really one after my own heart! Lol I was thinking of doing the same thing just for funzies. But instead I'm making dinner and homeschooling my kid.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

If the Easter egger ends up laying blue, absolutely put her with the Mosaic. Otherwise you won't be able to tell her eggs apart from the Ameraucana eggs. If she has muffs, I'd honestly keep her with the Mosaic no matter what she lays, since you'll probably be able to tell her chicks apart at hatch due to most/all having cheek muffs.

The darker the chocolate the eggs are, the darker the olive eggs from those daughters should be. So the Welsummers and marans are up to you on if you want olive egg daughters or sexlinks. The marans should produce sexlinks with either group though, either with dark skinned daughters and light skinned sons (Mosaic), or with solid daughters and barred sons (Ameraucana).

 

[CassieReeves]

If the Easter egger ends up laying blue, absolutely put her with the Mosaic. Otherwise you won't be able to tell her eggs apart from the Ameraucana eggs. If she has muffs, I'd honestly keep her with the Mosaic no matter what she lays, since you'll probably be able to tell her chicks apart at hatch due to most/all having cheek muffs.

The darker the chocolate the eggs are, the darker the olive eggs from those daughters should be. So the Welsummers and marans are up to you on if you want olive egg daughters or sexlinks. The marans should produce sexlinks with either group though, either with dark skinned daughters and light skinned sons (Mosaic), or with solid daughters and barred sons (Ameraucana).

How cool!!!! I can't thank you enough for all of this guidance!!!

 

[CharlotteB12]

Cute chicken! But I'm like a very big newbie were getting our very first EVER chicks NEXT spring. So i'm not sure.

 

[CharlotteB12]

But can you guys search my username and check out my new post to help me? Thanks!

 

[JacinLarkwell]

But can you guys search my username and check out my new post to help me? Thanks!

What exactly are you looking for in terms of help? It just looks like a list of what you want to get