August Mystery Egg Swap . . . . . Sign Ups Open!!!!

[Jenlyn9483]

im in!

 

[OtterCreekRanch]

Ok, my question is..I have pure birds (Old English) and my pen that is laying is mixed colors...but they will produce pure colors. Are they to be considered mixed or pure?

Example: I have a black rooster over a chocolate, blue and black hen. The black x black will obviously produce black, but the blue and chocolate could each produce either blue/chocolate or black. That is still considered pure right? Since those are still "recognized" colors. Or would you be considering them mixed?

 

[pbjmaker]

I will have to acquire pure eggs elsewhere - but I'm in 1 X.

 

[Stellar]

Why not

I will give it a try.

 

[CapricornFarm]

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I think mixed colors of any breed are considered mixed on this swap. Anyone?

 

[Stellar]

Mixed colors are mixed. Renagade mentioned it in the first post

 

[PollyC]

I'd like to try this, first time for everything

 

[CapricornFarm]

Welcome to byc!

join the fun!

 

[OtterCreekRanch]

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I did not know if they meant mixed colors as in....Colombian and Millie Fleur makes a mixed color chick that is not a standard color recognized by the APA, or if they were saying that if your set of 6 eggs contained 2 blacks, 2 blues and 2 chocolates they would be considered a mixed breed.

I guess I will pass as all of my eggs would be out of purebred chickens in standard colors, but by the rules of this swap they would be considered mixed I guess since I cannot guarentee if the eggs will be black or chocolate and blue. Not that it really makes any sense to me as even if they were blue x blue, the chicks would still come out black, blue and splash, but anyway I do not have any interest in mixed breed eggs. Good luck everyone.

 

[pbjmaker]

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I did not know if they meant mixed colors as in....Colombian and Millie Fleur makes a mixed color chick that is not a standard color recognized by the APA, or if they were saying that if your set of 6 eggs contained 2 blacks, 2 blues and 2 chocolates they would be considered a mixed breed.

I guess I will pass as all of my eggs would be out of purebred chickens in standard colors, but by the rules of this swap they would be considered mixed I guess since I cannot guarentee if the eggs will be black or chocolate and blue. Not that it really makes any sense to me as even if they were blue x blue, the chicks would still come out black, blue and splash, but anyway I do not have any interest in mixed breed eggs. Good luck everyone.

So what you are saying is that your birds are penned in such a way as they would still produce APA recognized chicks?