Best way to introduce buff color into a flock? (New chicken breed)

[Tonyroo]

Make sure you post a chick picture.

 

[nicalandia]

I was reading that article the other day. Good news is that we might have our answer today!

Depending on what is the type of hen. You might not find out that soon. RSY have a bunch of genes that would mask any S vs s+ chick down that would help identify

 

[Auntiejessi3]

 

[NatJ]

Silver based roosters can have Red Shoulders

Brian Reeder has found that some lines of RSY are Silver Based indeed(Also S/s+)

Red Shoulder Yokohama An Interesting Problem in Color Genetics
by
Brian Reeder

https://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGP/Phoen/ReederRedShGenetics.html

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Thank you for pointing that out.
I hadn't realized you could get that appearance in that way.
Interesting article!

 

[Enigmatic Gale]

The chick hatched this morning after about 22 hours from when it first broke the egg. We were so nervous that it wouldn't hatch!

As a reference point, here are the baby Yokohamas when we received them at the end of July.

 

[Enigmatic Gale]

And now, here's the chick! It's not fully dried after almost 10 hours of coming out the egg but we took advantage and took photos while we were transferring it to the brooder.

 

[nicalandia]

The chick hatched this morning after about 22 hours from when it first broke the egg. We were so nervous that it wouldn't hatch!

As a reference point, here are the baby Yokohamas when we received them at the end of July.

Those Yokohamas are gold based without a doubt

 

[Tonyroo]

Cute chicks, never gets old looking at them.

 

[Amer]

Buff Ameraucanas exist. That would certainly help establish egg color.

 

[Enigmatic Gale]

Buff Ameraucanas exist. That would certainly help establish egg color.

They do! But it'll introduce muffs and beards lol

We've actually gotten very lucky and found a breeder with longtails that lay blue eggs. We purchased a couple of eggs and they should be coming in on Tuesday.

Update on the chicks:

The first chick passed away a couple of days after posting it's picture but now we have 3 chicks from the Buff Rock and Yoko and 1 chick from the Phoenix and the Yoko. Several more chicks are going to hatch this week