Creating a new breed

[FowlWitch]

Farm Innovators model 4250 is the one I use. It is fantastic. $120, and 41 egg capacity. Perfect humidity control, auto turner, great viewing window and temp isn't hard to stabilize.

I use this one too and absolutely love it. The MagicFly incubator I bought on Amazon was a waste of $60

 

[Cyprus]

I actually have this cross right now. They're pretty cute so far! I thought I would get Olive eggs, so I find it interesting that they'll lay blue for me. would I get the egg production of the EEs with silked feathers if I bred sibling to sibling? They're all half-siblings, so that may help reduce issues associated with inbreeding?

How would you get Olive Eggers from a Silkie x Easter Egger?? That's not possible.

 

[Cyprus]

I use this one too and absolutely love it. The MagicFly incubator I bought on Amazon was a waste of $60

The FI 4250 is a great investment. Mine is still doing fantastic, now on it's 3rd back to back incubation.

 

[FowlWitch]

How would you get Olive Eggers from a Silkie x Easter Egger?? That's not possible.

I was under the impression silkies laid brown eggs for some reason

 

[Cyprus]

I was under the impression silkies laid brown eggs for some reason

No. They lay white eggs.
And even if they did, they'd have to lay terracotta colored eggs to create olive eggers.

 

[MelissaRose]

No. They lay white eggs.
And even if they did, they'd have to lay terracotta colored eggs to create olive eggers.

I have one silkie that lays tanish eggs.

 

[Cyprus]

I have one silkie that lays tanish eggs.

We call those cream/tinted. In bantams, there's been a lot of outbreeding so oftentimes breeds that should lay white don't. D'Uccles for instance. My own lay white, eggs I bought were brown.

 

[nicalandia]

I actually have this cross right now. They're pretty cute so far! I thought I would get Olive eggs, so I find it interesting that they'll lay blue for me.

Silkies are known for laying White or very light tinted eggs, so no chance of getting Olive eggers with Silkie/EE cross. For Olive you really need dark eggers.

Would I get the egg production of the EEs with silked feathers if I bred sibling to sibling?

you will get all ranges of production, from bad egg layers like pure silkies to EE like production and everything in between.

 

[HuffleClaw]

I use this one too and absolutely love it. The MagicFly incubator I bought on Amazon was a waste of $60

I actually love my MagicFly... But I got mine on eBay.

 

[HuffleClaw]

eggs I bought were brown.

Did you mean cream/tinted?