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I wasn't sure which section to post this in but this seems a good as a place as any.
For the first time I incubated and hatched eggs from my own flock! I've had my incubator for a while now and have used it a handful of times but usually on eggs that came from other folks or on my guinea fowl.
My flock it s barn yard mix, a couple of RIRs, the rest being mutts of all colors and patters. My rooster was (he found a new home recently due to attitude problems) a Lavender Ameraucana. Part of the fun of barn yard mixes is seeing what you are going to get, well after my hatch I was surprised to say the least...every chick ended up being black!
So...what would cause that? I know the lavender color includes black in it but is black a dominant gene? Most have just a slight light patch on their chins but other then that it's all jet black.
It's going to be fun to see how they turn out, I'm also curious to see what I end up with as far a egg color goes. All my hens are brown egg layers.
K
For the first time I incubated and hatched eggs from my own flock! I've had my incubator for a while now and have used it a handful of times but usually on eggs that came from other folks or on my guinea fowl.
My flock it s barn yard mix, a couple of RIRs, the rest being mutts of all colors and patters. My rooster was (he found a new home recently due to attitude problems) a Lavender Ameraucana. Part of the fun of barn yard mixes is seeing what you are going to get, well after my hatch I was surprised to say the least...every chick ended up being black!
So...what would cause that? I know the lavender color includes black in it but is black a dominant gene? Most have just a slight light patch on their chins but other then that it's all jet black.
It's going to be fun to see how they turn out, I'm also curious to see what I end up with as far a egg color goes. All my hens are brown egg layers.
K
