differences in eggs

[skyehunter85]

I was looking at it, but it was rather confusing.. I will play with it some and see what I can come.up with.. we did plan to separate them all out this year but it just didn't happen in time for breeding season. So I guess I will have some interesting babies!

 

[skyehunter85]

This is an example of the color differences I'm getting

 

[ChickenChaser43]

This is an example of the color differences I'm getting

I would be willing to bet that only one of your tom's did the breeding. Slight chance that possibly a second tom may have got a chance to breed. In a flock your size, there is usually a dominant tom that does all the breeding.

 

[skyehunter85]

I have a heritage bronze Tom's that is 2 years old, 2 bourbon Tom's that are about yr or a bit more and a royal palm Tom that is about 2, I have 4 heritage bronze hens, 3 Narragansett hens, 2 bourbon hens and 1 royal palm hen. My bronze Tom is definitely the boss, but I have seen other Tom's breed so I know he isn't the only one. They have quite a bit of space so they can get away from each other. Next season we will have things separated out by breeds for sure.

 

[ChickenChaser43]

I was looking at it, but it was rather confusing.. I will play with it some and see what I can come.up with.. we did plan to separate them all out this year but it just didn't happen in time for breeding season. So I guess I will have some interesting babies!

On Porter's site under the "more" tab is a phenotype and genotype tab. You can use that to help with the color calculator. For instance here is a Royal Palm tom that I copied from that page: b'b' cgcg nn If you plug that into the calculator it will change to Royal Palm.