Halloween/Thanksgiving Hatch-a-Long 2019

[muddy75]

Shoulda kept the wonder twins!!

i wanted to keep them and the 3 silkies but had to send them to my friends house during the city’s BS inspection and didn’t think it would be fair to them to shuffle them around again after they were settled. I can go visit them and i get to see pics so it’s all good!

 

[ShrekDawg]

i wanted to keep them and the 3 silkies but had to send them to my friends house during the city’s BS inspection and didn’t think it would be fair to them to shuffle them around again after they were settled. I can go visit them and i get to see pics so it’s all good!

Aww that stinks!! That makes sense though!! And that’s good.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Thanks!!!
According to my research and genetics which I know very little of.... I'm imagining a hen that would be very lightly buff colored and whitish towards the end..... Not sure what color the eggs will be , if the father is a brown egg layer... Maybe some of these byc experts can help me out???. .... Anywho I would like to join the Thanksgiving hatch along seeing that my rabbit is also do on Thanksgiving but I might be a few days late waiting for the eggs to get fertile lol

These articles may help!

https://104homestead.com/anatomy-egg-color/

https://104homestead.com/science-creating-egg-color/

And you won’t be late! The set date allows for a couple days before and after.

 

[chkncrazy]

These articles may help!

https://104homestead.com/anatomy-egg-color/

https://104homestead.com/science-creating-egg-color/

And you won’t be late! The set date allows for a couple days before and after.

Holy bejesus that website has more information of egg color then laugh blood work! Although very very interesting still wondering if anyone has a buff orpington Leghorn cross so curious on what the outcome would be

 

[ShrekDawg]

Holy bejesus that website has more information of egg color then laugh blood work! Although very very interesting still wondering if anyone has a buff orpington Leghorn cross so curious on what the outcome would be

Yeah, sorry, might have been a little too much information.

Did you see the chart/picture in the second link though?

It said a brown layer and a white layer should result in a very light brown egg color. So that would probably be what eggs from this cross would look like since Orpingtons are brown egg layers. Although of course it would depend on exactly what shade the parents lay. They should be very good layers though being crossed with Leghorn.

 

[chkncrazy]

Yeah, sorry, might have been a little too much information.

Did you see the chart/picture in the second link though?

Absolutely the chart was so helpful I was curious about the eggs........ my second curiosity now is what will the chickens look like color-wise like are they going to be an Amber kind of color the only things I'm apprehensive about is 1. Hatching in the winter if I am so lucky to actually have a hatch rate and number two getting too many roos ..........
It said a brown layer and a white layer should result in a very light brown egg color. So that would probably be what eggs from this cross would look like since Orpingtons are brown egg layers. Although of course it would depend on exactly what shade the parents lay. They should be very good layers though being crossed with Leghorn.

 

[janiedoe]

Holy bejesus that website has more information of egg color then laugh blood work! Although very very interesting still wondering if anyone has a buff orpington Leghorn cross so curious on what the outcome would be

There is an old thread on BYC with a photo;
Does anyone have experience with a W.Leghorn/B.Orpington cross?

 

[ShrekDawg]

@chkncrazy ahh okay. Sorry, I misunderstood, didn’t realize you were talking about feather color now and not eggs haha

That I’m not sure on but I imagine they’d maybe be a lighter buff color or maybe white with buff leakage on the neck? Not really sure. I guess it would depend on what color was dominant.

And those are definitely valid concerns! Do you have a space to brood them/keep them warm for the winter?

They should be fine as long as you have a dry, wind and draft free space for them but of course it also depends on if you want to take care of them during the winter haha

The rooster thing is valid too. There will definitely be a lot of roosters. Could be half or more or you could get lucky and get mostly hens.

You can either grow the extra cockerels out and eat them when they are big enough or you could sell them if you have a market for it in your area.

You may need to give them away. There are often a lot of roosters people are trying to get rid of and being a mutt may make it harder.

Although you could always market them so to speak since the leghorn mix should make great layers and people might want that to make more good layers or at least want them to eat.

Although that said they may not have very much meat on them being a leghorn mix but the Orpington might counter that depending on how big your rooster is.

 

[MROO]

Mine's a large guinea pig cage with a deep (5") tray. My little Brinsea brooder plate fits inside it perfectly, taking up about a third of the floor, but providing perch space as the chicks get taller. It works out pretty well for a half dozen or so of my tiny bantams, but my Kindergarten Dropouts (JG & NHR) outgrew it almost overnight!

Finally got the brooder set up properly. Our furnace went on the blink, last night, so temps were really screwy - even with a brooder plate. Since the sides are pretty open, it was hard to get the temps and drafts stable, so the poor little guys/gals were complaining constantly about the cold. I finally wrapped the whole thing in a blanket, which stabilized the temps so they could wander around a bit, but then they started complaining again. As soon as I adjusted the cover to let in some light, they settled right back to sleep. Imagine that ... Halloween babies being afraid of the dark!
At least I finally got a decent picture of them ...
Meet Spooky and Boo. Papa is Herman, a fugly blue splash Silkie. Mama is Siri, a gorgeous Black Jersey Giant pullet. She started out as Sirius Black, but it's shortened to just Siri now ... 'cause whenever you speak to her, she always talks back!

 

[ShrekDawg]

Awww so cute