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[karimw]

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They all are. I culled down to 6 hens in my breeding pen(3 "brown" and 3 "black") and I'm getting 5-6 every day.

 

[mrandmrschicken]

Kari... will the browns produce blue chicks?

 

[karimw]

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Well neither black nor brown hens produce blue

But if you mean will they look like this, I don't know.

According to Storey's Illustrated guide the hens are brown, or more specifically "silver grey".

Once I get my Valentines day hatch set I'm going to take out all the "black" hens and see what I get from just the silver grey ones.

 

[pbjmaker]

I really like that bottom one - it is geting closer to what they are supposed to look like.

 

[mrandmrschicken]

Will a brown hen produce a black chick? thats what I meant.

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Well neither black nor brown hens produce blue

But if you mean will they look like this, I don't know.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/53430_blackpullet.jpg
According to Storey's Illustrated guide the hens are brown, or more specifically "silver grey".
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/53430_birchen_pullet.jpg
Once I get my Valentines day hatch set I'm going to take out all the "black" hens and see what I get from just the silver grey ones.

 

[karimw]

I don't know.

 

[oldiabird]

If that is what they are supposed to look like, you'll want to save only the brown chicks and the cockerels will be way to light! I really only hatched two brown chicks out of about 50 and the cockerel was almost white (toooooo much lacing;whatever you want to call it) the pullet looks like Kari's second picture. My black chicks run the gamut, all the way from solid black to " birchen and laced" I'm not sure what they were supposed to look like, but in order to get what has been talked about, imho you would have to breed a male line and a female line!

Sorry for the ramble, Schroeder called me back , after getting two pullets from me and said that one of mine was a little lighter than his and the other was a little darker than his and mine were a little smaller, but mine were probably at least a month younger than his, but he is really happy with his and thinks that he has real close to what his idea of what they are supposed to look like , so??????????????????????????????????????????????

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[mrandmrschicken]

Schroeder called me back , after getting two pullets from me and said that one of mine was a little lighter than his and the other was a little darker than his and mine were a little smaller, but mine were probably at least a month younger than his, but he is really happy with his and thinks that he has real close to what his idea of what they are supposed to look like , so??????????????????????????????????????????????

LMAO!

 

[mrandmrschicken]

I think I understand now.

Sorry, Kari, but i did not read or my aged brain failed to recognize the answer in the first post with your response.

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When will you know??

"Are we there yet"?

I was only 8 votes off! Oh my. it must be the sunny day?

 

[karimw]

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Well, he needs to post pics and then we'll see!