Hi, all!
I have a question. I have had three batches of chicks from MM in the past three weeks (long, sad story). Each batch was supposed to have 3 EE's. None survived from the first batch and one survived from the second batch. I know Chickpea is an EE because she has the muff (she's going to be all white and just gorgeous!).
In the third batch, all the chicks survived so there should be 3 in there. I can only identify one by the muff. It is a chipmunk. I have so many other breeds in there that have chipmunk striping that I can't pick out any other EE's by coloration and I don't see muffs on anyone else. They'll be a week old tomorrow so I'm thinking it's too young for their legs to start greening up.
Can I have muffless EE's? Or ones where the muffs develop later? I can't identify about 2/3rds of this batch yet because their chipmunk striping all looks similar.
Thanks for your help!
I have a question. I have had three batches of chicks from MM in the past three weeks (long, sad story). Each batch was supposed to have 3 EE's. None survived from the first batch and one survived from the second batch. I know Chickpea is an EE because she has the muff (she's going to be all white and just gorgeous!).
In the third batch, all the chicks survived so there should be 3 in there. I can only identify one by the muff. It is a chipmunk. I have so many other breeds in there that have chipmunk striping that I can't pick out any other EE's by coloration and I don't see muffs on anyone else. They'll be a week old tomorrow so I'm thinking it's too young for their legs to start greening up.
Can I have muffless EE's? Or ones where the muffs develop later? I can't identify about 2/3rds of this batch yet because their chipmunk striping all looks similar.
Thanks for your help!