Thank you! A friend of mine gave me 2 hens because they were always broody, and she just wanted eggs. So I had to find some mates for it, got some eggs, and ended up with a few blacks, blue barred, mauves, and chocolates... all carrying chocolate genes, and started hatching away! I've since trimmed down to just mauve and chocolate. The genetics is so confusing when blues and blacks get mixed in. Researching color combinations was what brought me to this thread! lol
But the chocolate is so deep and rich, and they are the sweetest birds. Even the male is a dorky sweetheart.
3 of my hens hatched chicks earlier this year, within 4 weeks of each other, and raised them all together in the same pen. They have been such fun to watch. Now the first hen is sitting on 8 more eggs!
