Well, in the true Serama fashion, my first chick out of Truffles by Blu-T is a yellow chick and is feathering out white
Go figure, ahh, never mind.....figuring this out would just be crazy....I love it. Could be from the rooster she was with when I got her, still don't know who daddy is since the color isn't telling me a thing, lol
I am assuming then, that there is recessive white somewhere, Truffles, Blu or the other rooster....or all of them. Still, if it's a cockerel, there is a split chocolate there.....you just won't see it,
The chick is just now feathering at the wing tips. I guess I should wait to see exactly what will happen next....stay tuned.
Next chicks to hatch out of Truffles and Blu-T are due the 14th and 15th and are under broody hens who are setting tight. Can't wait to see what else pops up. Blu-T and Cici are together again and are out in their summer pen outside. The night temps are not going below 50 but I'll be checking on them to be sure they don't look stressed. They're a tough lil couple so they should be fine. I thought Truffles might like some quiet time without Blu begging for attention. I haven't set an outside pen up for T-Roo and Dovey yet but they're next. I have to pick up the wire to repair the pen Friday when our feed store said they would have it back in stock. It's not really a repair but I'm rebuilding the floor of a couple of nice cages I have for them for outside. The pens are about 3 by 5 feet and will have a tin roof and half inch by half inch wire on the bottom. The sides are still chicken wire but that will be easy to replace later this summer with some better, welded wire. There are 3 doors on the front, very handy, since they were originally 3 separate pens that I took dividers out of. They should be large enough for trio's and I'm adding 3 foot legs on them out of treated 4x4's or landscaping timbers. I think I have something here that would work. I'll post some before and after photo's. These were not animal cages to start with. They actually came out of a locker plant where customers could have lockers to store frozen meat in the main walk in freezer and they had locks on each one. They had been in this old locker plant over 50 yrs and still in great condition. When I can re-wire the whole outside, I'll repaint the wood parts. They're all black right now.
We're looking for a good sized, well insulated portable building this summer but if we don't find what we want or I can't afford what I want, it still works fine for them to live in the garage for winter and these cages will be easy to move inside. I plan to set them up for lights as needed for early spring and fall. One of them is going to make a great chick cage outside but I'll have to re-wire that one totally before I can use it.
Go figure, ahh, never mind.....figuring this out would just be crazy....I love it. Could be from the rooster she was with when I got her, still don't know who daddy is since the color isn't telling me a thing, lol
I am assuming then, that there is recessive white somewhere, Truffles, Blu or the other rooster....or all of them. Still, if it's a cockerel, there is a split chocolate there.....you just won't see it,
The chick is just now feathering at the wing tips. I guess I should wait to see exactly what will happen next....stay tuned.
Next chicks to hatch out of Truffles and Blu-T are due the 14th and 15th and are under broody hens who are setting tight. Can't wait to see what else pops up. Blu-T and Cici are together again and are out in their summer pen outside. The night temps are not going below 50 but I'll be checking on them to be sure they don't look stressed. They're a tough lil couple so they should be fine. I thought Truffles might like some quiet time without Blu begging for attention. I haven't set an outside pen up for T-Roo and Dovey yet but they're next. I have to pick up the wire to repair the pen Friday when our feed store said they would have it back in stock. It's not really a repair but I'm rebuilding the floor of a couple of nice cages I have for them for outside. The pens are about 3 by 5 feet and will have a tin roof and half inch by half inch wire on the bottom. The sides are still chicken wire but that will be easy to replace later this summer with some better, welded wire. There are 3 doors on the front, very handy, since they were originally 3 separate pens that I took dividers out of. They should be large enough for trio's and I'm adding 3 foot legs on them out of treated 4x4's or landscaping timbers. I think I have something here that would work. I'll post some before and after photo's. These were not animal cages to start with. They actually came out of a locker plant where customers could have lockers to store frozen meat in the main walk in freezer and they had locks on each one. They had been in this old locker plant over 50 yrs and still in great condition. When I can re-wire the whole outside, I'll repaint the wood parts. They're all black right now.
We're looking for a good sized, well insulated portable building this summer but if we don't find what we want or I can't afford what I want, it still works fine for them to live in the garage for winter and these cages will be easy to move inside. I plan to set them up for lights as needed for early spring and fall. One of them is going to make a great chick cage outside but I'll have to re-wire that one totally before I can use it.
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Nothing like a bunch of chicks to cheer anyone up.
