My very first try at incubating

[Lins_BE]

Da any of you have any idea on what chicks will be what color? They're supposed to be silver pencilled, lemon pencilled and gold pencilled...

 

[oregonkat]

Da any of you have any idea on what chicks will be what color? They're supposed to be silver pencilled, lemon pencilled and gold pencilled...

Seeing as how you forced me to have more chickens, I looked up the pictures of these beauties full grown. I expect that the coloring of the chicks will become the final colors of the grown hens/roosters. The black and white seem to be the same, and then there are the lighter colors, maybe the lemon, and the gold being the beautiful bronzy color. The pencilling with black on the breast through the back and onto the tail but the solid color on the head, neck and part of the breast. Gorgeous chickens, nice choice!

 

[oregonkat]

Sorry, so the black and white I suppose will become the 'silver'.

 

[Lins_BE]

I think it's difficult since some af the black and white seem to have a brown spot on their head and others do not...

 

[aart]

Wonders if there is a Campine thread?

 

[oregonkat]

I think it's difficult since some af the black and white seem to have a brown spot on their head and others do not...

According to Wiki, as they are 'barred' these may be auto sexing in which case the ones with the brown spot on the head may be roosters. Also according to Wiki, there are only two colors, silver and gold, so the lemon may be a dilution somewhere along the way. One of the rarest breeds though.

 

[Lins_BE]

Yes, the lemon sometimes pops up when you cross the silver and gold. I have both gold and silver hens and roosters and they all free rane together, so it’s letting nature take its course. I would love to create some chamois campines too as soon as i get the rest of the traits right. But that will still take a while...

 

[oregonkat]

I did not realize that these were from your own eggs. So never mind my post, you know this stuff already. Good luck with your chamois color project, they sound beautiful.

 

[Lins_BE]

We moved the peeps outside with the heat plate, one week old...

 

[oregonkat]

They are beautiful. I love your set up. Lucky, lucky birds.