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[cluckitall]

Here is a gang of some of my partridge silkie babies enjoying "recess" between the rain showers. This cracked me up 'cuz they ALL had to try to eat from the same clump of grass...such cuties!

What a pretty bunch of fluffies! Nice birds, blessedchick!

 

[baseballchick]

im not familiar enough with them to help with sexing, but they sure look good and healthy! congrats!

im not sure where portage county is, but I have some misslabled pullets im selling. I bought them as California gray leghorns, but I believe they are white leghorns.

Hi, and thank you! I am hoping to find done brown egg layers and you are around 4 hours from me too, boo

 

[mlaff]

Mlaff, what breeds in the pictures?

Okay, I see the ccls, but you've got something else in there too, I'm pretty darn sure. From a quick look at the pics yep, it does look like you got a bunch of boys -- one girl definitely (the clearly chipmunky one) and the fawn-ish colored one might turn out to be a girl, too. The silvery ones with the white spots on their heads should all be boys, but I've had one silvery chick surprise me and turn out to be a girl once. (Gave her to a friend -- one of the things I'm trying to breed for is very distinct m/f coloration at hatch). You've got a bunch of darker birds in there tho that don't look like cls to me (I'm hardly an expert, though) -- did you have a second breed mixed in?

Those are my little chocolate orps. One ended up being a black orp. With 2 more to go it looks like so far there is only the one girl.

 

[mlaff]

loveourbirds
Thanks! There is one more zipping right now. Which leaves one more ccl egg. Never thought this many would hatch. But now I have to figure out what to do with all of these boys. Really hoping the last 2 are girls.

 

[minihorse927]

loveourbirds
Thanks! There is one more zipping right now. Which leaves one more ccl egg. Never thought this many would hatch. But now I have to figure out what to do with all of these boys. Really hoping the last 2 are girls.

boys taste yummy...

 

[mlaff]

boys taste yummy...

True true....but they are soooo pretty it would definatley be hard. But I guess then again the feathers would make some pretty hair clips for the girls.if anyone needs a boy let me know. Definatley have lots of extras.

 

[loveourbirds]

Those are my little chocolate orps. One ended up being a black orp. With 2 more to go it looks like so far there is only the one girl.

if you have a chocolate rooster that's all you need.

chocolate rooster over black hens = 1/2 chocolate and 1/2 black in the hatchlings.

 

[loveourbirds]

I cant remember if you said you had bantams or large fowl... how much for a chocolate cockerel?

 

[OHfarmerswife]

im not real familiar with araucana breeding. but to put in some diversity, I would breed to a similar colored ee, then breed the daughters back to the rooster. I may also try crossing in something with a silver duckwing pattern that is close to the same size and weight.

I a looking to do pure breds not mutts

 

[mlaff]

I cant remember if you said you had bantams or large fowl... how much for a chocolate cockerel?

Sorry, but the chocolate cockerels is what I need for my project to make chocolate silkies. The cream leghorns is what I have an abundance on now. All but 3 (not sure of two because they are a gray and brown color) seem to be cockerels. I have one more zipping and one that hasn't done anything yet but hatch day isn't officially until tomorrow. If you'd like one of those $5. I'm gonna let the insures grow out before I try and sell them.