Progeny from heroic rooster

[sakerobot]

Two developments today:

1. Aristotle has officially started crowing. We know that he has never crown before, as his song is particularly distinguishable by being comprised of only one syllable.

2. In the evening, two more Arthlets migrated to the big coop:

This appears to be Alcibiades with a DE style pullet.

The next coop's over-engineered base is ready, at 12x8. Once we finish this we will lock the small coop to force migration.

The pullets from the first batch will be 16 weeks on Tuesday, opening the window for when they might start laying eggs.

We're trying to plan for adding some more pullets this summer, who would start in the small coop once the nights are >50F.

Later the small coop might be designated to broody hens.

 

[sakerobot]

If trying to determine the precise parentage of a bird, as in which BR mother is of which rooster, are there tests that can offer enough detail on each bird's DNA to be able to match that? There are kits that are for sexing and for determining presence of the dilute gene and such, but is there anything this specific available for chickens?

 

[NatJ]

If trying to determine the precise parentage of a bird, as in which BR mother is of which rooster, are there tests that can offer enough detail on each bird's DNA to be able to match that? There are kits that are for sexing and for determining presence of the dilute gene and such, but is there anything this specific available for chickens?

Not that I've heard of.

But if it does exist, I would also like to know!