That actually brings me to my next question....I am doing black to black (all pure non-split matings) this winter, but also want to continue my lav splits. I was thinking to distinguish the chicks I would have to incubators running with black eggs in one, and lav splits in the other. Since I would like to brood them all together, I was thinking of toe punching the splits straight out of the bator, that way even if they loose a band later on I will always be able to tell a split from my blacks. Will you be able to see a toe punch when feathers come in? Has anyone done this with their silkies?
I was thinking of coding like this (with the punches being on the inside toes with less feathering to cover them)
Lav/Split Pen 1 - \\ l / \\.l / - then later these would be banded in blue
Lav/Split Pen 2- \\ l./ \\ l / - later banded in pink
Black (non-split)- \\ l / \\ l / - later banded in red
Note- I do not have any possible splits, only pure blacks or deff splits. I am only breeding lav to split, or black to black
have 4 silkies 1 Splash 1 White and 2 Lav splits (one of the splits broke there wing yesterday though
. I my self love silkies and I just hatch 2 lavs from eggs I bought here on BYC
I will post pics later I really want ya'lls opinion.
