This may not be the answer you are looking for but I have hatched several breeds together and have a simple solution to keeping breeds apart. I count.
All the eggs are marked on top of the egg and side. BC for Buttercup, Por for Porcelain Wel - Welsummer etc ... I call it Count and Color.
Say Ive set 24 Wellies, 11 Porcelain, 10 - Sil Sebrites and 9 Buttercup... Once the eggs hatch I then count empty shells. 20 Wellie shells, 8 Porcelain, 7Sil Sebrites and 6 Buttercup etc.
Now this works fine if you have diff numbers hatch. so what do I do if there are 8 - Porcelain, 8 - Sil. Sebrites 8 - White Japanese? I do the color match. Feet, Feather and Beak. I can honeslty say that there have been only a very few times that I have had a problem telling which bird was which breed. Now that I have had years of hatching, I dont even have to do the color process.
Some years ago I bought, "Storey's Illustrated Guide to Poultry Breeds" on Amazon for about $10. It was in excellent condition and had wonderful information and pictures concerning each breeds attributes.
It gives a full descrition of the bird, Crevecoeur - "Beak - Black shading to horn at the tip ... eyes are reddish bay, shanks and toes are dark laden blue. Plumage is standard black."
I know this sounds crazy but when you have all these different types you can also see how many toes the chicks have ... 3, 4 or 5. Yes The Salmon Faverolle have 5 toes so that makes it simple since they are the only chicken I know of with five.
So when you add all the little hints and tricks together no extra work needs to be done to detect what hatched. I have found that chicks need some room in a hatcher; putting 2-3 or even 4 dividers in one crowds them.
Some hatcheries also have pictures of mature birds and chicks and don't forget www.feathersite.com and other sites for added pictures.
Thats how I do it and again it works for me.
I remain, an eggoholic
Gate
All the eggs are marked on top of the egg and side. BC for Buttercup, Por for Porcelain Wel - Welsummer etc ... I call it Count and Color.
Say Ive set 24 Wellies, 11 Porcelain, 10 - Sil Sebrites and 9 Buttercup... Once the eggs hatch I then count empty shells. 20 Wellie shells, 8 Porcelain, 7Sil Sebrites and 6 Buttercup etc.
Now this works fine if you have diff numbers hatch. so what do I do if there are 8 - Porcelain, 8 - Sil. Sebrites 8 - White Japanese? I do the color match. Feet, Feather and Beak. I can honeslty say that there have been only a very few times that I have had a problem telling which bird was which breed. Now that I have had years of hatching, I dont even have to do the color process.
Some years ago I bought, "Storey's Illustrated Guide to Poultry Breeds" on Amazon for about $10. It was in excellent condition and had wonderful information and pictures concerning each breeds attributes.
It gives a full descrition of the bird, Crevecoeur - "Beak - Black shading to horn at the tip ... eyes are reddish bay, shanks and toes are dark laden blue. Plumage is standard black."
I know this sounds crazy but when you have all these different types you can also see how many toes the chicks have ... 3, 4 or 5. Yes The Salmon Faverolle have 5 toes so that makes it simple since they are the only chicken I know of with five.
So when you add all the little hints and tricks together no extra work needs to be done to detect what hatched. I have found that chicks need some room in a hatcher; putting 2-3 or even 4 dividers in one crowds them.
Some hatcheries also have pictures of mature birds and chicks and don't forget www.feathersite.com and other sites for added pictures.
Thats how I do it and again it works for me.
I remain, an eggoholic
Gate
