In addition to what you said here, the breeder with these whites DOES have issue with fertility if they are not clipped around the vent. My birds have 95-100% fertile eggs so far. I've had quitters and shrink wrapped chicks, granted - but all were fertile.
I've been wondering if my splash silkie rooster has a problem with "connecting" as you put it. He stands very erect with his head and tail feathers almost touching. This is the "type" which the breeder is shooting for, but his back appears to be short......therefore it doesn't seem possible for his vent to reach the hen's vent. I see him mating Mysty Blue and her eggs seem to have the white target showing fertility, but I haven't done a test hatch with Leo Pierre as the daddy. I might have to spy on them some more!
Quote: I have plenty that are similar in type to your blue. And sometimes judges prefer them
do you think it is ok to put layer pellets in there? I know I asked this bc my hubby put in the wrong ones, but he ended up going out there and scooping it all out bc he thought I was blazing mad LOL. I need to put food in there in the mroning, they're out. do you think it'll help? and the roosters will be ok long term?
Sonoran, when I first posted on this thread a couple of months ago, I asked what type y and type s where. I figured it out. Type s is types, plural form of type. And type y is typey, descriptive version of type. Doh!I have plenty that are similar in type to your blue. And sometimes judges prefer them
i love it!!
So what do you guys think? Boy or girl?
What a little bug you have there. I would say, let those feathers grow, still just a growing baby. It can take MONTHS to find out if a bird truly has split wing, up to 8 months.Is this considered split wing? Or is this just feathers growing in? Should I be "culling" these from my program?
