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gcorso33 said:
Just wanted to show off new pics of my porcelians, they are so cute 1 week old now!


Also I hatched 4 lav splits like this from catdance, all different markings. Will they turn out partridge but carry the lavender gene?



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Whether or not they are split to lav depends on how they were bred. Visually there is no way to tell whether they are or are not. If one parent was full lavender, they will be split. If parents were split, no way to tell without DNA analysis or if they produce lavender offspring when bred to a lavender.
 
ChicksNherps said:
Repost since I didn't get an answer- How much scratch grains should my girls get this cold season? I live in New england so it will be COLD and I only have the two that live outside. Yesterday I went out to find them looking like chick-sicles, with frost on their crests and backs I was like oh I hope that's not bad! They are fine and waiting for their morning food right now lol. But seriously they looked like jack frost's pets hehe.
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https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...related-to-chicken-breeds-genetics-or-showing see post number 9. I never feed scratch. However, showbirds do get some while at shows. I occasionally supplement with pigeon feed, wheat, oats, rice, sunflower seed and/or safflower seed.
 
gcorso33 said:
Just wanted to show off new pics of my porcelians, they are so cute 1 week old now!


Also I hatched 4 lav splits like this from catdance, all different markings. Will they turn out partridge but carry the lavender gene?



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thode are blue and splash bartridge if i remember correctly that what catdance has
 
For those who feed grower to their adult silkies (and oyster shell on the side) do they get enough calcium intake? Are the eggs pretty hard? The layer feed usually has less protein but more calcium, so my question is why not giving them layer feed with extra protein mixed to it (such as Manna, or game bird chow)?
 
Sonoran Silkies said:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...related-to-chicken-breeds-genetics-or-showing see post number 9. I never feed scratch. However, showbirds do get some while at shows. I occasionally supplement with pigeon feed, wheat, oats, rice, sunflower seed and/or safflower seed.
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So would just the grower food be okay to feed them over the winter? Also, I know you say you never feed scratch, but you live in Arizona, where I am up here we can get up to 4 ft of snow at a time and it sometimes gets to -20F when it's a really bad winter which it is supposed to be this year.
 
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ChicksNherps said:
So would just the grower food be okay to feed them over the winter? Also, I know you say you never feed scratch, but you live in Arizona, where I am up here we can get up to 4 ft of snow at a time and it sometimes gets to -20F when it's a really bad winter which it is supposed to be this year.
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i lve where get cold too i feed grower all year round
 
We are lucky it was only 40ish last night and 50ish today. If you can find wheat per bag you can add some wheat with your regular chicken food. They like it. Sometimes I will give them a little whole earth friendly wheat bread(that has hernels in it) for a snack and a quick pik me up.

OK I must have been reading the wrong page and I answered someones question but npw I don't see it. :rolleyes: :lol: So just ignore this :rolleyes:
 
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