Telling blue from lavender and olandsk dwarf chickens

[ChicksnMore]

It's best if you separate them 3-4 weeks before you start collecting eggs for hatching (because hens can store sperm from mating with the other roosters.)

But that's still a relatively short time, compared with all year long

Will do!

It'll be much more pleasurable.

I found someone to swap some eggs with so I'll be able to add new blood. I can keep the new birds separate for a year and compare them to these and decide if they're keepers.