The Moonshiner's Leghorns

[Sapphire Sebright]

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Takest thine time, Moony.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Had to make a feed run.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Had to make a feed run.
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Is that the last load or are you going back to get more?

 

[The Moonshiner]

I set 58 eggs. Not expecting a great hatch, Idk.
A lot were pullet eggs from exchequer and lavender silver duckwing/lavender gold duckwing pens.
A couple barred lavender gold duckwing, blue silver duckwing project, barred exchequer project and maybe one or two others. I don't remember.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

I set 58 eggs. Not expecting a great hatch, Idk.
A lot were pullet eggs from exchequer and lavender silver duckwing/lavender gold duckwing pens.
A couple barred lavender gold duckwing, blue silver duckwing project, barred exchequer project and maybe one or two others. I don't remember.

So a potluck of surprises!

I forget, do you label the eggshells when you set them?

 

[The Moonshiner]

Ya I use 2 letter codes so I can keep track. I write the code and hatch date on the air sack end so when they hatch it stays intact.
I keep eggs separated by projects in the hatcher. Some I put together if there's no way to get them mixed up.
A lot goes into keeping track of who's who. Keep adults separate. Mark eggs before leaving pen or removing. Keeping them separate in hatcher and making sure all chicks match shells once hatched.
Then immediately toe punching chicks.

 

[ColtHandorf]

barred exchequer

That sounds interesting, but messy pattern-wise. Do you have any pictures or illustrations of what they would look like when the pattern is established?

I don't remember.

Write everything down...lol I need to get a daily planner just for the chickens.

I keep eggs separated by projects in the hatcher.

How do you separate them? I'm going to have to start doing that real soon with all the mess my breeding pens are right now.

 

[WallacetheKhakiCampbell]

This is incredible!!! I had no idea there were so many amazing color variations!

 

[The Moonshiner]

That sounds interesting, but messy pattern-wise. Do you have any pictures or illustrations of what they would look like when the pattern is established?

Write everything down...lol I need to get a daily planner just for the chickens.

How do you separate them? I'm going to have to start doing that real soon with all the mess my breeding pens are right now.

What do you mean by a messy pattern wise?

 

[ColtHandorf]

What do you mean by a messy pattern wise?

Exquecher is black with white feathers, right? So the Barred Exquecher will be barred with random white feathers?