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busy times. still 3 coops of chickens. but also a whippet pup so we currently are not breeding or something like that.

I fear the weighing is not the best way. I'm getting close to the 18th day and the airchambers seem too small. I lowered the humidity and hope to increase the chamber again.

Hi I have european silkies, usa silkies ans cream legbar. For all 3 I have eggs in the incubator. I notice the weight loss of the silkies is quite more than the cream legbar eggs (eggs weighed separately with precision scale but I also try by weighing the complete tray) so I can predict the...

My USA Silkies are now about 3 to 4 months old and starting to look really nice. I currently have these hens: 2*blue, 2* splash, 1* black and these roosters: 2 * blue,1* blue showgirl, 1*black, 1*splash (not sure if the showgirl is a rooster but looking ai its size compared to the other birds...

that's what I was afraid of... 20 eggs to get buff and 2 partridges... anyway what happens if I combine them with pure buff? will half of the chicks be buff and half partridge. will they all be a mix?

Hi I ordered and hatched some eggs of the USA Silkie buff colour. I already have a flock of buff european silkie but I would like to switch to USA type. I didn't have a lot of luck. Only 3 were fertilized and 1 chick tried to get out but at the wrong side of the egg. The one that didn't make it...

I am buying some usa silkies end of this week. they are about 5 weeks. I know it's probably hardly visible at this age so my only chance to get more hens thans roosters is to choose the shy ones who don't stand up to straight I guess? :fl🤔

I want to switch from my eu silkie to the usa silkie. I have only buff color now but i was wondering if I would get different types of red if for instance I would put a red pyle hen in the same flock? or should I really stick with buff only

well since I don't know anything about genetics and and english isn't my native language, I'll have to read it a couple of times:). I guess I just created 2 different colors out of the 2nd generation. hope these legbar/leghorn gold partridge are nice looking chickens.

the legbar x leghorn white: the legbar x marans (olive egger)(seems a yellow dot on the head) the legbar x leghorn partridge (cream legbar hen look-a-like): the legbar x olive egger (seems to have a white dot on the head) last 2 combined:

I have a cream legbar rooster with some different breeds of hens. Marans, leghorn white, leghorn gold partridge, cream legbar hen, barnevelder, amrock... you get the picture :) Last year I managed to get an olive egger out of the marans and cream legbar and it gave a black chicks which turned...

Well I can only go for 1 pen with 6 silkies unless I get rid of my big chickens in the other one. I just need to know what's the smart combination of colors in order to get as much variety of colors of little chicks out of them afterwards. so it might mean that I would have to give any red...

so I should stick with fewer colors in your opinion? certainly not take a buff rooster? where can I read up on basic genetics for chickens? I'm talking real easy explained as you did with above :)

Hi I have european small silkies in buff color. love the color but they are not bearded and I also like more the usa silkie afro hair :) I would like to find different colors of USA silkies but I have no clue what colors the baby chicks would have and which rooster to look out for. I don't want...

wow, this is impressive and very interesting. thumbs up to the author couple of questions: - needle and thread is rated 100%. does that really work? - wing split is gone in your last graph, why? it seemed to have reasonabe results. - wing sexing is only valid on or untill which day? Would it...

Hi. I have 2 chicks leghorn/ legbar ad both are as good as completely white except for some minor grey feathers.based on the wing-sexing at day 1 I presumed 1 hen and 1 rooster. Meanwhile the 2 chicks are 4 weeks old. I have a cabinet with controlled heath where I raise them. 1 of both is...

can't wait. thanks!!

Ok thanks for that. I do have really dark brown laying marans. I can hardly inspect them with a good egg candling torch in a dark room up to day 14 and even then it is really hard to see anything. On the internet there are some charts how to go to the desired egg color untill you get easter...

Has anybody experience in this? I have some black copper Marans and a cream legbar Rooster. does it matter in terms of egg color which is the hen which is the rooster? in otherwords, would the result be the same with marans rooster and cream legbar hen? how about the appearance of the chickens?