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  1. NatJ

    Sex links?

    They could be, but I think it more likely that the Buff Orpington has the Dominant White gene. That turns black into white. In a Buff chicken, there is not supposed to be any black. But if there are any little dots of black, they are pretty obvious. Some Buffs have Dominant White, so any little...
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    Rooster cant shoot directly inside hens cloaca

    Have you tried hatching eggs from this hen? A rooster provides a lot more sperm than is really needed, so if even some gets inside the hen, some of the time, that might be enough for her to lay fertile eggs. Personally, I would try incubating some of her eggs before bothering with artificial...
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    How many generation to produce lakenvelder color pattern?2

    Yes, I think inbreeding their offspring might produce some birds that show the lakenvelder color. If those pullets have a brother from the same Lakenvelder mother, you could breed them together and hatch some chicks. Some chicks might have Lakenvelder coloring. Yes, they should carry the color...
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    Sex links?

    I think the colors are mostly a black vs. white difference, which does not indicate anything about their sex. So the sexes might happen to line up with the colors they are showing (coincidence) or they might not. [Ignore the rest of this post if you just wanted the practical conclusion and...
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    SURPRISE! Spangled Hamburg EE cross

    Pretty cockerel! (I'm assuming the mother's color is a typo, and you really mean she was Blue Laced Red or maybe Splash Laced Red.)
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    SURPRISE! Spangled Hamburg EE cross

    Given that rooster, yes any silver chicks should be male. All daughters should be gold.
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    SURPRISE! Spangled Hamburg EE cross

    That depends on whether the EE rooster also has silver. A gold rooster with silver hen will produce gold daughters and silver sons. But some roosters have both gold and silver (they look silver or silver with gold leakage, but they also carry gold). Roosters like that can sire both gold...
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    SURPRISE! Spangled Hamburg EE cross

    She's female. Since the Spangled Hamburg mother was Silver, any son would also show silver. This chick shows gold, so she must be female (you've got an unplanned sexlink there!) Also, her comb is smaller than I would expect on a male, and she has no male saddle feathers (the long skinny ones...
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    Color genetics

    Yes, I think that is a safe assumption in this case.
  10. NatJ

    Progeny from heroic rooster

    Yes, I think that has a good chance of working. If they really don't get along, you could separate them again for a look-no-touch introduction period, but first I would try just putting them in the same pen (when that works, it's by far the easiest way to do things!)
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    Progeny from heroic rooster

    That really depends on the hen. Personally, I would probably try it. I have had hens that accepted multiple introductions. Some hens care if the chicks are the same color, some are happy to take any chick they can get. I had one hen that I kept adding chicks until the youngest were two weeks...
  12. NatJ

    Yep, another boy/girl question.

    With a barred mother and a not-barred father, male chicks should have barring (and a light dot on the head at hatch), and female chicks should have no barring (no light dot on the head at hatch.) A Barred Rock hen definitely has barring, and a Lavender Ameraucana rooster should not have...
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    Progeny from heroic rooster

    The chicks are not too old, based on my experience having hens adopt chicks that were shipped. Some hens accepted the chicks, some did not, but I didn't see any problems with the age of the chicks. I mostly did not turn them loose to free range, definitely not in the first week or so. But I did...
  14. NatJ

    Save a chick fridge

    Given how many people are posting about the ice water in hot weather, and have apparently been doing it for years, I think it probably safe enough. The advice for ice in water is usually paired with advice to keep water available at all times, which should avoid the problem of thirsty chickens...
  15. NatJ

    Save a chick fridge

    If water is always available to adult chickens, cold water is fine. It is also fine for chicks after the first few days, if it is always available. They only drink a little bit at a time if it is always there. If adult chickens run out of water, I do not know for sure. The main times that...
  16. NatJ

    feeding schedule for baby chicks

    I wonder if it was this article, or something similar? https://vcahospitals.com/know-your-pet/hand-feeding-baby-birds This one is talking about feeding baby birds that are NOT chickens, but they keep calling them "chicks." It does say "Chicks less than one week old should be fed 6–10 times per...
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    Ship date was today, Monday, and was notified by USPS of an arrival date by Saturday 9 pm

    We're into the next week now, and from some of your other posts I gather that the chicks did arrive. When did they show up?
  18. NatJ

    I made a HORRIBLE mistake ordering from a hatchery! (Graphic Photos)

    Did your chicks arrive? What day did they come?
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    Breed and gender of 1 week old chick?

    With that information, we do know what "breed" the chick is: a mix of the parent breeds. So it could be called a BYM (backyard mix or barnyard mix), or a Leghorn-something-Ameraucana mix. If it grows up to lay blue or green eggs, it could also be called an Easter Egger (because that refers to...
  20. NatJ

    Roost canopy.

    I have seen ideas for a "roosting closet" in chicken books from about a hundred years ago. I think it was more to keep drafts off the roosting chickens, than to actually contain body heat. Basically, some walls and maybe a roof inside a larger building, to shelter the roosting area. I haven't...
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