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They are here!

I got 8 chicks in total, 8 out of 9 eggs. I have two other groups in the machine as well, so I will end up with about 30 chicks in total if I have a good hatching rate (as I should).

This is what I got in the first hatch:

2 chicks with buff columbian icelandic hen as mother:

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These are dark brown, eb-based. With a strong Db??

Both females and males are barred in this generation, so the dot on the head could be both genders. They are not able to sex in this case, because the males are single barred and will look the same as the famales.

I also got 6 chicks with lohmann brown hens as mothers. I had 3 chicks with the same down colour as the icelandic ones - that was really great! Even though one is really dark. Was wondering if the dark one could be ER/eb, but I find that strange based on the parets...Should not be possible. So I think it's just a really dark eb.

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And I had 3 chicks that are eWh-based, wheaten. These are also barred, but their chick down is too light to be able to see the head dot.

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So I definitely got what I was expecting! Even though they are a bit darker than expected, but that is just really good for the sexing later when I have the males being double barred.

The only thing that immediately got into my mind was... Does dominant white effect the chick down? Or only the adult feathers? I have not thought about this before now! Does anyone here know?