My project chicks

[Poultrybonkers]

4 weeks old today

 

[Poultrybonkers]

5 weeks old today

 

[Anime2lover]

That is one Amazing looking hen, basically a Black/Very Dark Blue lacing on breast... But light Blue/Grey lacing on the lower body and back.

I have not see such bird in my life, my only conclusion would be that the hen is actually a Chimera, two female embryo combined at the earliest of development and one was bl+/bl+ and the other was Bl/bl+.

Chimeras are more common than what people think, first because most breeds are homogeneous and most of them are of the same sex(same goes with people, many people are walking chimeras and will never know)

I have a hen like that to

I can't even hatch any blacks its seems from two blues and with splash you can't tell if its mottled so no need to keep them. And I personally just dont care for splashed birds

Why not try and sell the ones you want that aren't deformed until their old enough to process. You might make some more money off them even if you can't use them.

 

[Poultrybonkers]

I have a hen like that to

Why not try and sell the ones you want that aren't deformed until their old enough to process. You might make some more money off them even if you can't use them.

Because i dont want people trying to create them I want something no one else has. The adults will be sold as they arent mottled chicks that lose the mottling will be sold just as blrw if they some how keep it them ill either use those or if they are si gle combed ill process them for my freezer

 

[Anime2lover]

Because i dont want people trying to create them I want something no one else has. The adults will be sold as they arent mottled chicks that lose the mottling will be sold just as blrw if they some how keep it them ill either use those or if they are si gle combed ill process them for my freezer

Ahah, I get it now.

 

[Poultrybonkers]

I dispatched the other 5 as cant see feeding birds I don't need. They are resting in my fridge now so heres the only two rose combed ones left

 

[Poultrybonkers]

6 weeks old today. Any guesses on genders? I also put 29 more in the bator for easter hatch but since I took two hens away from the rooster Feb 18 not sure how many are gonna be fertile as if they run clear then I can sell the adult hens finally.

 

[NatJ]

6 weeks old today. Any guesses on genders?

Gender guesses:
first photo, maybe male but can't be sure from this angle
second photo, most likely male
third and fourth photos, definitely male

I also put 29 more in the bator for easter hatch but since I took two hens away from the rooster Feb 18 not sure how many are gonna be fertile as if they run clear then I can sell the adult hens finally.

If you want to sell the adult hens, why wait?

 

[Poultrybonkers]

Gender guesses:
first photo, maybe male but can't be sure from this angle
second photo, most likely male
third and fourth photos, definitely male


If you want to sell the adult hens, why wait?

The first two pics are of the same bird sec and last are the second one. And I dont want people hatching eggs from these hens. I sell hens like this every year.

 

[NatJ]

The first two pics are of the same bird sec and last are the second one.

In that case, I think they're both male.

And I dont want people hatching eggs from these hens. I sell hens like this every year.

OK, that makes sense, if you are trying not to let other people raise chicks from this project.

I gather you don't care whether they hatch eggs from those hens with a different rooster?