Friday, December 16, 2011

Chick Growth Photo Update

Just a clarification on the chick photos - the ones I will follow and update are not individuals I have selected for any purpose other than they are the oldest of this batch. I will continue to follow the same two cockerels and two hens that are by the white rooster (three of which are out of the BBR Phoenix hen, one by a silver Phoenix hen), and the straight Phoenix BBR cockerel which is out of the Phoenix BBR stock I had previously - they are directly related to the hens which produced the chicks by the white rooster. I'm still perplexed on leg color. I think I have some greens, maybe some yellows, and some look like a pale whitish blue, all from the same cross.

Silver-Blue Cockerel (SBC1)
Blue-Red Cockerel (BRC1)
Straight Phoenix BBR Cockerel. This line has about 25% green legs and it looks like he'll have them. He has the fastest feather growth of all the chicks in this batch, so much so that he looks like a spikey skeleton chicken with feathers too big for his little body. (BBRC1)
Blue-Red pullet same as one shown in previous chick photo update. She's a hefty chick, doesn't yet look anything like either parent. (BRH1)




A slightly younger blue-red pullet.  All the pullets from the BBR x White Rooster cross have this coloring. The ones from the white rooster x silver Phoenix look silver. This is probably a darker gold, then, not really red? (BRH2)


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