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2. Make sure the gap is not too big. For example, you should not foster a day old chick under a pair that has 2 week old chicks. The bigger chicks will just trample on the little one. Hello, Rebeca; Just in case the difference of age was too big, and if you have the time, something you can do is to...

Hi Wondering if any one can tell me what color chicks i might get by crossing a grey male with a lutino hen? Hi Lewi If your IRNs are not split you will get: 1: If the male is DF grey all the male and females will be grey-green. . 2: If the male is SF grey: 50% of the males and 50% of the females w...

Hi Jay I agree with your conclusions. Actually I post this message because of two main reasons: 1: I have read about a possible orange mutation of IRN bred in Australia. It was several years ago and there were not more information. Have you ever heard about it? 2: Present breeding season (Europe) I ...

Hi Jay Nice pic and ... yes, I can perfectly see the bluish rumps and napes. Greys IRN I have seen in France did not show this particularity. The presence of these areas where grey is less expressed and allows expression of blue and probably violet (if present) ... does it keep a defined heritage pa...

Usually on the third day after the hen begins sitting on the eggs (usually at the third egg).

I've never bred Violet with Grey before but I've come across a write-up of an Australian breeder (Mick Blake or Willy Stobart) who claims that Single-Factor Grey does not totally mask Violet. His breeding result shows a remarkably attractive bird with both Violet and Grey. I've seen SF Grey birds t...

Recio wrote:If you want to hand-rear the babys there is a stikcy in this forum (the third one begining on the top of the page) by Mickaela and Donna with everything you should know.

Sorry, I said Mickaela but, in fact, she is Melika.

No, I have never hand fed my IRNs because it needs a lot of time and I am mainly interested in mutations (may be I will do it next year). If your IRN has laid an egg 4 weeks after arriving to your home and you have not seen the hen working the next, or the couple mating ... may be the hen was "...

Hello Karen, I will try to ask your questions with a limited experience but a lot of reading (I hope more experienced breeders will also answer to you): I do have a few questions if any one can help me do INR bury there eggs and i wonder why she had ? As much as I know IRN do not bury their eggs. Pr...

If they are indeed violets and violet is a dominant mutation. Is it correct to assume that the grey and blue chick are not split to violet? also can someone tell me how to post a pic thanks again for your help Hello Fred, You are a lucky man if you really have violet chicks. If it was the case, the...

Hi, everybody Just for the theory: Has any one tryed to put a lutino sex-linked female to a recesive lutino male? If they are not split, theory says that chicks will be visuals greens ... But, what colour would display a bird showing both lutino mutations? Would it always be yellow? Same deep of yel...

The female will lay low and close to the male in her normal courting position. The male will sit at the edge of the nestbox next to her (top of the nestbox) and begins to perform but on the edge of the box and not on top of her. Has anyone seen this before? Is this breeding pair a lost cause? This ...

Thank you Jay, now I understand better. The confusing factor was mixing visuals (grey) and genes (grey + double blue). On the other hand, when using the genetic calculator choosing "visuals only", if you put a grey-green female (SF) to a visual blue male (no one split to other factor) it i...

Hi everybody I have a problem with genetics :?: : grey is an autosomical dominant structural colour. On the green series everything is OK. But in the blue series, you just need one gene carrying the blue mutation in order to obtain a grey bird. I have read that it could happen if the grey and the bl...

hello to all need help. I placed a grey female and grey male together for the first time this year. I expected to get grey and possibly blue chicks. They have four chicks 3 of then have pin feathers that are opening one is blue. but the other 2 are a very dark shade of blue not grey. could these be...

I have a blue lacewing hen, she laid 4 eggs, however none were fertile or at least none developed. She is constantly climbing to the top of the nest box and peeking out, it’s like she won’t sit still long enough to keep the eggs warn. This was her first time laying, I didn’t think they would take, ...