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purple or lilac?
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 6:39 pm
by ibon_337
This hen is the mother of the 3 chicks that hatched 9 days ago. Yesterday when I checked 2 chicks are definitely normal since their skin on their wings are black and the other one have a pinkish skin.
I need to know if this hen is a PB or a LB? or maybe a PB/WB?
Re: purple or lilac?
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 7:26 pm
by debbie276
She's a nice looking purple breast
Re: purple or lilac?
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 7:41 pm
by lovemyfinch
I vote very pretty purple breast

Re: purple or lilac?
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 12:35 am
by ibon_337
So if the pink one turns out to be a SYF I can assume that the hen is PB/WB since the male is RH WB GB. Am i right?
Re: purple or lilac?
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 6:07 am
by debbie276
Not sure what your asking but ...
RH.PB.Yb hen and a RH.WB.Nb male will produce:
RH.PB/WB.SFYb males
RH.PB/WB.Nb hens
Re: purple or lilac?
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 11:21 am
by nixity
ibon_337 wrote:So if the pink one turns out to be a SYF I can assume that the hen is PB/WB since the male is RH WB GB. Am i right?
You wouldn't be able to produce yellow females from this pairing (Yellow hen x Normal cock), so if you have a "pink" (yellow) baby, the only way it could be yellow is if it's a SF Yellow male - so yes, your hen would have to be Purple/White for that to happen

Re: purple or lilac?
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 11:10 pm
by ibon_337
Debbie sorry for the confusions. My original question is whether my hen is a PB or LB. Based on your answer earlier it is a PB. Since my hen is PB and there is one chick in the nest that is visually yellow I am assuming that the hen in question is a Purple/White breast. Am I making sense here or making it more confusing.
Re: purple or lilac?
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 11:14 pm
by ibon_337
Tiffany now I am more convinced that she is a Purple/White breasted hen.
Re: purple or lilac?
Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 5:49 am
by debbie276
Gotcha, not enough coffee.

If you have a yellow chick then yes she would be split for WB.
Re: purple or lilac?
Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 10:08 am
by ibon_337
Hahaha, next time I ask questions I'll include some strong coffee for you Debbie.