Pro - Does anyone else's nest boxes get soaked in rain?

[maryann]

Daisy my min silver appleyard has hatched i think about 8 eggs so far, difficult to tell all those little heads bobbing about in the nest but i have noticed one is pure yellow with not a single mark on all the others have the stripe going through the eyes anyone any ideas will take some photes over weekend when they come out of the nest

[miller30]

It could just be a dogdy gene ive got a salmon pekin bantam chick that is nearly 3 weeks old and looks nothing like it should and i know it only came from a breeding group of salmon pekins as the were in pens that nothing could get in or out im hoping when it starts to feather up it might look like it is suppose too but at the mo its the wrong colour leanne.

[AdamD]

Hmm, maybe some sort of recessive gene? Uh oh, a bit of science creeping in

 

It could be that it's just the fluff and then it'll turn out like the others, but with so many, you're lucky one's a bit different, at least you can tell it apart! I'm sure it'll be fine, as long as there's nothing physically wrong with it and its perfectly healthy then there should be nothing to worry about, interesting though

 

Look forward to seeing the photos

[maryann]

yes she ? isnt slow in coming forward 1st into the water tray and to find the food still trying to get over the shock of so many hatching some of the eggs had been in the nest 3 wks before she started to sit i will have to rehome some of them