BENGALESE
AT EASTER this year, while setting a pair of nice dilutes (a dark dilute fawn & white hen with a dilute fawn-grey and white), I considered my objectives. Below I have recorded the relevant steps required in order to come to a successful conclusion, with reaching step 8 being of key importance.
Hen to lay first egg. Hen to lay a clutch of five or more eggs. Eggs to show fertility. Some eggs to hatch. Chicks to live for more than 24 hours. Chicks reach closed-ringing age. Chicks become independent. Chicks are of good quality. Chicks are shown. Chicks have show success.
