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Quote: Originally Posted by Blue  I meant that uniform light gray/dove color is usually called lavender or self-blue blue. Several chicken breeds are available in self-blue, but yours isn't a breed I recognize. He looks...

Quote: Originally Posted by Blue  His color looks to be lavender (self-blue) to me (I have a mixed bantam rooster that color), but I have no idea what breed he is or if he's a cross. He is a like the color of a...

Can anyone tell me what breed of rooster he is?  He is the color of a dove.

Does anyone know what kind of rooster he is...he is a dove grey color.

Quote: Originally Posted by buffsrhodies  Hello,   I put sunflower seeds in those plastic golf practice balls , the ones with holes in them, and as they roll around the seeds pop out. The Isa Brown...

How is Truvy doing? Hope the wound on her head is healing.

Quote: Originally Posted by llandry  Zazzle our ameracauna from njchix finally laid an egg. This morning was the first morning all 5 girls laid together. Opening the coop and seeing all the beautiful eggs in one nest was...

Quote: Originally Posted by llandry  Two of the three girls I got from njchix a few months ago have started to lay. The marans lays the most beautiful (some days speckled, some days solid) eggs and our Brahma laid her...

Quote: Originally Posted by chfite  The water that comes from your garden hose is the same water that comes from the tap in your kitchen.  I fill my chickens' water bucket from the hose all the...

Quote: Originally Posted by chickendude9  Taking the water containers in and out each morning is becoming a hassel. Im looking into a nipple type waterer that can be fed by a hose. But is it safe for chickens to drink...