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Roughly half the chicks, maybe a little less, that appeared sick ended up dying. We had at least 20 adults, and only had 3 of them die (one 18 months, one 6 months, one about a year). But from the 19 babies we had (hatched in late Sept/early Oct) , 9 or 10 of them passed away, only one of them...

Oh, wow. Thank you for explaining !

Okay. Thank you for the reply. I am interested in genetics and such. In Quail, a blue egg means two copies of the gene. In chickens, I assumed that a blue egg was two copies, and a green egg was one copy?

We bought her as a Turkey at Rural King. This is her: I’m not sure what breed she is, still.

I crossed a male that hatched out of a blue egg to a hen that lays blue egg. I wanted to sell these chicks (5 of them) as layers of blue and green eggs. The male was bred from a hen laying blue eggs crossed to a Cochin Bantam, who would lay white-brown colored eggs (tan). Is there a...

I breed Black and White Cochin Bantams with a setup of a few different coops outside. With my growouts, I’ve noticed that pretty much all of them had messy, scraggly feathers. The way to fix this is conditioning pens. Most people have barns or sheds to keep these guys in, but I was wondering...

Great! I’m glad I could help. That’s always been the number one thing I’ve thought of. Amazing color but terrible type or terrible color but amazing type? As hard as it is, I’d choose the second one. That is the reason this project takes so many years. The color is there, but the type just isn’t

Here are the goals of the type (hatched late Sept/early Oct): They are mini watermelons 🍉 😂. Just make sure you build the barn before you paint it. Your birds are far more important with good type. That’s why I’m selling Mira to someone doing a MFCB project rather than as purely yard art. He...

I’m so happy for you! Pretty babies. My one question is how do you find out who you’re keeping or not already? They don’t even look two months old. Mr. Miracle never shaped up until about a month ago. They take a good few months to tell of the type and start to tell color. I don’t understand how...

Please give an update! How did you like the 56 EX after all? I’m debating whether to get the 28, 56, or neither. I need a bator with automatic humidity. Did the 56 ever work as a hatcher, or no? I think I could use the NR360 as a Hatcher, if needed. It’s a great bator, just doesn’t hold many...

I do believe she is gold based, yes. So because the cock is Isabel, he will automatically be gold and Wheaton based? Thank you for the help. That does clear some stuff up. We can only really assume for now because we don’t know the lineage at all, but I appreciate your input. Love the picture, too.

I am very excited to pick up my first pair of pure-bred (however pure on only the breed, not pure varieties) Ameraucanas on Monday. I met the birds today and fell in love with them. The hen is black, although she has a tad bit of gold leakage around the face. She does have what appears to be...

I do too… we don’t say “It’s the 15th of February, 2022”, we say “It’s February 15th, 2022”… I guess it’s an American thing?

No updates yet. All are still alive. Once one dies, we may send it to a necropsy, but I think that may be a while. All seem to be doing really good, actually. Even the young pullets that were very thin are still nice and bright, minus only one or two of them, who do seem pretty fine, too. Ill...

With my chickens, I have 4 coops and have have 5 die from 2 of the coops. Many are sick. 1 coop is my Cochin bantam growouts at 12-14.5 weeks old (3 Cochins of that age, 1 Buff Orpington at 6 months, have died). I was not home to see any bodies. My mom buried them. 1 coop is my laying flock (1...