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Henrietta & Rooroo when they were babies

Final list, in order of popularity: Mealworms or soldier fly larvae x 9 Scrambled or boiled eggs x 7 Sunflower seeds x 6 Oatmeal x 5 Watermelon x 5 Grapes x 4 Cucumbers x 4 Apples x 4 Tomato x 4 Meat x 4 Fish/Canned mackerel/Sardines x 3 Raisins x 3 Blueberries x 3 Peppers x 2...

I second that. Every time our chickens make it inside they head straight to the cat bowl :p

Luckily my brother who lives with us goes hunting deer & rabbits! We have a freezer full at the moment.

I'm saving these all in a big list!

Hi everyone, just wondering what foods or treats your chickens absolutely love and go nuts nuts for? I want something I can give to my chickens after I've had to catch them and check them or clip their wings, as a little treat for them so the experience isn't too bad.

I originally thought so too, but then I'm not sure a half white chick like the one above would be possible with recessive white? For reference, we did have another handsome boy called Jim, born from 2 hybrid Legbar x RIR parents, and who is the likely grandfather of Whitie. He was born almost...

Thanks so much for the input. Yes the mum does appear to have barring (another pic below), as do many of her sisters and their babies. The barring almost looks like spangling on her and her sisters, which may be because of Db's influence? Whitie does have barring on some of his feathers, but...

Thankyou both, much appreciated. One more thing I forgot to mention, was that Whitie likely had a barring gene too, which would also contribute to lightening. In the Kippenjungle chicken gene calculator, to create cream (not white though), double lots of eWh, Co, Db, and ig are needed. With the...

These are the parents:

Hi everyone, I had a beautiful rooster Whitie (sold now) that randomly popped out white/cream, pic's below. I've never had white pop up in my flock before. Besides a recessive white gene, I was wondering if anyone knew whether double Co and Db genes were enough to produce the white/cream seen...

She looks like she's posing for you lol

Something interesting I found with our Silkie crosses is that all of the roo's have straight combs. Only some of the girls have signs of pea/rose/walnut combs.

I know this is a very old thread but I thought I'd put my 2 cents in for anyone searching for answers in the future. Based on my own flock, feather colour seems to influence the colour of the base of the beak, and shank colour is associated with beak tip colour.

Beautiful collection of chickens. Would love to see any updated pics showing how the crossed chicks turned out?