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Thought I’d show a comparison of some of the chicks at 4 weeks Two of my splash that you can see an obvious difference in comb and wattles… Cockerel on the left, pullet on the right But here is two of my black ones and I’d say a cockerel in the back and a pullet in the front- but if it is a...

Hey! Just thought I’d see if anybody still follows this thread😁 I’ve finally gotten some more Silverudd eggs from 2 breeders and ended up with 10 from each set!:celebrate I’m super excited to be able to start again with this breed. I’ll add a pic of each group- they hatched 3-6-24 and 3-12-24...

This is my five year old hen Echo, that is a cross of a cream Legbar hen and a splash marans rooster. Excuse the other hens tail in front of her lol. I had four hens from that cross, they all looked just a bit different from each other and only one had a crest. They are great layers of beautiful...

We raise Nigerian dwarf goats and we won’t sell a goat to someone who wants just one goat that will be by itself- they are a herd animal and don’t do well by themselves, but if they had a constant companion in a horse I don’t see a problem in that.

How exciting! Hope you have a great hatch!!

I have or have had a lot from your list. I LOVE my little silverudds, though I’m having a hard time getting roosters that I need to make improvements. They have been awesome layers and their eggs are beautiful! The roosters I have are fine around my kids- I don’t have to worry about them getting...

Also- your girls are so pretty, did you hatch them from your own flock or did you get eggs from another source?

I find it funny bc my blue hen is my smallest hen but her eggs are bigger then my big Bielefelder hens. I had a group of 4 month old pullets start laying and I was surprised that they started so young- but I had given a few to my sister and they weren’t laying. The only real difference being...

Yes this is their first winter laying. They were hatched November 2019 and started laying in April at 5 months old. They each lay 6 eggs a week and the blue hens egg is an extra large egg sometimes a jumbo and the splash hen lays a medium egg lol. They are both looking not their best right now...

She is a beautiful hen!, and such a pretty egg:love My two silverudd sisters, Isla & Isolde are my best layers- they have not stopped laying even when my 20 other hens of different breeds all stopped! I really love this breed.

Those are my favorite!! My splash hen lays a dark olive like egg with those big purple speckles and my blue hen lays lays a lighter green with an overlay of tiny purple speckles:love

I’m in lower MI, and I’m not on FB so I wasn’t able to check out the group. Thanks though!!

Oops sorry! HE is very handsome;) and thanks!

She’s very pretty! But I’m in MI, so sadly that won’t work :D My first Silverudds were from eggs I hatched from FL though- and I love my hens, I just can’t seem to get good roosters:idunno

Thank you for sharing and clearing up the whole sprig vs spur for me, I was pretty sure it was hereditary so that’s why I haven’t tried breeding them yet. Sadly it means I don’t have anything to work with:barnieI guess I’ve got to find more eggs to hatch or chicks to buy.... any suggestions??:)