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is this a blue cochin or a blue copper marans? We ordered one of each from meyer hatchery and only one of the two survived unfortunately, and we arent sure which one

Excellent.. Thank you for the information

Ok.. Is black a dominant? Like my black "blue andelusion" x black "blue americuana" guarenteed to be black?

We have a broody "olive egger".. We mixed an easter egger with buff brahma. now it wants to sit on eggs. The problem is it doesnt want to be in a nest box, it wants to be behind the coop, inside of a barn. Obviously with raccoons this is not good. We dont care if she wants to sit on some eggs...

Often "blue" chickens hatch out either black or splash.. My question is if i breed 2 black chickens that are a "blue" breed, do they still have the potential to produce actual blue offspring or has the blue gene left the building? For instance, if i mix my blue andelusion and my blue...

Its not a good age to tell, if i was guessing i would say martha is a fine name.

This is Duke and a couple of his girls.. Well, formerly.. He was take by a predator last fall. He is survived by 2 chicks hatched from him. An olive egger and a roo that looks identicle, with the addition of a beard. Also has a grandchick, as we have a chick hatched from said olive egger. Hope...

At 4 weeks they should have a good amount of feathers and if they are still getting a heat lamp i would wean them off of it.. I would do it over about 3 days .. At that age they arent fragile, they will be fine especially in frisco. We lost a rooster this fall and on a whim we put 5 of his eggs...

Awesome.. Thanks you guys, answered my question

As i understand it, when breeding blue chickens there is a high probability that the chicks will hatch and be black.. If you breed with the resulting black chicken, can she still produce blue chickens or would all her chicks just be black as well?

Im not interested in how you raise your birds, lady. I was giving my perspective to the person who inquired about keeping their chickens safe.. If you sleep better at night with electrified netting so be it.. Maybe not everybody wants electrified netting in their yard/field .. Maybe i like to...

Im sorry if my roosters are expected to self sacrifice bothers you.. But its their job.. Its their instinct.. A good rooster has 3 jobs 1. Find food for his girls 2. Mate 3. Protect his girls until his dying breath I dont desire my roosters get killed, but if one of my chickens is going to, id...

Sounds to me like your rooster did his job.. He may be gone, but your layers are all still there.. Now ya just need a new backup rooster