Recent content by james hill

Not quite old enough to lay yet...and the wait is KILLING ME!!! The splash in the center of the pic is my son's favorite, and she's a hen. Yea!

These are a few of my OEs (Ameraucana roo x Marans hens). We had a 100% hatch! They were about 2 months old in this pic. In total, 2 splash, 2 blue, 2 black.

Great article! Our Penedesenca roo does the BEST rooster dance. Very Latin-lover style!

Love her color! This is one of our two EE's (of course, bought as an Ameraucana).

I have 2 EE's that were originally sold as Ameraucanas. One lays a greenish-blue egg, the other greenish-brown. Pretty birds, but no clue as to their real parentage, so they are of little use in a breeding program (except for more EE's!)

Near 70 degrees today in Louisiana. 4 eggs from 7 mature hens...1 Marans, 1 Ameraucana, 2 EE.

And here I was thinking that grits were a southern classic! Love mine with an egg and some cheese scrambled in...or in place of rice with a little gravy

Yep, that was what I thought. That makes two of my remaining four cockerels. Drat.

Here's a pic of one of my chicks my son and I took tonight while trying out our new DIY lightbox.

Here is a picture of the mystery-sex faverolle chick. To me, it looks more like an EAGLE than anything! LOL. So what do you think--male or female?

Hello from Louisiana. Glad to see some fellow hunters on BYC! Our season is very similar...bow starts October 1st, primitive weapon 3rd week October, gun end of October thru mid-January, finishes up at the end of January for bow. 6 deer season limit...3 bucks, 3 does. I've seen plenty of...

Now that my faverolle chicks are a week older, I can see what you mean about the body color coming in. Two of the four are definitely female, and one is definitely male. One remains a mystery to me for now...its feathers are lacy looking, with both salmon and grayish-black. Will try to post a...

I know you are supposed to be able to tell the sex of salmon faverolle chicks by wing color/pattern. Could someone help me with it? I am thinking male, possibly female, female, female in order of the pics. These are hatchery chicks. (Sorry for the picture quality...I can try for better if needed).

Here is a pic (finally) of the birchen patterned (?) hen that is supposed to be an Ameraucana. So what do you think? EE I'm guessing?

Hoping to get a few pics tomorrow. I do plan to keep her at least long enough to see what color her eggs are. She may fit in just fine with my OE project (planned Penedesenca over Ameraucana). Don't mind too much if she is an EE, but I wouldn't want to mislead anyone else if I decide to pass...