Recent content by nikirushka

Sorry, I completely forgot! They were indeed all boys, in the end. But happily all were rehomed very quickly :)

I'm in the UK. I can't find any reference to a requirement to cull, only to keeping a closed flock if the disease is confirmed or suspected.

Thank you both. Both aracaunas look better already, with being on the tylan. They weren't drastically ill before but the larger one in particular was obviously not right. I've enquired with a poultry lab and just had an answer back about testing, so I'll get that done asap. I know it means...

I find myself more than a little concerned! My two araucanas have been a bit off for a couple of days. A bit head-shaky and sniffly. So the other night, I had a look at them after dark and both had a lot of bubbles in their eyes. This is not the first time I've had to treat respiratory...

How early can you tell what gender a JG chick is? I've got one 3.5 week old, but no others to compare it to except a vorwerk (which is definitely a boy, but I'm told they tend to show early). Best pics I can get as it's with a hen and rather skittish!

Yes? The faverolles on the left definitely is, he has black wings and I've no doubt the blue marans is, although he's hiding his face here. Biggest comb of the lot and in charge already. The welsummers I wasn't sure about but it looked likely that they were all boys at a day old. I posted...

Better pic of one I think could be a girl. Two I can't see any eye line on at all (the second pair) but there are hints on the first two.

These lovelies hatched this morning. I thought I had all boys when I collected them (had them incubated by someone else after a broody changed her mind) but now they're fully dry I'm thinking possibly two of each. I've not had them before though. Sorry for fuzziness, my camera is broken...

I've seen this from a breeder less than 2 hours away - 'citron' (lemon millefleur) Dutch bantams and their description says they mainly breed feeding ones. Could they be these? I'm not at all familiar with dinky chickens so I'm clueless. But these have clean legs which is why they caught my eye.

I picked these little one up a couple of weeks ago as someone was downsizing their flock. They described them as millefleurs but nothing else. They are teeny with rose combs, and lay cream eggs. Any thoughts?

Thanks for that Deb, interesting stuff! I find the look a bit odd personally, but she's still gorgeous :) It is also completely typical of my animals that I would manage to get hold of the breed I wanted through complete and utter chance (I went for legbar chicks and spotted her, the lady...

No, I'm not into breeding. I'll hatch eggs of breeds or crosses that I want for my own flock but that's it. Anyone any thoughts on my girlie?

I'll add that she'll not be bred from, in case that bothers any breed enthusiasts! No roosters here.

I have a barnevelder who appears to be rumpless! Just been having a quick read about and I see that this can be accidental or possibly a random mutation. As I can't find any reference to rumpless barnevelders anywhere I'm guessing that's likely to be the case here? I didn't see her parents...

Right, ok. So with the parent combination as is, it could be a lottery - technically possible but with some offspring laying olive and some not, depending on which genes they get?