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thank you Tim

yes a hamburg - although her 'dad' was a pekin (not my doing) - but she does look like a hamburg but with feathery legs/feet (which i'd like to keep for my pet project) i was thinking perhaps a black/red d'uccle rooster

any idea what colour to breed with the spangle?

i've a white rooster and have been wondering if i breed it with a golden spangled coloured hen what would the outcome be? or what would be the best coloured rooster (beside the obvious 'another golden spangle' to replicate - if that's the right word - the pattern on a smaller breed of chicken

any idea what the colour of this silkie is? still a young pullet and has not yet laid eggs

chick number 3 always had slow growing feathers compared to the rest of the chicks

dang i've been hoping the wyandotte turns out to be a girls it's nice to know i might have 2 pullets - now to keep the best looking male to breed them with Chick from photo 1 standing chick from photo 3 standing and another photo of chick number 3

really have no idea what sex my chicks are is anyone able to help (supposed to have been d'uccles but everyone says the colouring/markings are wrong - the LAST [photo 6] photo is of a WYANDOTTE) PHOTO 1 - sounds like it's trying to crow PHOTO 2 PHOTO 3 likes to play fight with the...

In amongst 12 hatching eggs I bought there was 1 white wyandotte egg. I thought I had candled it and found it to be infertile so I tossed that egg out, however out of all the eggs that hatched, this was the only chick to hatch without feathers down its legs and feet (the others are supposedly...

Totally agree, chickens are great! I've only got 2 red shavers but they are one of the better layers I have in my flock. Lucky they had you to rescue them from the pot I don't think I could eat 1 of my girls or boys - they just become your feathered children (lol, it doesn't help I end up...

Hi there I spend lots of time with my flock too, I love watching them all scratch, peck and forage for food. Their personalities are great By spending time with them you also learn to spot when 1 of them is looking a little off colour - I commented to my partner that our light sussex wasn't...

Hello there Glad you found this thread Sound like you've got yourself a big flock too. I've not yet had any ex-battery hens in my flock, but today I 'rescued' 3 Pekin bantams from death, the lady who owned them was trimming her flock numbers down, and they were just too cute to leave behind...