Many years later..... LOL.. I just hatched out 4 GLW and 1 has a single comb. Pretty sure it is a rooster also.. I could tell from hatching that it had a different comb from the rest. I am going to give him away, since I already have a Rose combed roo.
I have a rat problem, after my neighbors behind me moved in and out. I never had this issue before they moved in a couple years ago. Apparently, their house was infested with rats, and the did some kind of eradication. Now they all live under my house. LOL.. My question is.. Are chickens...
I have searched, and haven't found out the exact answer to my question. I have a small flock of hens and a rooster. I want to hen raise some meat chickens. I have brahmas, that I will be raising for meat. Can I feed my laying hens, the 20% protein Flock Raiser to everyone else, as crumbles, for...
I think I have a mix of one of these breeds. She has the crest, but lays huge light green eggs, so may be mixed for an "easter egger". I was wondering if chicken DNA testing has improved any, so that I can see if she is one of these breeds. I got her from someone else, who didn't know what she...
My rooster is a Lavender Orpington and everything I breed with him, comes out black. They have a dominate black gene, so.... I did cross him with a blue laying Easter egger with puffy cheeks. Got puffy cheeks in 2 of the 6 chicks....Black though, of course.
Here is Barbie, the one who crowed yesterday. Easter Egger? I have heard that hens will crow, so now I am second guessing. He was moving around to much to get any kind of better picture. He is the heaviest of all my chickens at 4.7 lbs as of 2 days ago.