hi,,sorry,iam new here,iam looking to buy some silkies,,,,and breed them....so can anyone tell me,,there are only whites and blacks available,,so what colour should the cock be,and the female for breeding?,,,white and white will result in white?,same with black?,,,so,,black cock or white...
ok,,i think i have a red cross,,,was told she was 100% rhode island red,,,,,about the broodiness,,,mine obviously aint,as she layed 10 eggs,,has stopped laying,,and hasnt set the eggs at all.
i cracked a couple open and saw the 'bullseye' curcular thing in both,,so obviously fertilized,,so i...
thankyou CMOM,,,i wasnt sure if she will finish laying,,then set on them,,,she is only about 7 months,,,,my wifes mum said they are big eggs,,iam going to check on them/her tomorrow,,,so i will see then,,,,and for her eggs being fertile,,i got her from a local pet store,,so do not know if she...
hi,,my hen look like the lighter coloured hens,,,apparently she started laying about 10 days ago,,i just found out,,,as my wife,s mother is taking care of them for me,,,one broke she said,,,so there are 9 eggs i think,,,
so a question,,,will a hen only lay the eggs inside her that are...
hi all,,just wondering,,,this might have already come up,,,?. anyway,,,,,
out of chicken breeds the white leghorn is the best egg layer,yes?
but i was wondering out of RED SEX LINK HENS,,and BLACK SEX LINK,,which is the mose prolific egg layer?.
iam just starting up so i wanted to know the...
cheers Tim,,,,i am currently living in thailand,,(so not sure about quality,and ancesetory of the chickens here) but the bloke said my hen and boy were 100% RIR,,the young cock looks ok,,he is red dark red,looks the right colour,,no tail feathers as yet,,they are 6 months old,,but the young...
hi,,im not overly bothered about sexing at 1 day old,,,so i could use RIR,,and white leg horn?,,i just thaught they would produce excellent layers,, ;)
hi,,,thankyou for the info,,you say,cant use sucessfully in a sex link cross,,,,meaning?,cant tell the sex at hatching?.
also,,at what age do cockrells start mating,,i have a RIR cockrell 6 months.