Ok so I have 2 BB red hens and 1 Silver Duckwing hen with a Silver Duckwing Roo. When I bought the Hens I was told covered by the Silver Roo the chicks would be Silver. I am incubating some eggs wondering will the chicks be Silver Duckwing?? I am bad bad bad at Genetics! Thanks!!
Ok I am going to post a small album. I need some help. I have done everything I cant think and still have my daughters roo going downhill more. We have a NICE set of Dark Brahma bantams. They are breeders to . Anyhow she is FINE. He about 3 weeks ago started getting funky. He was walking funny...
Ok so here are the three boys we have here. Two standard and one Bantam. Was wondering how they are looking to the experts. These guys came from eggs from other members > Wonder if they can pick thier birds out. I am still waiting paitently for one of thier birdsto start laying so I can...
Ok so we have been buying eggs and trying to raise some of these beauties . I have a few pics and I want and need some HONEST opinions on what we have here! There are two blue Roos I am not sure who needs to go and who needs to stay. One needs to go! Too many roos! All of these guys and gals are...
Ok I have two Polish boys about 6 mos old. I hatched them out. I am in love with the personality of the blue but the Black is soooooooooooo pretty. Problem is they both dont have mr evil eyebrows . They dont have any? Is this something that will grow in or what? The last polish roo we had we...
We have a few breeds here at our house. The kids want to show a few different ones. We havent narrowed our breeds down yet. I have been getting a few of these and a few of those lol. Mostly I bought eggs eggs eggs and hatched away this last spring. We now we need to start narrowing things down...
I wasnt sure where would be the best place to put this post. So please forgive me if you browse everywhere and this is double for you! I am just trying to get as much knowledge as possible!!!
Ok so I have a coop of free range chickens. They are strictly my egg layers and some of the kids 4H...
Ok so I have a coop of free range chickens. They are strictly my egg layers and some of the kids 4H chickens when they arent getting in shape (feather wise) for show. My freerange birds are HUGE heavy and healthy . Last spring we started buying different breeds and eggs to hatch. We have a...
Ok so I hatched out some tester eggs in the spring from another member on here . This was one of my surprizes and we LOOOOVVVEEEE her!! She is soooo friendly and you can walk up to her hold her etc. WE WANT MORE NOW lol. Just wonder if she is a good example of her breed to use for the girls 4H...
Ok so for once its not a chicken problem, tho she has been hatched and raised with Chickens therfore thinks she is a chicken. She is my daughters baby and need help figuring out what is wrong with her and if and how to fix her..
This is a few weeks ago
This is a few days ago. ( I havent been...
Ok here is my daughters Pilgrim Gosling. Her she looks really good with the exception of one part of her feathers. Please tell me what is going on and how to fix it.. Thanks
This is a few weeks ago
This is now
I have my favorate and only splash silkie hen. She started acting funny about 4 days ago. I went to the coop she was in and she was laying there puffed up with her head in her wing. Figured she would be ok cause after some holding and poking she went on her way eating and drinking then laid...
Ok I am getting pretty good at this chick hatching thing. My problem is with a goose egg. I had 5 4 made stink bombs and this one is on day 29 now. It has been rocking and chirping in the shell all day. I have been incubating it with chicken humidity and only wet a few days as I would forget. So...
I had 5 goose eggs in the incubator. I know 1 was bad it was starting to smell. I looked online for pictures of good candled goose eggs at 14 days. Mine are at 16 days, I only saw movement in one. Does anyone have a good picture or link to show me what I am looking for? Thanks!!
Ok have some hatching eggs off Ebay that I bought that are hatching. 2 have hatched so far this one is pretty but does not look right to me. With the exception of the foot and leg feathering.... This batch were supposed to be Blue Cochins!
I am having a problem lately with the chicks piping in the side of the egg not bottow where there is an air sack. Will this hurt them? Why are they doing this so I can get it to stop? Thanks!!