Bought some new chicks this spring from a great country store(has very nice quality birds it buys.) 3 of the chicks I bought were labeled as Speckled Sussex, they looked just like the proper chicks from pictures on line,so never though twice. But as they've keep growing they look less and less...
On my way to work this morning, I looked over to see two Bantam Roos in the mix up of ducks and geese at a local park!
I can't believe people who would just dump there animals off, grrrrrrr
I fed them some chips i had in my lunch, they wont come to me, or let me get close, but they did eat it. I...
Ok... I've seen all these pictures, and now I have to show my two new pullets.
We bred them here using our hen and rooster,
And our Blk Australop playing mamma!
That's very interesting, but also raises more questions for me. Why are the Plymouth subdivisioned? To get those certain divisions out of the Plymouth are they breed with a different type chicken, and if so, wouldn't that be a mixed breed? As to my knowledge, they do that with other certain...
Lol!!! I won't tell mine either!! quote name="donrae" url="/t/816777/commerical-hen/30#post_11869249"]The Barred Rock Eye Candy thread https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/399477/barred-rocks-good-shepard-poulty-ranch I go there and drool every once in a while. I don't tell my hatchery girls I'm...
At our county fair, they put, "Open Class" or 4-H on the pen for the judge to see. They do have a wealth of knowledge, but very competitive and don't like outsiders so much. It can be hard on the kids
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Thank you for that information! I've understood that sex-links are mixed birds. But I always thought that when you buy a breed, ie... Barred Rock, Welsummer, RIR you were buying a pure-breed bird, maybe not the best, but a pure breed. So the Welsummer that I have has win two years in a...