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Had a bunch of broodies hatch a lot of BYMs, and one in particular is giving me fits. I'm still really unsure on gender. Pretty sure it's dad is a Coronation Sussex/Lavender Orpington, and the mom is probably a Brahma/EE, but that's only a guess. It's older than it looks, but it's "mom" is an...

I wasn't sure where to put this, so I put it where the other science-y people are likely to hang out. This thread is about chickens (and other poultry) in science. Feel free to link articles and discuss them here. I'll start things off with this article I found today...

I've been toodling with the notion of making a new breed since someone brought up the notion much earlier this year in the Hoosier thread. I'm a biology major at IUPUI and a hobby farmer who's trying to fill an unexplored niche in the chicken world and really inculcate some science because I...

Pretty sure he's a roo, but of what breed? Other chicks in picture are Dark Brahmas and one Jersey Giant of the same age (about 3wks). He has a straight single comb, is very slow to feather out and is smaller than the Giant and Brahmas but still a LF. Chipmunk stripes on his...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? This spring, my younger brother fell in love with all the cute fluffballs in a Rural King, and, seeing as how he couldn't keep them because of zoning issues and work (he's a trucker) and as I had lost a dog the day before, he...