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Hi! I love byc and do look up handy info from time to time but I've been busy with my baby /family things so not had much of a minute to check out byc as often as I use too. I have still been loving my Silkies though! 11 currently. I've had quite a few hatches, sold lots. And now venturing into...

Mmm not as easy as I thought 😄 I might have to settle with blue egg layer Araucanas

Hi all! I'm looking at getting blue egg laying silkie cross Araucana eggs, hatch them, then cross back a hen to silkie rooster, would they still lay blue eggs but have more silkie fluffy feathering?

Pics today I will cull if cockerels so wanted to be sure!

Do barnevelder boys not start growing wattles till alot later? My silkie boys already have started but Barnies not?

Umf Unfortunately that was my guess too 😕

Ok thanks, I did notice a feather difference between these last 2 I have and the 2 that were taken by a black bird, they had shoulder feathers and were darker in colour overall. Any guesses on the above 2 Barnies?

A week older... I only have 2 Barnies now the other one was taken by a black bird 😕

5 week Olds X3 2 have light feathering, 1 dark since hatch and still the same. Sex linked? Dark one has more feathers at shoulders too Double laced gold show quality hatched from shipped eggs. 2 boys and 1 girl?

I bought shipped barnevelder eggs, 4 hatched out of 12. ( 6 were not fertile. 1 didn't hatch, other one was picked on by other hen and died ) 1 of them doesn't have the chipmunk stripe, is this normal? They were suppose to be show quality. Also how do I tell if rooster or hen?

Some hatched!

Hi, sorry the late reply, I just bought mine with it already attached

Some of the broodies..

I have 4 broodies currently, I bought a dozen Double Laced gold barnevelder eggs for them to hatch 🐣 I haven't had other breeds before but hopefully they'll grow up and all get along. I don't plan to keep Barnie boys. I'm wondering what a Barnie cross Silkie would be like 🤔

Owww so cute! 🥰

A boy ☺️ ..I have 3 girls too

Hi everyone, it's been a very long time since I popped onto byc! I've had a baby so not much time for anything lately ☺️ I've reduced back my flock to 15 chickens now for a more manageable number, still having a few go broody even though it's winter here, so many eggs too! It's like they don't...

Thanks! I usually do allow my chickens to tidy up and turn over my garden beds but just wasn't sure on the beans. They love it!!!

My purple and yellow climbing beans are at their end of season, is it ok to let chickens forage around and clear that garden bed for me if no more beans are growing? Or are the leaves / vines or ground toxic too?