I need advice ASAP! please!
So I ordered some hatching eggs that were supposed to arrive in the fall, but just got an email saying they would be arriving THIS saturday, August 12th!
I’m in the panhandle of TEXAS. so it’s hot hot here. between today and saturday the temps range from 98 - 104… is...
Chocolate Orpington 2 weeks old won’t put weight on her leg.
this happened some time today, doesn’t seem broken, no visible injuries, she’s eating, drinking, and moving a tad… what can i do to help her ? i’m worried about her :(
So the chicken math is definitely real😅
went to TSC for starter feed for the 4 chicks i already had and layer feed for my 2 hens… well my fiancé said i might as well get more, not remembering i have 3 more coming april 5th… so we got 5 more today. 😂 i did get a silkie and a frizzle baby… but...
What kind of bantam babies do you think these are. 3 weeks old now. they black one is less shy and feathering out more slowly. the last two pictures are from the day i got them!
Okay so I understand breeding a (blue) homozygous Roo to a speckled brown layer results in a speckled green egg. but what if you back breed the chick from the speckled green egg to the homozygous Roo again ? would it keep the speckles? lighten the color ?
TIA.
I know cream legbars are auto sexing birds, the males having a pale dot in their head and lighter in color while the females are darker with the brown stripe down the back. well i have this youngin who is throwing me off and was wondering if you all could help me out 😊 TIA
1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
Hey there! I am about a year in with chickens and ducks! I have 6 chickens and 4 ducks. I have 2 cream legbars, 2 bantams (not sure what kind) they came out of an assorted bin, buff orpington, buff brahma, 2 khaki campbell ducks, what...
Hey there! first time “breeding” chickens.
i have:
buff orpington hen
buff brahma
black bantam
mottled bantam
and a
cream legbar roo
what should i expect with these crosses ?
and what would i get crossing a cream legbar roo to a green laying easter egger? or an EE roo to my buff brahma...