How hard is it going to be for me to get rid of a rose comb in favor of single combs? Or from pea comb to single comb. How many generations would it take .. crossing the wrong combed bird to correct single combed birds?
Ok so i have a rooster who is turken but has all the cochin characteriatics to start this project and several cochin hen and roosters to cross with...
And lastly .. i have. A clean legged turken bantam hen..
Anyone whos already accomplished this cross .. or has any input is welcome to chime...
Ok so I have a pair of zebra finches.
First clutch was 5 eggs they sat until they hatched ..
Then abandoned the nest .
Second clutch 3 eggs. Hatched and took good care of the babies this time
Babies (3) have all been out of nest for at least 2 weeks...
I think parents are trying to...
Can a emu fit through a 10-12 inch gap ?
Or is my paddock thats got wooden fwnce going to keep my year old female in. Shes friendly and calm ... What do the emu experts think?
why did you have to have easter eggers ? the bane of all my resolve and control and patients lol ..
I says oh just six .. no better make it a even ten ... then my aunt .. catches two more adorable fluffy faced lovelies ...
and I say ok no more .. lets go get starter and bedding ill call mom to...
she has all the correct attributes to be a bantam cochin ... but .. I don't see any her color ..
closest things are lemon blue ... and brown reds .. obviously she blue though ... ..? im stumped
what kinda color banty cochin roo should I breed her to .. ( thinkin I may find a blue frizzle lol)
So I have decided that I'm in absolute love with bantam cochins :-) I have about ten that I've got from a few people and I'm loving them their colors and personality are awesome
So phase one will begin in about a month ..
I plan on ordering a few of each color variety from each hatchery...
Hello everyone !
decided I needed to start a page on here .. lol .. because I like taking obnoxious amounts of pictures of my chickens and ducks =)
soooo here's some of them ( they all have weird names lol ducks all have water related names chickens are al
l anime or video game...
I have two roos
a birchen and a splash I have ten girls to separate between them ... three are easy because the are the same color as the roos ..
one birchen hen . two splash hens
so for them others .. ( two are silkies but they are going with the cochins until I pick out a boy and some...
new to the scovies and have some questions =)
when do they lay ?
how many males should I have to females ratio ?
well .. basicly tell me anything you know or have found out about them =)
I love their personalities <3
thanks in advance
here is some of mine
blue laced drake...
Hi everyone I have six geese three embden one chinese one " pommerianian" and on looks like a embden but has a top knot like a polish? Anyways this is the first year we'vehad them . I'm worried about how they will do in winter their shelter right now is pretty ... summery.. my grandpa...
Got charlie last night wondering if it looks like a certain breed or if chalie is a mix. Doesnt matter eigther way just wondering
And a quick pic of the rest of the flock
Besides the silky the are clean legged full size
The black ones have single combs .. one is blue not black but otherwise the same
The brown chipmunky ones have pea combs .. the solid blue chipmunk cheeked one
Also has a pea comb ... so I think those four are ee or americaunas ...
Ok my aunt brought a bunch of chickens in from a friends
She said they were living in. A dark shed no lighting . And the amonia smell could knock you over when you walked in :-( about four have runny eyes and are lathergic.... everyone else seems fine no weezing or trouble breathing no runny...
I am looking to order some ees .. but I would like to see what others have gotten from different hatcheries ....
Any pics of your hatchery ees would be greatly apprecaited along with what hatchery you got them from. Thank you for you time
He's a pretty dude and sweet ... not agressive to the other roosters ... he has crazy long spurs though.
These are as close as I can get to him during the day ...
If anyone wants to throw in a guess on the black hen that's shaped like a leghorn
I am not sure what she is eigther