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That happened to me, the legs getting darker as he got older, but he had other issues so I culled him; when I went to process him I discovered the bottoms of his feet were very yellow. So now I check there too.

wow, thanks. I would have never guessed these were going to be blue ...

Wondering as I am new to B/B/S breeding, I'm thinking these are all splash? They were hatched the 15th

I am sorry to hear of your bad experience, but thank you for the heads up. HOpefully this batch will turn out better. Did you contact the breeder? I would hope they made it right with you.

Cody & Pam Padilla have some really great stock! I just got 18 hatching eggs from their best show quality pens and put them in the incubator. I've seen their birds up close at shows and they are terrific.

aren't we glad that chickens do not reproduce like cats & dogs? I mean if it always meant a litter, we'd be overrun with them. At least we can control the number of offspring that are hatched.

I have 2 pure Ameraucauna pullets in my BCM pen and a whole flock of EE. It has been 102=104 here. The only thing I do besides as much shade as I can manage on the runs is to go out and wet the ground down in the heat of the afternoon, especially their dusting spots and fill shallow trays of...

Last year I had scrounged some bamboo screening out of a trash pile and wired it up on my fence on the west side of the pens; it helped cut the intensity of the afternoon sun. but the ducks destroyed it. This year I have some bits of shade cloth I'll do the same thing with, but I"m putting it on...

I'm wondering what the cushion comb looks like when they grow up?

I have a white EE pullet; lays a nice light blue egg.

I think you will find this true in all breeds and in all domestic animals which may be bred for showing and winning prizes. Just think of all the dog breeds that now require intervention to survive and reproduce themselves. I have read the book "Call of the Hen'' by a man named Hogan; google...

Eastercana! OOOOH I love that! i think I might have to steal that name!