seem like a good breed, if i had the room i would probably raise a batch of them they seem like they would be a good 4h starter show bird...considering i dont see many of this breed in my class...
its a feed scooper it cant be perfect but over all when every thing is said an done i love mine its great its starting to show a little wear an tear but its to be expected i have had it for 4...
I have one silkie. From the time we got her, she layed 3 eggs a week and was so sweet and friendly! Then, she went broody 3 times in a row But she came back to us just as friendly as the first...
Cinnamon is one of my favorite girls. She is the first to investigate anything new and is fearless. She is my biggest girl and I love her rich red feathers and white speckles. She is very...
The Leghorn is a great breed. It will supply you with eggs almost everyday of the year for at least two years of its life while not eating very much food. Leghorns also produce most of the U.S.'s...
I know this is BackYardChickens.com, but we have a huge community of "duck people" as well.
Any chance someone could write up sex-link information on duck colors and make it a sticky too?
Sweetfolly Flowers & FeathersChanged Username from "Annarie"! Waterfowl: Bibbed, Magpie, and Ancona Call Ducks in Blue, Black, Chocolate, and Lilac; and a mixed free-ranging flock of Dutch Hookbills, Khaki Campbells, Anconas, and Magpies. Chickens: Columbian Bantam Cochins
Sweetfolly Flowers & FeathersChanged Username from "Annarie"! Waterfowl: Bibbed, Magpie, and Ancona Call Ducks in Blue, Black, Chocolate, and Lilac; and a mixed free-ranging flock of Dutch Hookbills, Khaki Campbells, Anconas, and Magpies. Chickens: Columbian Bantam Cochins
I know this is BackYardChickens.com, but we have a huge community of "duck people" as well.
Any chance someone could write up sex-link information on duck colors and make it a sticky too?
Sorry, but I am too busy with chicken genetics to branch into the genetics of other birds. I do not have the room to work with ducks.
Gossip is the Devil's radio.- George Harrison Australorp, SLW, BO, RIR, Delaware. (Flicka, Buffy, Selene, Helia, Phoenix, Ponyo) I am Perky Pullet of the Crazy Pullets!
Gossip is the Devil's radio.- George Harrison Australorp, SLW, BO, RIR, Delaware. (Flicka, Buffy, Selene, Helia, Phoenix, Ponyo) I am Perky Pullet of the Crazy Pullets!
awesome information! I am interested in egg production. 2 Questions:
1] If I hatch eggs from golden comet x golden comet will egg production of resulting pllets be affected?
2] If I hatch eggs from golden comet Hen x Austrolorp roo, a] will egg production be affected 2] will the chicks be sex linked?
I believe in miracles. In fact, I DEPEND on them! DH for 43 years, 2 daughters, 2 grand-Ds, 8 Papillons, 3 Toy Fox Terriers, 1 Yorkie, 7 laying pullets, 2 immature pullets
I believe in miracles. In fact, I DEPEND on them! DH for 43 years, 2 daughters, 2 grand-Ds, 8 Papillons, 3 Toy Fox Terriers, 1 Yorkie, 7 laying pullets, 2 immature pullets
I am interested in crossing a RIR with a dark sussex. Because they both have mahogony in them I am wondering about the chicks coloring in order to sex them. Please ?
Say what you mean, mean what you say, but do not say it meanly.
thank you!
I never knew crossing a sexlink with any other breed of chicken will not produce another sexlink... Yay! that means my little ones might just be females!!!!
40+ chickens, 3 ducks, 2 guineas, 6 goats, 2 dogs, 3 horses, 500+ cows, and a bunch of crazy barn cats.
can anyone send me pics of a rhode island red x silver wyandotte sex link chicks? Ive 3 hatched and all look slightly chipminky and reddish to light buff color. Not sure how to see differences in the sexes
can anyone send me pics of a rhode island red x silver wyandotte sex link chicks? Ive 3 hatched and all look slightly chipminky and reddish to light buff color. Not sure how to see differences in the sexes
Check out illustration 2 on page 1 here in this sticky thread.
catdaddy
There's a whole world of differences between propagators and breeders. My goal is to propagate breeders towards the Standard of Perfection.
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear, you can make a purse out of it, but it won't be silk. LOL
Maybe in about another 30-40 years I'll get this "being an expert" thing figured out by then. LOL