We recently bought chicks from a small homestead breeder and all ended up being roosters that only have green and blue egg genetics. We are considering keeping 1-2 of the roosters for a few months to breed to our small flock of hens (different breeds) for more variation in feather/egg colors...
Well my sister and I incubated 23 eggs during the cold snap that hit Texas around Christmas and we had 18 chicks hatch out it. My go to chicken breeder had her incubator open as she wasn’t hatching anything at the moment and hatched them out for us. They’re Cochin bantams chicks. The fathers are...
Hi! I'm new to breeding chickens and my chicks aren't yet to that age, I got Blue Ameraucana and Silver Ameraucana.
I've been told Blue breed true about 50% and Silver 100%. Is it true?
In general, what potential outcome would be if I breed:
Blue x Blue
Silver x Blue
Silver x Silver
I'd like...
I have a white goose (Sebastopol) who was sold as a lavender gosling to her previous owner. She ended up feathering out white. Upon purchasing her I contacted the breeder and found out she had a pen of solid lavenders (should be 100% lav offspring?), and a pen with white and lavender mixed to...