leakage

I know most silkies are recessive white. however, say I have a black pen and a white pen - can I switch the roosters to see what colors are behind each white, or would there be a better color than black to use?

This is Chrissy my frizzled bantam cochin pullet I got as an extra egg with silkie eggs I bought. Now she just kinda lives with my silkies and 2 other non-silkie hens. I believe she is a black with gold leakage, but she has a couple white tips on her foot feathers. Is that some kind of leakage...

Hi all, I have a black showgirl chick that I'm not sure if it's a male or female. I think it's a cockerol but I'm not sure. Comb and wattle make me think male. Does the gold leakage generally mean it's male or could go either way ? Not sure how old, maybe 3 months. Also is this leakage on my...

I am new to chicken keeping and we were given a flock by family friends to keep as pets over the summer and we’re returning them in the fall. Our white silkie hen went broody so we gave her eggs back so she could hatch them but she has a history of hatching chicks with lighter coloured skin...

3yo RIR. After lots of research realized it was ascites. She’s been in fine spirits but I noticed her breathing heavily last week, have been keeping a close eye. I picked her up 4-5 days ago and realized her abdomen was full of fluid and felt like an overfilled water baloon. We do not have the...

Ever since it was built we have had a leak problem. But it got a lot worse. I have no money so I need advice on how to fix this leak problem. As quickly as possible. The leak reaches all the way to the floor.

So as a little project I’ve been hatching eggs from my silver laced Wyandotte hen and my blue laced red Wyandotte rooster. I was wondering if I notice the chick is silver laced with a bit of gold leakage does that pretty much guarantee that it’s a male? I’m guessing it’s just a slight visual...

Recently, I bought Ameraucanna chicks between 1 and 4 days old. 3 of those who remain(always gonna lose some, sadly,) were sold as Lavender/Self-Blue. Now that they're starting the get their feathers, I have concerns. For the most part, they look white so far. But some of the feathers have...