plumage

I have two that have these tufts on the top of their heads. The rest of the flock is the same breed from the same place. Normal or no lol?

Full disclosure: I’m a genetics nerd. I began playing with breeding different colors/coat types in mice as a teen over 20 years ago and it’s just escalated since 😆 I’m trying to teach myself the quail color/pattern types and since my teen birds are molting I’ve been comparing individual...

Unfortunately, the last couple of ducklings from a failed clutch were found in the coop this morning. Projected hatch date was in a couple of days. Parents are Buff Orpingtons and they have no contact with other ducks. What's really interesting is that both ducklings were pure silver. Last...

I have a silver appleyard call duck hen who is a little over two years old and lately I’ve been noticing changes in her behavior and as she’s been molting her feathers are looking more like a drake’s than a hen’s. She also hasn’t laid an egg in over a year. The change has been the most apparent...

My second hatch I have one chick that is noticeably floofier than it’s hatchmates of the same order. Does anyone know if it will affect its adult plumage? I love it! Here’s a normal one and the fluffy one for comparison.

I raised chickens with a guard goose some 10-12 years ago & I’m planning to start raising chickens again in a year or so. Since I will again utilize a guard goose, I do not need a protective rooster, so I can hopefully get a friendly dual purpose breed. For my 6-8 hens I plan to have: Rhode...

I'm new to chicken genetics in general, don't quite understand how everything works yet (I'm learning...), but my rooster's plumage has been nagging at me for a while now. I'm pretty sure that, from looking at the standard plumage of the breed, he's got at least one Silver Ameraucana parent...