Recent content by BarnyardCross

Yes, when hearing about Croad Langshan laying purple eggs, the word bloom was often repeated. I had previously assumed it was a reference to the natural dye on the outside of the egg. It is interesting to hear that it is a different layer of the egg. Can't wait to see what others have to share...

Hey, so I would like to know a bit more information about chicken genetics. I enjoy genetics, and I basically just want to share what I know with others and hear from others what I don’t know. Some of what I know (Just what I can remember of the top of my head): Egg Color: A chicken egg’s color...

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https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/can-my-hens-have-pine-needles.546928/ Before creating a post, I recommend googling for an answer.

It honestly should be fine. If chickens had extreme allergic reactions to pine needles then it would probably be common knowledge.

It’s about 3 months old and it has sickle feathers.

So I guess if we go by common opinion, it’s a rooster. That’s too bad... I am hopefuls going to get a silkie and a polish in the spring to replace the rooster. Thank you all for your help!

Any reasoning? Just your opinion?

Your right! And those photos were taken earlier than that. Making the chicken 3 months old.

When it is separated. Auto correct is annoying.

I believe that it does have longer legs, and it stands up straighter. I don’t know if this helps, but when it isn’t separated from the other chickens it freaks out and tries to get back in. Unlike my buff Orpington pullet, which starts eating grass or looking for worms. I don’t know if this is...

It’s about 3-4 months. https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/raising-wildish-chicks.1274908/ Read this. Please don’t continue guessing the breed, it is a cross of probably 5-6 different types of chicken.

I have a chicken that appears to have sickle feathers. It was never a very nice chicken. I flipped it over and compared the spur bumps to my other chickens and there wasn’t a difference. I don’t know what kind of cross it is, and it is most likely a 3rd or 4th generation cross. The hackle also...

Here’s a picture. Two are whitish yellow with a few black spots and two are kind of chipmunk looking. They were with som socks that no longer fit me on the drive back.

I am in California and the place was next to a highway in a big open area. Also the chickens were all pretty fat and happy, it looked like people fed them. I have a friend that has chickens and the local feed store was closed so I crushed up some chicken feed for them just to make do until I...