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I bought what we’re supposed to be calico Cochin chicks. Turns out I have 4 calico Cochin roosters (3 pictured) and 2 mottled hens. If I breed them will I get more calico chicks? More mottled chicks? Some weird color?

What breed of chickens lay the pink and purple eggs? I love the pastel colors!

Would this be considered a self blue or lavender cochin??

This is a pullet that came from a black hen and a white roo!

What was the reason not too? Do the birds hatch deformed?

I have read on several posts that you shouldn't eat the eggs for a couple of weeks after using ivermectin pour on, but my question is: can you still incubate the eggs?

Can anyone tell me how to tell pheasants apart that are about 3 months old, the males from the females of the lady amherst and red golden. I know the lady amherst have grey legs and the red golden have yellow, but what about the barring on the tails, what is the difference in the male and...

Someone told me that if a hen eats molasses in feed, like sweet feed, they will quit laying. Is that true at all? He said the same thing about fruit, if you feed it to them they will quit laying. I have never heard such a thing.