Recent content by Carrie-d away with chix

That definitely helps, it’s kind of a fun mystery when my eggs hatch right now, but I just noticed the one chick had more white on him then the others, at this stage I have no idea of colors. I usually keep them until 6 months old because only then do I know for sure what they are. I’m learning...

I have all my colors penned together right now, I keep hearing about mottled and splash orpingtons. I’m still learning genetics and colors. How do you get mottled or splash orpingtons? I have blue/black/lavender/chocolate/ and one jubilee hen mixed.