Recent content by Cparkermarie

Silkies are about 3 months old, no crowing yet. Looking at the buff & white silkies. White one was really difficult to get photos of. Hens or roo?

Bought this “sexed” Easter Egger but she started crowing. Is she actually a he or is she just crowing because she’s confused and there isn’t rooster?

Hey all, not sure what’s wrong with my little silkie. I noticed her struggling & straining to poop with very little to none coming out. She is running and eating but the straining concerned me. I brought her in and gave her an epsom soak bath, cleaned poop away & trimmed around her vent. Got...

Hey all, My emu is close to 1 week old. I noticed that she doesn’t do as great of a job as my other one at keeping her legs under her and straight. It’s not an obvious splayed leg, she walks and runs fine but I’m worried about long term. I’ve splinted her legs together and they both have...

Hey my polish hen (1y/o). Has been limping for a while and we noticed her leg at the joint was swollen. We’ve been trying to keep her comfortable to heal but recently we noticed a growth/bump on the same leg but not by the joint. She doesn’t have this bump on her other leg. Any ideas what it is?

What I meant to say then is within a breed or specific color egger I wanted to show how egg colors can vary. Specifically that my BCMs got darker after they laid and help debunk any misinformation about Easter Eggers being able to lay radically different colored eggs with any frequency. Sure due...

Wanted to share my experience with my colored egg layers since I’ve found varying stories online. I’ll be referencing the photo. The left most egg & 3rd from left are from the same bird, a BCM. The 2nd & 4th from left are another bird, also a BCM. Both of their first eggs were the lightest and...