Recent content by Freerangefather

I'll be sure to provide updates when they hatch.

I'll try and get some pictures when I'm home in a few days. She's tough to photograph because she is very flighty. Regardless, she lays me big bright blue eggs and I'm clearly not starting a purebred breeding operation so her lines don't matter too much to me. I began to incubate some of her...

I'm sorry this is the best I've got right now.

I'm not home at the moment so I cannot right now. Let me see if I can find one in my phone.

Eggcellent reply, thank you! I have been reading up on how to determine fertilized or not. Aside from that I think the only problem with using eggs from a new layer is size, but this hen is almost 9 months old and her eggs aren't all that small.

Hello, I had a chick sold to me as an Australorp, who I suspected was a black Amerauana start laying.... surprise, she lays bright blue eggs. Anyways, I am looking to expand my flock and thought it would be fun to hatch some of her eggs. My rooster is a Blue-Laced Red Wyandotte. I am under the...

Well, I thought I'd check back in and give an update. To those of you who speculated Ameraucana my hen FINALLY laid her first egg at 8 months old. Bright Blue. Suffice to say she is pure? Either way I am thrilled.

I was wondering if pure Ameraucana... Very exciting if so. Either way we will see when she lays an egg. A healthy bird is all I want in the end.

I was sold this as a chick as a Black Australorp, as it has grown it looks nothing like one. It has developed a beard, it is very skittish. Currently about 10 weeks old or so. What's your guess?

Thanks for all of the suggestions. He just went downhill very fast, two days ago I thought he looked a little slow and pale and this morning he was dead. The unfortunate part is I don't think I will ever know.

You're right, I should've posted in the same thread. He is dead now anyhow.

I'm wondering about the underlying health issues... It would make sense because he had such a rapid decline. It did look like he maybe had a stroke or seizure.