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Im currently battling coccidia in my wooden chicken brooder. Do I need to destroy the wooden brooder and switch to something and of plastic or metal? I cannot find anything saying coccidia lives in wood but I also can't find anything saying that it dosent. Thanks in advance

@hhill1970 I too have looked up those different colors and washed they were in the US. I really love my creams but some of the European colors are very nice looking.

@Amer I had spoken to the breeder and she said she normally gets 1 or two white birds each hatch. She said that I could still keep it for breeding as it helps keep the bloodline from getting too dark chamois colored.

@Amer ERERDbDbPgPgMlMlII — is this the genotype of the rooster, or is it just a possible genotype? I’m not very advanced when it comes to genetics, what does this all mean? thanks for your response! I really appreciate it.

thank you for the feedback!

these are pictures of my birds: This is picture from the breeders website:

Last summer I had bought 6 Chamois Spangled Appenzeller Chicks from a breeder, they arrived in the mail and all were healthy! All 6 are still doing great, and I ended up with 1 rooster and 5 hens -- which would be great except I fear the rooster may be a cull :( My rooster is way lighter than...

Here is a picture of a rooster on the breeders website.... very different from mine.

here are my spitzies. The male is the white / cream one and the rest are females.

Last summer I had bought 6 Chamois Spangled Appenzeller Chicks from a breeder, they arrived in the mail and all were healthy! All 6 are still doing great, and I ended up with 1 rooster and 5 hens -- which would be great except I fear the rooster may be a cull :( My rooster is way lighter than...

@ChickNanny13 @Pekin747 I posted new photos.

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I will post some more pictures later

I have 3 young chickens, 2 are 2 months old, and 1 is one month old. The Crevecour and the Mottled houdan are both 2 months old, hatched 4/3/19. I'm pretty sure they are both pullets. The other chick is a Sultan X Easter Egger. It's 1 month old, being hatched on 5/14/19. Im not sure if its a...