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Okay, I will reveal all......... Dad is a Barnvelder cockerel. Mom is a Fenton Blue hen. Chicks are a mix - seemingly sex linked [I assume, since the colouring is so different.] The male chick is dark [like his dad] but has lighter lacing and a slight crest from his mom. The pullet is...

Your guess is correct. Mom has cream legbar in her breeding. But what breed is she known by?

We have 3 different types of hen, plus a barnvelder cockerel. The hens differ greatly in the amount of time that they take to complete the moult and start laying again. The Light sussex usually starts laying again within 6 weeks or so. The welsummer, on the other hand, takes much longer -...

I absolutely confirm that these two are full siblings. We have only one cock and 3 hens. Each hen lays a different coloured egg. We incubated only the eggs from this hen, who was running with only this cockerel. Thats how i know these two are full siblings! When they hatched, one...

This is mom. Do you know what breed she is? This photo was taken when she was just a youngster herself, pre egg laying. Her comb and wattles are bigger now, which makes the crest much less obvious. Of the two chicks, only the male has the crest feathers - but not as clearly as she has here...

They're full brother and sister. Same mom, same dad.

Hi, I actually know what breed these chicks are, but thought it might be fun for you to try to find out. They are hybrids, though - so there's a clue. Can you work out what breeds they come from?

They are one of the breeds commonly used in battery cage egg production. They lay at least one egg per day, for a year. After that, their poor little bodies find it hard to stay healthy. They have fantastic characters - and make great pets. We used to have 3 ex battery hens at the school...

The cherries that fall and rot from my tree have no problem germinating at all!! I'm forever pulling seedlings out! Maybe they need to go through a period of cold first before germinating. Alot of seeds need that. Some have a double 'winter' need programmed in. [Some primroses for...

Here's a link to a short video of our chickens enjoying some treats - namely - corn on the cob, tomatoes and a plum. They've never seen a plum before, but they're prepared to eat pretty much anything I give them. As you will see. They attack the treats with some gusto!! LOL!

Are you sure she's not a he?

4 eggs from 3 hens. For one of them, it was her first egg today. For another, her 3rd and 4th egg. The final hen has been laying since Easter - usually one every other day.

Hi, I have 3 hens. My welsomer has been laying for a couple of months now. She was almost a year old before she began to lay. At Easter I bought another 2 POL pullets - a Light Sussex and a Fenton Blue. They were 14 weeks old at the time. The Fenton Blue laid her first egg last Thursday...

Some great ideas, there, thanks!! Here is a photo of the run BEFORE anything has been put in it. [not quite finished ]

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