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    Blind Hen

    Okay thanks. I'm going to try keeping her with the others for now. But it's a really big yard. So I will watch and see how she does. If she finds it too confusing she might be better in a smaller coop and more contained space. But it would be easier if she could stay with the others.
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    Blind Hen

    One of my Barred Rock ladies lost the sight in one eye last year. She did okay with just the sight in one eye. But it looks like the other eye is now almost completely blind too. There's no infection that I've seen. Just gradual clouding over. Her comb is bright and she is otherwise entirely...
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    Lavender question

    Okay, I think I will just try the test breeding method. I've already spent a lot just on hatching eggs. Thank you for explaining it.
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    Lavender question

    Oh. Right! Of course. I should have realized that. I wish I knew more about her pens. She basically ghosted me after I emailed her to let her know that some of them hatched out as BBS. I was polite about it, I swear :)
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    Lavender question

    The second seller has only lavender. She doesn't have any black or any other colour at all. She seemed to think it was very risky to add black. So although I can't be certain, I suspect the second batch should be okay. Fingers crossed!
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    Lavender question

    Last year I got some supposedly lavender Ameraucana hatching eggs. I was told that some of them could be black split to lavender. However, what I ended up with were 4 lavenders, 3 blues, 3 blacks, and a splash. My suspicion is that the seller's black rooster must have actually been black split...
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    What colour is this little roo?

    Thanks! I don't know too much about colour genetics yet, so it's interesting to see how they turn out.
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    What colour is this little roo?

    Ok, thank you! It didn't look quite right to me either comparing it to photos online.
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    What colour is this little roo?

    He's an easter egger. Hatched from a brown egg, so RIR, Barred Rock, or Columbian Rock mother. Father is an Ameraucana (blue or lavender). Could he be birchen? Is that possible from one of those crosses?
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    Blue or Lavender?

    Thanks. That's what I was suspecting.
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    Blue or Lavender?

    I hatched some eggs this year that I got from a lady who is breeding Lavender Ameraucanas. They are very cute and doing well. But I'm quite confused about the colours. I believe they should be either Lavender or Black only. But I have a couple that I think(?) look blue, not lavender. Don't blues...
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    Just hatched

    Thank you!
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    Just hatched

    Thanks! and Congratulations to you too :-)
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    Just hatched

    I've had hatchery layers (Barred Rocks, Columbian Rocks, RIR) for quite a few years. But this year I bought lavender and black Ameraucana hatching eggs. And they just hatched yesterday. This is the first time I've hatched myself, so I'm quite excited and wanted to show off pictures. There are 11...
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    Picture Of The Week (POW) Information & Submissions

    Thanks! I won't tell him that though. His head would swell even more!
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