My black bantam cochin just hatched 9 chicks today. I had a lavender rooster, but I lost him a month ago. Do any of these chicks look like they could be lavender? Most of them look black to me but there are a few lighter ones that confuse me. I also have a calico rooster with a blue base so I...
My four week splash Ameraucana chick is showing lumps in the corners of her beak (on the outside). I’ve never experienced this before, I noticed a few days ago something was wrong, she wasn’t as active as she usually is. She drinks and eats fine (although she’ll only eat scrambled eggs, she...
That’s great news! Honestly I was still waiting to for one of the frizzles to go full boy mode. I’ve already got a frizzle male so I’m glad I’ll be keeping them all. I plan on putting the black non-frizz with my frizzle male and keeping the rest together.
That’s interesting because I experienced the same thing. Blue ameraucana roo over a splash girl and the chick came out splash with yellow orange legs. I had to look back at their parents baby photos. The chick is now three days old and I can see the slate color coming in from the top of its legs.
Cool!! He’s beautiful! I ordered a bunch of Cochin bantams from ideal hatchery, unfortunately most of them didn’t survive the trip. I have a lavender, mottled, and 2 black frizzles left so I hope at least the lavender or mottled to be a female otherwise I’ll try ordering your suggestions with...
Oookay thank you! That makes more sense. Unfortunately it was the only one to hatch. Luckily I put a few of my own Oliver egger eggs in incubation with him so he’s not alone. I live in Hawaii and lately I haven’t been having much success with eggs shipped from the states.