Recent content by jfergz

Here's picture of another one of the cockrels from our first hatch, strange coloring too (to me anyway) his chest looks like his wing feathers they're back but edged with white, and his tail has traces of white too. still trying to learn the breed, and fancy chickens in general just started with...

Dvang, that's what I thought too, just do not understand how we have goldens out of a silver roo and hen, we're new to the breed maybe just something in their genetic background has surfaced, out of the same batch we also have 3 silver cockrels (sold 2) and one silver pullet. was hoping one of...

This is the one I posted awhile back that I thought may have been a pullet

Once again I have a question about our little roo we hatched he has matured a little now, and I do not know what color to call him or how we got ythis color out of 2 silvers, and one more thing the two pullets we hatched at the same time are showing red hackles. anyway here he is any help would...

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I love this idea effective and affordable... I've been trying to figure out a way to set a brooder in our barn thanks!!!!

I am not sure of their names, but they had a few the were selling. they said they had bought some eggs, and then lost interest in the breed and were only keeping a couple roos because they were so pretty. I know they weren't from ohio though

Thank you, This is our first time with the phoenix. My son got a pair at the national show in columbus, ohio last fall...when he saw this post he reminded me that the people he bought them from said they came from stewart longtails we had 6 out of 11 hatch from our first batch we are incubating...

Here's a pic of one of our chicks that we hatched about a month ago trying to figure out if it is a pullet I think it is but not sure any help would be appreciated

We live in central ohio and housed our silkies in the barn with no problems this past winter...hope this helps

Another hatchery in ohio is eagles nest all straight run though... very nice quality birds

BB whites reach mature weight at about 16 weeks this will yield in the 18 - 22lb range. I personally would try to find a little higher protein starter for them though... we feed 30% and get it at our locaal feed store we have them order it when we order our poults. I believe it is purina honor...