So any offspring with the pea comb will most likely be a colored egg layer? And straight combed offspring will most likely be brown layers? I’m assuming there could be a mixture of these at hatch? Sorry for all the questions!
i recently acquired an Easter Egger roo to breed with my barred rock hens and I’m trying to figure out if my chicks that are hatched will likely be sex linked or not? I know it depends on the color of the roo so I have posted a picture of him as it’s hard to explain his coloring. He is still...
awesome pics guys!! i have some of these getting sent to me next month and im confused on how to breed them? the chicks will be wheaten/blue wheaten but from what im reading you have a chance of getting splash wheatens also from breeding.. how can i breed these to only produce wheaten/blue...
Hello guys, still very new to this site but i have already learned a ton thanks to you all!! i am picking up a pair of black silkies tomorrow (my wife spotted them and fell in love) and i was reading up on breeding these two and i know black to black will produce black but i seen online that...
I have another small coop for my bantam chickens but wanted this one for my orpingtons coming. At this point I will end up with a few more coops cause this chicken math is getting me!
I Am in Kentucky, so temps don't usually get below 20 degrees in winter expect for maybe a week or two out of the year. It is an 8x4, and on the only having a center door I am thinking about removing the hardware cloth on each side so I can swing open all three doors and clean everything out...
Long story short I got a few bantams and now the chicken math has hit me so I Recently acquired a new coop today for my buff orpingtons. It will be a couple weeks before I get them so now is the time to change or add on to my coop. Off the top of my head I am going to attach 3 nest boxes onto...