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So what happens when you cross a White Leghorn male with an existing flock of colored egg hens. Will the offspring breed true to the existing egg color?

Curious how this is going after almost a month. I use the same litter for our cat. It would be awesome to have dual purposes for it.

I identify with this one. Every morning when I go out to clean the coop & open the boxes I can’t listen to podcasts or anything because of all the screaming! 😂

Wow thanks so much! This was very informative.

What will I get when I cross these? I can’t seem to find info online about that happens with White egger males when bred. White Egg laying Roo(California White) over: White Egg (California White) = ? Pink Egg (Silkie) = ? Green Egg(Starlight Green Egger)= ? Brown egg(golden comet) = ? Also...

Trying to figure out this breed so I can better understand down line genetics. I attached photo of hen & her egg. I think starlight green. Also would you call that a green egg or olive? They’re very difficult to candle.

Fatten them up with meat. Yea

We have a portable dog kennel. When our older hens & rooster were picking on my 6 week old pullets I would pull the problem chicken & lock them in the dog kennel for the day. I think this also changes the pecking order some. Takes em down a peg or 2. Worked for us. The problem rooster had to be...

**UPDATE** this worked great. The pullets are doing good. Had to lock up the mean rooster 3 times for a whole day giving the nice rooster time to establish himself better as a leader. The other hens have also been better but they still peck them quite a bit. The pullets still don’t like to roost...

I have 8 layers. They’re getting old & 4 have since stopped laying. Was wondering the best way to put some weight on them before butchering them. The breed is Golden Comet. I’ve heard whole milk & chick feed could work ok.

Like lock the hens, pullets & roosters in the small space together? Or lock the mean ones up & let the pullets roam?

We’ve had the 6-7 week old pullets in with the older hens in a separate cage for almost a month eating & drinking next to each other. This week we decided to release them out with the 8 older hens & 2 roosters. We understand that they are on the bottom of the pecking order but the old hens are...

My understanding is that both Roos & Hens have spots. Not sure how exactly the sex-link work with Cal Whites. I just hatched 5 of em. All of them have spots. Even the one with just 1 spot. There’s no way i struck gold & managed to hatch 100% hens.

Ok thanks for the info! I’ll do that this weekend. 3” holes covered with steal cloth all along the eaves.

Are the ventilation holes that came with it enough or do I need more