Head spot should be white
males are gray
females are yellow to tan
I'm cheating slightly because the girls lay quietly on their backs
The female cream legbar should be chipmunk
as in a brown stripe with black stripes down each side.
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Crele Legbar
Cream Legbar was too monochromatic for...
Where are you located?
Georgia has a state Poultry Lab.
Im waiting for answers to see if i can swab my own birds and send the swabs back to them for testing.
2 years ago. I had all the answers. Now i have all the questions.
18 months ago i purchased a flock of 30 barnevelders. From 3 to 16...
2 females
1 male (top)
Check for bump on top of first one's head.
Unfortunately the top one is not bearded.
Thus is Plumpkin
she got caught in a downpour and got soaked. No knot on top of head. No comb to speak of. She quickly learned the hair dryer was AWESOME and began turning herself...
Lay a chick on its back in your hand.
If it stays put and falls asleep 90% sure it's a girl
Feathering Rate
female on right
all must be same breed and age.
Only way to find out is time.
If his offspring lay green or blue eggs, he's an Easter Egger.
If they don't he's from probably a cross with salmon favorelle.
breed him to a partridge pattern hen and you will get beautiful babies.
Sorry for your losses.
I'm dealing with MG myself.
the quickest way to euthanize at home is a paper feed bag tied around a car tailpipe. There is only a little struggle. I did over 50 juveniles over a week. Unfortunately culling does not get rid of MG. A lot of people say burn the carcass of...
Feather rate sexing.
as long as all chicks being compared are the same breed and age it works until they all have feathers with no down.
hatchery marked male with blue dot.
Male left almost no feathers.
female on right.
These are Russian Orlof.
My week old chicks
When I tried it with adults...
Crele Legbar male silver with dot on head
Crele female no dot
Crele Orpington female
no distinctive sexlink characteristics
but 95% of female chicks will lay on their back in your hand males will not be still.
Get your birds tested for Mycoplasma Gallisepticum. 30 to 60 days for MG to die. Sunlight kills instantly. The Western U.S. has not heard of it YET.
please see my post on that disease.
Chickens do not get colds. Only diseases that have cold like symptoms.
Also test for HPAI
Highly Pathogenic...
In highly pathogenic avian influenza , the disease appears suddenly in a flock and many birds die either without premonitory signs or with minimal signs of depression, inappetence, ruffled feathers and fever. Other birds show weakness and a staggering gait. Hens may at first lay soft-shelled...