Im thinking of getting Pearl onyx chicks tomorrow. What are you thoughts on the breed? What do you know about them, can they be sexed as chicks? I’ve had brown leghorns in the past and not fond of the temperament.
I’m also thinking about Wheaton or Copper Marans?
What breed would you get if...
So I got a mystic onyx from bomgaars a few months ago and while I was out checking on some chicks I placed with some broody hens, Miss Phoenix decided to show off her crow?? I read hens will crow too but now I’m curious about ya’ll opinions - hen or roo?
13 week old mystic onxy
Correct. That chicken is melanistic which BCMs are not. She should have a pinkish comb. I think they use BCMs to make the Mystic Onyx but BCMs are a recognized breed and Mystic Onyx is a hatchery mix.
I was thinking Marans too!
But my Zombie is from Hoover's (they call them Pearl Onyx) and description says they lay brown eggs. Do their eggs color vary?
https://hoovershatchery.com/pearl-onyx
...sex them.
Is that true? We have always had brahmas and orpingtons do we don't know much about fibros or frizzles. So far they are wanting to do a lot of sitting down flat and burring their chests in the hay.
They hatched from a frizzle Easter eggers blue eggs and the dad is a mystic onyx.
@Iluveggers I forgot to update with a pic of my OEs from Ideal. Here's the Welsummer looking one with a pea comb next to one of their Onyx OEs. The 2nd pic is the other Onyx that has the cute crest.