Why is it that the males always seem to have the leakage? I got lucky, 11 chicks from Once In A Blue Moon...6 hens, 5 roos...only 2 are showing leakage. They are true beauties!!!
When trying to sex nine week old lavender chicks, is it best to go by the comb? Or is it still too early? All their feathers look pretty much the same.
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Ok. Im the opposite, i have a flock of breeders Lavender Ameraucana, and 3 copper maran hens.
Thanks for the insight...wanted to make sure my plan wasnt going to backfire.
Is there a reason everyone uses Maran roo with ameraucana hens? I was gonna use Ameraucana roo with maran hens? Is there an advantage of the maran roo?
Question, i have 18 6 wk old Lav Am that i bought from a reputable breeder. None of my 18 seem to have good beard and muffs. Does this grow in later or get fuller..or what they have they have.
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He was unable to hang with the rest if the group. So i went a head and butchered him. He had an achilles tendon dislocation, which makes sense on why he was unable to put weight on the leg.
Wanted to let you all know what i found.
I have a question for you Veteran BCM owners. I hatched some breeder eggs about 4-5 weeks ago. At what age will the copper color start showing up? I'm just curious.
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Anyone ever buy chicks from Once in a Blue Moon Farmstead in Leoma TN? I think the breeders name is Lindsay Helton. Wondering about her quality.
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Yes sir, I had Coon attack when I had a family emergency and didn't get home in time to shut my coop door and lost all my chickens but 3. My mom always lets hers free range and had a fox get one and the other one hasn't laid an egg in over six months. I just got me an automatic coop door so...