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  1. Not-so Slick Chicken

    Olive eggers

    I had actually ordered a cream legbar cockerel (blue egg gene, fun feather colors) but he sadly didn't make it. Then my black ameraucana pullet turned out to be a cockerel. Which is convenient, but one less chance at a blue egg. Fingers crossed you get a speckled green egg! That would be very fun
  2. Not-so Slick Chicken

    Olive eggers

    I don't know why I didn't read the last part the first time. Also will be exciting to see the F1 eggs I have an Ameraucana cockerel, and various breeds of pullets (egg colors white, blue/green, tinted, brown speckled). I don't think I can get any dark green eggs, but I'll have a few colors. In...
  3. Not-so Slick Chicken

    Olive eggers

    I've heard people say that with birds and reptiles, crossing siblings is fine. I assume it's a "once in a while" thing. So assuming the place you got your birds from didn't regularly inbreed, there's likely not an issue if you do. Sounds like you have a good plan. I know it takes a while to...
  4. Not-so Slick Chicken

    I have no idea what the heck Hoovers Hatchery gave me

    Apologies that my post made things more confusing The bird is an "Easter Egger". Hoovers has multiple names, so that makes things more confusing, but you're correct that they don't sell Ameraucana. (Below might make it more confusing. Feel free to skip.) Hoovers markets both "Americana" and...
  5. Not-so Slick Chicken

    Olive eggers

    There's always the possibility of swapping who's with who. It would be really interesting to see what the OE produces with Marans. But the Ameraucana would definitely give more olives for you. I see the difficulty in choosing. Do you put olive eggers in with your Ameraucana? Or is that just...
  6. Not-so Slick Chicken

    Olive eggers

    It depends on what you're going for. What was the rooster's sire? He could potentially not have inherited the blue egg gene from the mom.
  7. Not-so Slick Chicken

    I have no idea what the heck Hoovers Hatchery gave me

    You said you got an "egger mix" I assume you mean "assorted colored egg layer" ? That's what's on their website. And it lists the potential breeds in the description. While it's true they don't sell Ameraucana, they do sell easter eggers and "americana" (which is an easter egger) Either way...
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    Will a predator attack cause a young hen to stop laying?

    You could add a camera to see if she is indeed eating eggs. You could do the roll-away boxes. You could modify your current coop/nest boxes. Or you could block off the current nests, and build a tiny "shed" just large enough for roll-away boxes outside your coop. These could stress your birds...
  9. Not-so Slick Chicken

    HELP! anyone who owns or knows about bunnies!

    I'm assuming you're in the states. And I'm also assuming these are Cottontails. Somebody earlier recommended finding a wildlife rehab center, and I'll second that, but for a different reason. Assuming these are Cottontails, they are wild animals. And to my current knowledge, illegal to keep...
  10. Not-so Slick Chicken

    Sexing cream legbars- they all look alike to me

    Looking at those new pics, I see the confusion. It almost looks like a chipmunk stripe... I'm still leaning cockerel. Because if I'm hoping for a pullet, I'll assume cockerel and be happily surprised if it turns out to be a pullet >.>
  11. Not-so Slick Chicken

    Sexing cream legbars- they all look alike to me

    I have a CCL pullet. I didn't keep very good picture evidence, but I have one picture of her at 1 month old (30 days) and can see the pinkish breast feathers. And I'm sure the back/wings would be noticeable as well. I don't have a cockerel to compare it to, but they (ccl cockerel) aren't...
  12. Not-so Slick Chicken

    Sexing cream legbars- they all look alike to me

    Agreed. Green is obvious. Purple appears to have chipmunk stripe, so pullet. I assume red has 1 side pic (can't see the color band) and I'm also leaning cockerel for red if that side pic is him. I don't know if you're planning on keeping cockerels? (I know many people can't.) But if you do plan...
  13. Not-so Slick Chicken

    What breed is surprise chick?

    I'm still learning myself. The other replies above are what I'd trust, honestly. I believe at this young age (7 weeks), the size of the comb, and the bright red, is likely what is determining. Cockerels combs tend to develop earlier than pullets, but certain breeds of pullets can develop...
  14. Not-so Slick Chicken

    What breed is surprise chick?

    The name is confusing, but a single comb refers to the type/shape and not necessarily the number. Single combs are usually seen on Leghorns, Legbars, Barred Plymouth Rocks Rose combs are on Wyandottes, and Dominiques tons of combs, tons of chickens for each comb type Knowing which type of...
  15. Not-so Slick Chicken

    What Breed/Variation is This Chick From Hatchery Order?

    Oh! It does? I couldn't even tell
  16. Not-so Slick Chicken

    What Breed/Variation is This Chick From Hatchery Order?

    Welsummers are -supposed- to be autosexing. But I have heard that there are often issues where autosexing breeds aren't as clear as they're supposed to be. I did mix up that they aren't barred, though. My bad on that.
  17. Not-so Slick Chicken

    What Breed/Variation is This Chick From Hatchery Order?

    I'm going to guess Welsummer, or egger/cross. Your pictures shows the chick has chipmunk stripes, and a sizeable white/yellow spot on the head. So I'm thinking it might be one of the auto-sex breeds they sell Bielefelder Cream legbar Welbar Welsummer I wish it was easier to find picture...
  18. Not-so Slick Chicken

    French blue copper maran?

    You can probably disregard my "splash" option, actually. I just looked at hoover's site, and they don't list "splash marans" or "bbs marans" anywhere. And, as others have mentioned, blue can look really light or really dark. One year I got a "surprise" chick from a different hatchery. Looked...
  19. Not-so Slick Chicken

    French blue copper maran?

    I'll toss in another option and say potentially "Splash" (two copies of blue) Pictured were my chicks. The 3 greyish ones in middle (forming a triangle for some reason) are 2 splash marans and 1 lavender orpington. It was impossible for me (*I'm new to this) to tell them apart from above for a...
  20. Not-so Slick Chicken

    Sexing cream legbars- they all look alike to me

    If they're 100% cream legbars, I would agree they all appear to be pullets. I'm certainly no expert, but my understanding with CCL is the pullets have "chipmunk" stripes on the back, and are overall darker than the cockerels. I'm not sure how noticeable a white/yellow spot on the head would be...
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