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  1. AusHen

    Olive egger cross

    Barred rocks lay a cream to tan egg so they won’t give you olive eggers, more a light green to greenish blue. Cuckoo Marans like all Marans should produce a darker brown, which will give you a darker green aka olive.
  2. AusHen

    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    4. 3 from hens and a pullets first egg
  3. AusHen

    Marans genetic and how to breed them to SOP

    thanks for the tag Chooks man, I’ll get myself caught up on this thread and definitely follow :thumbsup
  4. AusHen

    International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

    @Chooks man I always thought straw hackles was the bigger issue and didn’t mind some chest markings (I’ll call it that from now on, not leakage). sadly a lot of people told me it was no good which had me questioning myself but glad to see it’s acceptable and even beneficial… I’ll definitely...
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    International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

    Oh yes I'll definitely be making sure I pay attention to body type and other faults, it's just Marans become pretty trendy around here so many breeders are opting for quantity over quality. I did find I was making colour sacrifices to avoid things like short backs and squirrel tail. Other than a...
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    International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

    Hi all. I'm starting back up with black copper after moving along all my old birds (minus a splash copper hen) thanks to them all carrying wheaten :barnie Now I'm wondering if you had to choose between two faults to work with would you tackle chest leakage or straw hackles? it seems all the...
  7. AusHen

    Marans - are these wheatens actually black tailed buff

    These two were advertised as wheaten Marans, are they actually black tailed buff or a mixed mess? They are the first chicks from the breeding group she purchased. I included a group photo of the offspring and the parents. Im not fussed either way as I can throw them in my olive egger pen, but...
  8. AusHen

    What's the temperature where you are???

    32c or 89f and muggy.
  9. AusHen

    Isabel Ameraucana x Black Copper Marans - lavender split offspring?

    All chicks will be spit lavender and wheaten, the black copper Marans will also bring in leakage. Bred back to the father you will get more splits, lavender and wheaten lavender (isabel) offspring
  10. AusHen

    Cat thread!

    I’m as bad with cats as I am chickens. I may have just added another kitten that I need to get a photo of 😅 Some facts. Lily the blue (grey) was a feral kitten that ended up in my backyard about 8 years ago. Smokey and Bandit the solid tabby and solid black were kittens born to a feral mum on a...
  11. AusHen

    Meow Meow Monday!!!

    Sorry not Monday here, but I want to join in plus I did take these photos of my mother’s cats on Monday if that counts. Teddy, Dobby and Sebastian I’ll post some of my many cats/kittens next on Monday
  12. AusHen

    Leghorn

    In my experience I didn't as my whites were 'pure' for extended black which resulted in just white in the first generation, but if any of your hens are split for extended black then it's possible for pyle to appear in the F1 offspring
  13. AusHen

    Leghorn

    The first time you breed your leghorns don't be surprised to only get white chickens with some black flecks, but if you breed those daughters back to the father (or siblings/aunts/uncles/grandparents etc) you will get your wonderful variety as white leghorn often also mask barring and blue.
  14. AusHen

    Pekin mix chicks (poss light Sussex or buff Orpington mum) what sex are we thinking?

    I agree definitely some Silkie in there with the crests and 5 toes. The older one has a awful lot of red in the face but feather wise they both are looking pullet. What colour is the rooster? if I were to guess I would say the older is more likely part light Sussex, unless the rooster is also...
  15. AusHen

    Are these Silkies??

    Definitely not pure Silkies as they lack silkied feathers. The breeder is most likely grouping mix breeds aka "Satins" with their Silkies, it's pretty common but should be diclosed. As Like Turkeys said, sexing will be a lot easier but you will need to wait for their next set of feathers to...
  16. AusHen

    Help Identify Gender

    Opossum absolutely will take a chicken, I have seen videos of attacks. anyone who says they wont have just been lucky that it hasn't happened to them or if they have lost chickens to them blame something else. It most likely targeted Treble since his leg was deformed so was the weakest of the bunch.
  17. AusHen

    BYC's 2025 Spooktacular Halloween Hatch-Along

    My first lot are out and fluffy
  18. AusHen

    BYC's 2025 Spooktacular Halloween Hatch-Along

    24 and 24. Pure Pekin bantams (aka Bantam Cochins) plus my Pekin over Polish, Japanese bantam and Australian Araucana. Oh I also have a couple of Pekin/ISA brown due around the same time under a broody hen
  19. AusHen

    BYC's 2025 Spooktacular Halloween Hatch-Along

    I have some due on Halloween but being bantams they may hatch early, so I added more later in hopes that if they hatch early they will fall on the day
  20. AusHen

    Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.

    usually when I get swooped it's because one of the breeding birds is new (previous mate died) or a new pair has taken over the territory, which means having to build trust all over again which for some can take a few seasons.
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