When I bought this fellow I was supossed to be buying all buff orpingtons. They were only a couple weeks old.
Well It is NOT An orpington. I know the gentlemen has Buff Orpingtons, Barred rocks. White leghorns, and Rhode Island Reds. My guess is mix between RIR & White Leghorn. Which would be a...
Okay I bought some Buff Orpington babies back in December.
I know one is a Rooster, and one is a hen. But WHAT is this 3rd one?
First collage is the Hen. I know this is a girl!
Second is a Roo-I know this is a roo!
3rd. I do NOT know!!! HELP! He/She is smaller then the hen, but darker. HE/SHE is...
Okay, I am new to the chicken world. I have own my chickens for just a couple of months. I decided to try and incubate a few off my hens fertile eggs. I have 8 eggs that I put into my homeade incubator. I made it from an igloo ice chest. I put the eggs in there this morning, after letting it...
So I am new to chickens in all. So this might be a dumb question:
If you mix two different chicken breeds, will the egg come out the egg color of the Mom - like her usual color, or will it be a mixture of the two breeds colors? What about her pullets egg colors?
Just curious.
I went to the feed store to buy some dog food and get a few Americauna chickens, well I looked over and these two little sweet chicks were in a box alone. Apparently someone found them over the weekend and brought them in. I bought them both for $1.40 and took them home. Since they were found...