Help! I just noticed this the other night. 2 or 3 days ago I cut it open trying to drain it, but I couldnt get any pus out of it. I put iodine ointment on it and wrapped it today I opened it up again & this is what it looks like:
Getting my first D'uccles tomorrow. Is there any way to help prevent the breakage of foot feathers other than extreme "child-proofing" with shavings? Any solutions to soften them?
All of my hens are clean legged, & so is my rooster. A hen just went broody on a mix of eggs, & hatched six chicks. At least two of the chicks have feathered legs, but neither of their parents do. From my understanding, since the gene is dominant, the carrier of the gene would have to be feather...
I saw that juststruttinfarm has crele laced polish and they're gorgeous! I was wondering, does anyone know of any other breed projects that are crele laced? Any breeders? I'm so in love with this coloring!
photos from juststruttinfarm's website
http://alibra.tumblr.com/post/55663137784
The picture is on that link ^ my uploader isn't working.
She is a large fowl with blue legs and some copper color around the hackles. She looks like a Black Copper Maran to me, but no leg feathers. She lays medium dark eggs. I think she's the mother of...
I've looked up a lot of Splash Orpington pictures to compare to my rooster, who I'm looking to breed. All the pictures I've looked up are white with blue and black "splashes" but my rooster has a slight bit of buff "splashes" and even a tiny bit of red on his wing. My question is, should my...
Please share pictures of your orpingtons and breeding experience if you like!
Question: I've heard lavenders can be bread to blacks to produce a "split" which can be bred back to a lavender to produce a better lavender bird.
Can the same apply with a Splash rooster that came from a black...
Black X Black - 100% Black
Blue X Blue = 50% Blue, 25% Splash, 25% Black
Black X Blue = 50% Blue, 50% Black
Splash X Splash = 100% Splash
Black X Splash = 100% Blue
Splash X Blue = 50% Splash, 50% Blue
but what happens if i breed a blue to a lavender? What about a splash to a lavender? or a...