I bought some eggs from a woman selling hatching eggs at a chicken swap and were told they were mostly silkie/cochin bantam mixes but I would have a few necked necks mixed it cause they sometimes get into the hens' yard. From the batch I got 2 really nice looking naked necks, but I also got 2 of...
I've had chickens for the last 2 years now and I bought some dyed chicks that were for sale at the local feed shop this year. Their dyed down is almost gone but it looks like I might have 3 different breeds or maybe just some hatchery quality birds.
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I hatched some eggs from my birds but in particular I'm curious about my supposed Black sexlinks. I crossed my BR hen to my EE rooster (who I suspect carries the dominate white gene) but my "black" sexlinks have come out gray (Blue?) and black.
Are they still "black sexlinks" if not completely...
Okay, I have a simple question about some black sexlinks I hatched. I've made an incubator from an old ice chest that works good and decided to try it out by hatching some of my own eggs from my flock. I used my eggs (Barred Rock hen and EE rooster) but when they hatched they're not black like...
These two are a little over 5 weeks and were sold to me as Ameraucana from the local feed store but I would be just as happy if they turned out to be EEs instead.
I'm pretty sure the grey is a rooster (behaves like rooster and has the rust colored feathers on the shoulders and long tail...
Hello! I'm new here to BYC as well as raising chicken in general. This is my first season trying my hand at them and so far I've had my share of good and bad luck. My first try at chickens were squashed when my 7 three week old birds (3 buttercups, 2 golden sex-links and 2 Easter eggers) were...