Hey y'all!
I purchased 3 chicks from the pullet bin. They are 3 months old. I swear I heard one trying to crow the other morning. What are y'alls opinions? I'm attached to them, and not allowed roos...
Silver came from a local breeder. She breeds a few bantam varieties. I purchased some from her "unwanted" batch and would like to know what Silver is. She has Japanese Bantams, Dutch Bantams and OEG bantams. Of course, all of these to me look very similar. What did I end up with? *5 months old
I have shown two of my five Royal Palm turkeys in exhibition over the years. All have placed high, included Grand Champion. However, I have retired my grand champion turkey tom, and was trying to figure out which of my other kiddos to show. I have a lot of trouble finding a book or even...
This is Edith. I am not sure what breed she is. She's almost 6 months old. Very small. She was purchased from a local, experienced breeder. I just am not sure, but I think I got the breeds mixed up that I purchased from her as two day old chicks. I just grabbed four of the chicks she had...
We have a very high success rate with hatching chicks. However, so confused on guinea fowl eggs! We have raised 15 guineas from young keets and they are now 3 years old. I found a rather huge guinea nest in our pasture and when I candled the eggs, they are so very different than chicken...
5 weeks old. Cockerel. Offspring from smooth feathered birchen cochin bantam roo and frizzled birchen cochin bantam hen. All other offspring are black, or birchen. I'm confused as to how he got his colors, and what would he be called?
13 weeks old. I have been told numerous times that my birds are not "true silkies". I paid good money for them, from a PT tested flock, and very well taken care of flock. They look like silkies to me... But people keep telling me that silkies don't have combs.. (I'm pretty sure all poultry...
There are two possible breedings that happened here.
Rooster is smooth coated birchen, and he bred with a white frizzle and another birchen but frizzle trait. All cochin bantams. I have the parents and grandparents of the parents. I've never gotten a chick this color. Kinda partridge...