I have stumbled across this photo of this silkie a while back and have been trying to figure out what colours would make up this colour. Obviously not complete yet. In NZ we have only a limited colour/genetics to work with such as blacks, blues, partridge, buff, white and splash. There are...
I have just purchased this beautiful gold laced Polish hen who has been part of a breeding project to introduce the gold lacing to Polish in NZ since we do not have the array of colours people do over seas. Our basic colours are wc black, wc blue, white and just starting to get cuckoo and...
Hi everyone and Merry X'mas. Now been thinking for a while and since I'm new to this group thought what a brilliant place to ask this question. Now how are bearded silkies developed? There's a small number of bearded silkies in NZ and have always wondered how they got established over here. Are...
Ok here's a tricky one for you awesome people. Now since living in New Zealand I have admired the Tolbunt breed but sadly over here we don't have them nor can we import eggs from overseas. Now I am on a determined long process to come up with something very similar in the Polish. However the...
Hi everyone, just needing a little help. Previous post was j had a peachick that came into my care and it was unknown incubation since nest was destroyed and peahen stopped sitting. Well I put the egg under my hen who had a clutch of her own with plans to take egg out during popping and put the...
Let me start by introducing myself :) This is my first post and Im so thrilled to finally be a part of this group :) I own and opperate a wildlife refuge and we get in an array of wildlife where we rescue, rehabilitate and release. I also have rescue chickens that live the remaining of their...