I have eggs under a broody hen it’s day 19 and when my hen was off nest getting a drink I noticed one egg was missing a chunk of shell but membrane is intact. Is this the chick hatching or did she crack it somehow? And what are chances of survival since membrane is still intact.
I have welsummers barred rocks black australorps Easter eggers brown leghorns and polish. All are 20 weeks old. One of my ees has laid 3 eggs over the past week and half. But I found this egg yesterday in coop floor. One of the BAs was rolling it around on the floor but it looks more like a...
My sister got 6 baby chicks from rural king but she never thought to even look to see what they were. They are 3.5 weeks old now. They are white with black coming in wings and neck they have 4 toes with feathers on legs. What could they be light brahmas? I have all Kinds of chickens myself but...
I have a mixed flock of welsummers barred rocks black australorps Easter eggers polish and brown leghorns. I have a polish rooster and welsummer rooster all chickens are same age 12 weeks. The polish has started crowing but not the welsummer. I will only use the polish to breed my other polish...
I have a mixed flock all the same age. Currently 8 weeks old. I have a total of 24 chickens. Of those 24 I have a welsummer rooster and polish rooster I am keeping. My question is I have 3 bantam silkies with those chickens can I keep them all together or will I need to separate the silkies from...
I have 2 roosters same age currently 7 weeks old. One is a black australorp the other welsummer. I have 19 hens which consist of welsummer black australorp barred rocks brown leghorns Easter Eggers and polish. Wonder which one should I keep. The black australorp comes right to me but from day...
I have a buff polish rooster and one white crested blue pullet and one white crested splash pullet what colors could I expect when breeding these colors? Mostly white or will there be some leakage from the buff show up also?
I know I have 3 rooster just not sure which is which. I think first 2 pictures are my brown leghorns and the 3 is my welsummer but not sure. They are 5 1/2 weeks old. I want to get rid of leghorn roosters and keep welsummer roo.
I have a welsummer rooster and a mixed flock of hens. They include salmon faverolles, Easter eggers, welsummer, Delaware and white Plymouth rocks. I mainly want different looking bird but not sacrifice egg laying bc that is what it is all about. My question is would the offspring be good layers...
im new to raising meat rabbits. i have a rew nz buck and doe and also have 2 nz red does. i crossed my white buck with the to reds and got what i think are chestnuts from one and chestnuts and i think blacks from the other one. im just learning genetics so i am trying to figure out what my white...