I'd like to see pictures of your crested cream legbars. I've always like the breed and recently got a cockerel and three pullets (they are about 4 months old). I'm concerned with the cockerel, as his comb is very curved. I'm thinking it's probably not good for breeding high-quality birds, but...
We're new to incubating and have incubated 3 batches so far. We have an egg turner, but when we take it out around day 17 we put the eggs in cartons pointed side down. My husband was told this was a good way to do it. Is this okay? Our first hatch was great. About 90% hatch. Second hatch wasn't...
I've got a chick that hatched the day before yesterday. It was stuck in the shell and I helped him out (I know - some people do this and some don't). He's healthy other than his legs. His toes on both feet were curled, so I put the bandaids on for 24 hours. The are correct now and he is walking...
This is a pullet that came from incubating a mixed egg. The confusing thing is we don't have any white chickens (besides the rooster below. We have australorp, copper marans, calico princess, dominique, EE, gold laced wyandotte, black sex link, and a few who are mixed. The roosters are...
We have some Rhode Island Red chicks that just hatched. Some are colored like chipmunks, and others are solid gold/buff colored. Is this normal? Is this an auto-sexing breed?