I grabbed a mystery chicken from Cal Ranch...they weren't sure what it was, as it was not a sapphire gem nor a barred rock, but was in the bin with them. I got it just to see what it would turn into. Turned out to be a rooster but we've kept him since he's not a bother quite yet, and we're...
So about 4 weeks ago I bought some barred rock chicks and some sapphire gems from Cal Ranch. Two of my barred rock hens are a bit different. They don't have the same "speckles" in their feathers, they have black beaks and the skin around their eyes is dark as well. White patches under their...
We've recently got back into ducks and have five. We got them from TSC, and I picked what I thought were assorted swedes (black or gray with yellow bellies), out of a box of random ducklings. They are a month old now and one of them is brown and thinner. Can it be a swede or do I have an Indian...