Around 7-8 weeks old. One is a mystic Onyx and the other is a chocolate Orpington. Both are a little bigger than the others with a tiny bit more comb and wattle development. I have heard the mystic onyx tid bitting to the other chicks. No pointy feathers coming in yet. Hoping an expert could...
This one has me stumped, I'm hoping it's a boy as I need as melanistic rooster for my hens but I'd like some opinions before I buy another rooster. It's 6-8 weeks old, has really big feet and somewhat of a comb coming in. Has some red flecks on it's feathers in the shoulder area but I can't tell...
Unfortunately I'm having a coccidia outbreak in my 3-4 week old flock. I've already lost one this morning, I called ahead and my local rural king didn't have any. My local tractor supply said they did but when I got there all they had was 20% soluble powder meant for bovine. I went ahead and...
Hi! I'm looking for confirmation on these babies I picked up yesterday. The store employee said they had been moved to a bin all together and the labels may not be correct. Any help is appreciated!
From the mislabeled pullet bin:
#1: California white/WLH
#2: blue/splash? Wyandotte
From the...
I purchased 4 chocolate orp hens (these are from a chocolate rooster and black hen) and 1 straight run white jersey giant today.
I'm curious on genetics for these if anyone can help answer the questions?
TIA!
Are white jersey giants recessive or dominant white?
Can I cross the JG to something...
I bought 22 mystic onyx chicks, it's my first time raising this type. I noticed the wings on this one look different. I touched it and there's definitely something sharp under the protruding feathers.
Bought these from rural king, I'm only interested in two varieties (spangled and silver duckwing) and I'm hoping someone with some knowledge can tell me what kinds I picked out. I'm quite sure I picked out silver duckwing correctly (1&5) but I'm very unsure on the other colors.
Varieties RK had...
What kind of chickens would I get if I mixed a bearded white silkie rooster with a white EE hen or vise versa? Would the chicks be white as well? Would they be faster growing than regular silkie? Is the feather type and fibro melanism a dominant or recessive trait? Has anyone else attempted this...
Picked from the Olive egger bin at RK, I could tell they had several mislabeled bins. It's something laced and 'm unsure of what type of comb it has. Is this a wyandotte?
2 hatchery quality silkies, both have single combs and only one has a crest coming in. Around 8 weeks old. Can anyone tell if they're males or females? TIA!
Picked from a local rural king out of their bantam bin. I can't tell what kind of comb it has yet because it's so tiny. I looked on the site where they listed what breeds they have, while it doesn't say they sell light Brahma bantams, they also had blue, white and mixed Polish in the same bin...
I bought a bunch of silkies from rural king, the fella there gave me two extra. One looks so different from the others and one of the white ones has normal feathers. Are these mixed breed? I'm sure hatchery quality silkies won't be anywhere near SOP standards so they won't look exactly as they...
I bought a couple 2 week old Cochins from a lady local to me, I've had a really hard time trying to figure out what color this one is so I reached out to her and she finally answered me. The father is a Columbian Cochin and she thinks the mother is a black Cochin. Does that sound accurate? Does...
Hi! I recently bought some Cochin and a rosecomb bantam chicks locally, the lady wasn't sure on what colors they would be. I'm pretty sure the brown one is either a calico or mille Fluer and the rosecomb is a mottled but I was wondering if any Cochin and rosecomb bantams experts could help me...
Hello! I was sold this little fella as a chocolate birchen orpington bantam. I'm wondering if he actually is and what can can I breed him with to make more like him? Purely project breeding (I have bad experiences with shipping chicks and hatching eggs so I plan to buy locally and the breeder...