Does Ginger gene "overrides" the dark silky skin colou, is that possible? I would know more about that gene, how does it work in chicken, what it's doing to them.. I have 2 little chicks now, after the hen that is supposed to have that Ginger gene, and white silkie rooster.. they probably have...
I have that young sebright rooster, and i don't know is he heterozygous for henny feathering or not henny feathered at all.. I wanted to mix him with one of my hens in hope for a chicks that are heterozygous for henny feathering, but now i don't know:/ Feathers on neck are too thin, that's...
I have some chicks [mixed breeds : silkiexnew english game bantam] and one of them- a little hen- has strange skin. On the face and head it's very dry, and peeling like a thin layer of silhouette paper.. on the body skin is quite normal, and on legs, the down side of the feet is like a hard...
I wonder if feeding little chicks with amaranth grain would be ok for them. The seeds are tiny, and nutricious. I'm trying to grow my own chicken-food, and fed whole grain. So, corn is ok for big hens, but what is ok for little ones?
This came out of my little hen
What can it be? The chick is silkie cross about 5 months now, not laying yet, growing very slowly. I bought her sick at age of 1month, she had some parasites of feathers and coccidiosis.. I gave her medicine for coccidiosis, and later antibiotics. Still sometimes...
i would like to make a "breeding project", and i thought i woul do it correctly with precising goals first and maybe a "standart". I live in E.U. so i wanted to do this with E.U. regulations, but i can't find information how should look a prepared breeding standard for a new breed.. Could anyone...
I'm very curious what do You people living in USA think of this:
http://torrentfreak.com/u-s-government-seizes-bittorrent-search-engine-domain-and-more-101126/
Because for me it's sad thing, like stealing something in majesty of law that don't exists YET. this is so not-democracy like, it is...
i've found this on web:
this is some kind of silkie x sultan cross[?] i'm not sure with sultan parent. 5 fingers and dark skin = silkie i think
i guess it is kind of incomplete spangling but how to get this by crossing chicks ? i think it looks so lovely, that hearts:D
I have 2 modern game x silkie x crosses, white leghorns, white bearded polish, white silkie, and white production rhode island whites. and some colored chicks that I bought.
i know polish, riw and leghorns are dominant white. leghorns are carriers for silver [nad riw too, am i right?] - but i...
Do You have Rhode Island Whites? I bought 2 pullets this year, and i love them! One started laying 2 weeks ago, and eggs are getting bigger and bigger [today 70g = 2,5oz ], lovely light brown colour. Hens are rather big, with nice smooth white feathers, red single comb. Not too gentle but very...
i can't figure out colours. parents are : hen [miniature new english game x silkie] father [silkie white] or father [miniature new english game x silkie]
chick nr1[i'm trying to learn vent sex and i guess its a little roo]:
chick nr2:
chick nr4 - i guess this one is silver?:
i don't have...
i've started with chickens this summer, and now i have 10 growna ups, and some little ones hatching now in incubator from my own eggs:)) [i mean first eggs from my 2 hens that lay, the rest is too young] i'm so happy i can show them to someone:D big chicks are mostly white, 2 silkies, 2 polish...
its my first incubation ever, and i have coturnix eggs and chicken eggs. coturnix started to pip 9-10 hours ago, and first chicken cracked the shell maybe 1 hour ago.. how long coturnix chicken can stay in bator after hatch? they are hatching slowly, few of them are 8-9 hours inside after hatch...
i have some silkie mix chickens, and in a try in chicken calculator roosters after that hen/couple are usually with black tail. Is there possibility to breed that out?
its like this :, or this:
is that possible to have that colour on hen?
Does anyone have a pic of pearl grey silkie chick, and adult bird? And maybe lavender one on the same pic? I have 3 silkie non standard chicks, and is i guess lavender or pearl grey, it looks silvery grey.. I had one more, looking uniform deep warm grey, but it didn't survive:/ I would like to...
I know that chicken skin can be white, yellow or black, are there any other colours? Some silkie crosses have more purple skin than black, but any others?
And more important : how chicken are taking colour of their skin after their parents.. [i forgot the word for that - -' ] after mother...
Few days ago I've bought my first own chickens, but my family raised chickens since I remember Now I have four: pair of silkies and pair of polish. Some more are planned. I found forum trough google, searching for chicken-info. Hmm what else.. I'm occupational therapist so having hobbies is...