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What does self/* mean? Carries lavender gene?

A genetic question I’d like to breed BBS Orpingtons can I accomplish this with a Lavender Roo and he’d act as the black? Or what other combination can I do with him? I like my roo. Currently with him I have 3 black Orpingtons but 2 of them look to have some white specks on them. 4 Lavenders...

My kids (12,11 and 9) are so excited for this years fair. Last year our fair finally had birds again and they were so upset we didn’t enter any for our flock. They’ve been waiting for Chick days to come out to see what breeds are available to raise up some chicks to show themselves. Our fair...

I have 2 coops. One lays eggs in the nesting box the other doesn’t. We originally made them a wooden nesting box each hole was 12x12x18. They never laid an egg in it. I left it in the coop for a year. They’d lay outside or on coop floor. Picture 1. I then bought the plastic ones again...

I’ve been reading everything I can but can’t seem to understand fully so if someone can ‘dumb’ it down for me a smidge. I have a flock of Orpington’s. Lavender Rooster 4 Lavender Hens (poor feathers after I bought them the seller wrote me saying she didn’t know why they looked fluffy) 3 What...

Picked up 2 chicks this morning. They are between 5 and 6 weeks old. My plan is to have them as seen in the photo for a week or 2. Thoughts? Should I bring them in at night. Southern Ontario weather is just starting to go below freezing. They were on heat in a garage. But I do feel most...

Just hatched out some Orpingtons. I got the eggs from someone who had a lavender and chocolate roo covering lavender, splash, blue and chocolate hens (if I’m remembering correctly on the hens) so she told me to expect lavender, blue or chocolate chicks. I had 8 hatch. 4 lavender, 2 chocolate...

I’m trying to understand. Just learning about Orpington genetics. I have a Lav Roo who has a great personality and after a few bad Roos we want to keep him for now. I have 2 lav hens with not the best feathering. And hatching out some blue/ lav / chocolate… these chicks were covered by either...

So my mama quit on day 19. No mites I looked. Just no longer broody. Didn’t puff up or anything. She’s already allowed the rooster to mate her … crazy girl. I originally had 12 eggs. I put 6 under her and 6 in my incubator. She’s a bantam so I had thought 12 was too many. So I just added...

We’re on day 14. I’m thinking no that they quit but would like confirmation. Both eggs have a dark side and a light side.

This is my neighbours 4 month old Mille Fleur. Started a few days ago where she was noticing a sore looking eye. And today the eye is swollen and bulgy when it is open. I didn’t see any bubbles and the nose looks clear.

Late hatch I know. I have a dozen orpington (black / blue/ lavender) coming in a few days. I have 2 coops ... 1 with a lavender roo and 1 with no roo. Broody hen is in the coop without the roo. Purpose of these eggs is to set myself up to breed orpingtons next season. Mixing in blacks to...

I'll take photos soon but I have 5 3.5 week old chicks. 3 look more feathered out with tails and small combs 2 are slow to.feather out and have larger red combs. My guess is the later 2 are roos. But I've also read they are hard to sex. Thoughts?

I was duped I believe. 6 week old Ameraucana

If your able to look into my past posts... I've recently switched breeds. Think because my daughter was attacked in the past by a Salmon Faverolles roo I just couldn't trust the breed anymore... everyone in my family after a discussion was nervous so we rehomed them to someone else wanting to...

My rooster hatched out in February doesn't give any of us in the family space. He will follow us and imo get into our personal space. This is a bad sign right? He is a Salmon Faverolle. Is this anything I did wrong? I had to get rid of my last boy as he attacked me. I do have another...

Morning. I'm.strugglijg with humidity right now and my guess is it's my AC. I can keep it pretty steady during the day but come night it will drop to 28 or so by the time I get up in the morning. My guess is we have our AC on at night to drop the house to a cooler temp. During the day the...

Woke up this morning to a lethargic 5 week old chick. Bloody stool in their enclosure... 4 chicks in total. I proceeded to put corid in the water. Got the chick to drink and then moved her to the house so I could monitor. Other chicks are eating and cheeping like normal. Was heading out so...

I currently have 3 cayuga ducks. Can I add just 1 more duck without quarantining? Or do they have to come minimum 2. All of my segregation areas are taken up by chicks at the moment. They have yard access during the day and at night they sleep in a 8'x7' predator proof run.

I ordered 3 Majesty Marans from Peavey and having had the breed before I know these aren't Marans. From the options of black feathered chicks these could be either Black Sexlink, Jersey Giants or Barred Rocks. My gut says Jersey but just want to make sure before I find new homes for them. I'm...