*Posting as a way to keep record*
I have kept egg laying hens for a few years now and I recently (2 years ago) was gifted a gamefowl rooster. I decided to experiment and see if I could raise and hatch my own chickens instead of purchasing from my local hatchery. My laying hens have never gone...
I have hatched second generation gamefowl x barred rocks and have a question regarding the color genetics of a certain offspring that came out with a head that is white with black marking and the rest of the body color resembling that of my gamefowl. The pairing was a 1/2 barred rock/ sweater...
I live in zone 9b and the temperature now reaches a high of 102 degrees. I have allowed my hen to lay in her nest without collecting her eggs so she can go broody, but after candling the first two I noticed blood ring. I’m guessing the heat has made the eggs begin development but then died soon...
