Hello, I need help identifying what bugs are on my frizzles! Today I had time to go into all my coops to check on everybody after a crazy week, and noticed something wrong with a few of my chickens. They have these weird bugs hanging off of their faces. I know they’re alive, because I saw one...
Hello everybody, I have a few questions about the frizzle gene. At the moment I have 3 frizzle hens and 1 frazzle hen in a coop with my silkie rooster. I’ve been getting frizzle and flat feathered satin chicks, but wanted to ask if the flat feathered satins would breed the same as a normal...
Hello, so I’ve been having a predator visit every night for the past week. I have no clue what to do I’ve tried everything I could from nailing up more wire to setting up traps. I’ve lost chickens ranging from hatchlings to full grown chickens. So far it’s been week old chicks, about 20 of them...
I have 3 tolbunt polish at the moment, and I’m pretty sure I have at least 1 hen. I want to breed them but have questions. I’ve heard that they’re mottled, and mottled chickens are known for getting more white after each molt? I suspect that I have 2 roosters, one with more black and one with...
So I got some candy corn hatching eggs, and what I hatched don’t look like candy corn. I’ve learned that candy corn chickens have 3 colors and are laced, and some of them either aren’t laced, or don’t have 3 colors. I’ll post some pictures so that I can hopefully get some answers on what color...
Hello, this is my first post on BYC and confused with the color genetics in silkies. I was wondering if it’s possible to get blue silkies that don’t carry any hidden colors or that aren’t mixed colors, not using blue.
So I have a chocolate showgirl silkie rooster with 4 white hens and a splash...