So... I am not pleased with the manufactured chicken feed you get in the stores... Their main protein source are based on plants, and basically contains alot of corn, soya and low quality grains. And it is expensive - even though it of course make the feeding easier. It gives me a bad feeling of...
Anyone here good at sexing single barred chicks? I am a bit confused over this hatch and struggle with some of the chicks here.
I hatched 9 chicks. Hen is Cream Legbar (B and e+e+). Rooster is Leghorn in the colour lavender (not barred, and he is also e+e+). He could be split to silver Ss or...
I have a Schijndelaar rooster that are past 5 months old now. His comb has been slightly red for about a month. But I have not seen any rooster behavior yet... No crowing, no interest in the hens (he has several young hens just started laying eggs)... Like, nothing at all.
I am in no doubt...
I have 5 rooster at about the same age in a pen (without any hens), they are about 4 months old all of them. Now I want to put in more roosters; one adult that is about 1 year old and a few others about 10 weeks old.
The oldest one is very calm and friendly with other roosters. He was in the...
I am looking into the gene of dominant white to remove the black I dont want. I see that chamois is a dominant white that breeds true. And I guess, based on what I have read so far, as long as you have a really strong Mh and Db the dominant white should not affect the ground colour too much then...
I have changed roosters for several of my flocks now. I know that you need to wait at least 3 weeks before being sure the new rooster is the father of the chicks. Because the sperm of the old rooster can be used by the hen for several weeks later even though he is removed.
Does anyone have...
Today our chickens made our halloween pumpkin! I am happy about their work, even though it looks more sorry than scary 😆
Very pleased to eat the insides after the finished job 😁
Let me see yours!!!
Anyone want to have a go at what they think the genetic code of these are? They have blue and red leakage, the female only blue but also a bit of black on one of her tails feathers. But very yellow uneven colour, alot of diluting going on?
Father I think is not blue, but a diluted black...
I am not sure I have put this thread in the right forum, admin please move it if it's the wrong place!
I wanted to share my journey as I try to create my own chicken breed. This is not something I take as a light or easy task... I know it's a lot of work and there is much patience in making it...
I found 1 thread about this before, but not enough replies or info. Does anyone here know the genetic code of the breed or could have a guess? It seems they must have different or mixed E-alleles, based on the chick down. They are not wild type, but E, eWh or eb and/or mixes of these.
What...
Hello! I just wanted to say hi and introduce myself. I have had chickens for a few years now, but the interest of breeding chickens really started for about 2 years ago. I have been a breeder of pure bred dogs for 12 years and also being a breeder of rabbits for about 20 years. I have also had...