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  1. Livia Ammon

    Shades of Green 💚

    The best shade of chicken eggs has to be green, in my opinion, because it is the most variable. There are tons of genes that affect the shade of green you get, from tint genes to speckling genes. I wonder, however, what colors are possible for green and olive eggs. How many different and unique...
  2. Livia Ammon

    Why is her comb so dark?

    I have a pullet who is a ‘Midnight Majesty Marans’, but her comb is way darker than her two ‘sisters’ combs. They have a reddish comb, but she has a pitch black comb still. She is 16 weeks old, and hatched in early February. I included a picture. Any good ideas on what could be going on?
  3. Livia Ammon

    My OE stopped laying

    I have an Olive egger hen named Lacey. She looks and acts healthy and alert, and led me in quite a chase when I decided to inspect her today. She lays a lovely olive and speckled egg that is very unique and noticeable, and I really enjoy getting them, but she hasn’t layed in about a week...
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    Is this a Dark Brahma?

    I got a chicken form a local who didn’t know what breed it was. We named her Mama P and integrated her to our flock. She has the exact feathering of a dark Brahma, except she dosn’t have feathered legs. Ideas? (Her previous owner said she layed a brown egg, but she quit laying when she moved...
  5. Livia Ammon

    ‘Twin’ Barred Rocks?

    I have a pair of barred rocks I bought as chicks from a woman who had a small flock of them. They were certainly from the same father, and I think they were from the same mother too. These sisters look identical, and the only way I can tell them apart is the yellow leg band I put on the one...
  6. Livia Ammon

    Malformed Just-Hatched Chick

    My chicks have just hatched, and when I opened up the incubator to photograph them, I saw this fluid filled bubble on its rear end. The vent is not covered by the bubble, but I am concerned about what this means. Help please!
  7. Livia Ammon

    Ride, Chicken, Ride

    I have a very silly hen whose name is Zoe, she is a Barred Rock and has just started laying brown eggs with speckles that look white because of bloom. I also have a number of sheep who live in one of the areas my chickens free range. I walked into my barn to be greeted with this sight. I...
  8. Livia Ammon

    My Flock has Mites/Fleas

    I have a main flock of 13 hens and a rooster. I’ve gotten 4 healthy looking hens, but on closer examination I realized they had mites. I dosed them all with 1.5 ml of ivermectin cattle drench. Later in the evening I was putting up my main flock and gave them a handful of grass. One of them...
  9. Livia Ammon

    New Chickens

    Hey all! I just got 4 new 2 yo hens from a woman who couldn’t take care of them any longer. They are a pair of white leghorns, a Barnie and an EE/Americauna. Usually when I get new chickens I get chicks, so I din’t know much about quarantine procedures. I also don’t know what to check for so...
  10. Livia Ammon

    New Rooster!

    I just got a new rooster from a friend of mine who didn’t have enough space for him. He’s a Blue Copper Marans, about two years old, and pretty friendly. He has wickedly long, curved spurs. I got him so that my eggs would be fertile again and I wanted darker egg genes. Any good ideas for names?
  11. Livia Ammon

    Cute Chicken Behavior!

    Today, when I was outside with my pullets, sitting in a camp chair, enjoying the flowers and sunshine, I saw my girls do the cutest thing. My black barn cat, Ella, walked over to me for some pets, and my pullets, who were out at the time, took a decided interest in her. Ella is a deadly mouser...
  12. Livia Ammon

    My ISA wants to be broody

    My sweet ISA brown chicken, Crazy Eye, wanted to have chicks… …For all of three minutes. I had just stuffed my rollout nest boxes with straw because they weren’t laying in them. I also put a clean fake ceramic egg in a few of them. Crazy Eye started acting odd when she stretched her neck as far...
  13. Livia Ammon

    I found a ‘chicken color calculator’, is it legit?

    I found a ‘chicken color calculator’ but I’m not sure if it’s trustworthy. What do you guys think? https://kippenjungle.nl/kruising.html?mgt=E:e+/e+,Pg:Pg/Pg,Ml:ml+/ml+,Db:db+/db+,Co:co+/co+&fgt=E:e+/e+,Pg:Pg/Pg,Ml:ml+/ml+,Db:db+/db+,Co:co+/co+
  14. Livia Ammon

    What breed are these chickens?

    I got some chicks from a local in my area who bought a large order from Hoover Hatchery. He had multiple varieties, such as olive Eggers, and ISA browns. He said that the ones he sold me were olive Eggers, but I have doubts. I don’t think that they’re ISA browns, either. Do you guys have any...
  15. Livia Ammon

    What genetics do these chickens have?

    I had a pretty black and white roo with cream feathers on his hackles, and bred him against an orange hen with black Colombian markings. They are both Whiting True Blues. I have 6 of their offspring in an incubator ready to hatch, but I can’t contain my curiosity about what color(s) they will...
  16. Livia Ammon

    High Egg Fatality Rate

    I have a Whiting True Blue hen who I wanted to hatch some eggs from, but at the first candleing, they all quit. I have seen her get bred by our rooster, so the eggs are fertile, but I noticed that her eggshells were on the thin side and she has a lot of calcium deposits in and on them. Any tips...
  17. Livia Ammon

    Greetings, fellow chicken lovers!

    Hey all! My name is Livia and I’m from eastern Idaho. I am super excited to be here, and I hope that I can help others and receive help in return.
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