I’m becoming very interested in fresian chickens , but i have no experience with them and haven’t a clue what they are like other then they are beautiful! I know they make good layers of medium sized white eggs . They will be free range , and I hear they are alert . If I do go ahead and get some...
This is forest , she is an olive egger ( cream legbar x cuckoo marans ) she is almost thirty weeks old and no sight of any eggs yet . Her sister started laying at sixteen weeks but died of prolapse shortly after she began laying . Forest eats a mixture of growers and layers mash .
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I love polish chickens ! I mean they are adorable! This thread is to show off your polish chickens and to talk about their antics!
I mean , look at that face !( Ignore the water melon juice on her face , she’s a messy eater ! )
Blorpie ( the blue Orpington ) on far left is the side is expect a 15 week old Orpington cockerel to be. Glorpie ( golden laced Orpington ) in the middle on the other hand is quite small , not completely feathered and her proportions seem wrong . And finally barnie ( barnvelder ) seems even...
My little opal legbar has what I think is splayed leg . I had to help her out of the shell , she was pipped in the wrong spot and was in the egg for over 24 hours. How do I fix it ? She’s really weak and doesn’t eat or drink on her own. I give her water with honey in it and raw egg yolk .
I’ve got a silver black ( birchen ) split silver salmon Marans rooster. His father was a silver salmon and mum was a silver black . I’ve also got a silver black split silver salmon hen she is a dark blue colour though. So my question is what colour would their offspring be if I bred them ...
First things first, my chickens live mostly free range in a hazel forest. I’m in Ireland so I can’t say that they love the weather here and it rains a bit so they don’t get out on stormy days.they live in a large shed and I let them out each morning . In this thread I’ll post pictures of each...
I’ve got 4 opal legbar chicks , 2 pictures of each chick . I know they are autosexing but I’m finding it difficult to tell the difference between them .
Thanks in advance!!!
Hi ! I’m so happy to happy to have joined !
I have had chickens my entire life, but have only recently become interested in them . I have around 30 chickens and quite a few different breeds such as polish , Cochin bantam , silkies , marans , opal legbars , welsummer, Orpingtons, Easter eggers ...