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It looked somewhat like this. But the membrane around the yolk was much thicker and there were bits of tissue and sinew attached to the membrane. It was no perfectly spherical. As I said, I thought it looked like a heart.

Hi All. One of my hens laid a strange looking bloody sac (at first I thought it was some animal's heart). When I poke it with a stick, there was a yolk inside but no white or shell. Unfortunately, by the time I returned with my phone to take a picture, the dog had eaten it. Does anyone know...

Are there any Aloha enthusiasts in the southern CA area (Los Angeles)? I have chicks direct from Sommer. It looks like I'll have lots of cockerels. I'm going to hold out for another couple of weeks just to be sure. If you're near by and working on the Aloha project, this is a great...

Is the discussion of "silver" v. "gold" a discussion of the S gene or the Ig gene? It was my understanding that all the 55s are SS, S-. Hence the males come out nearly all white. If they were not S but rather s+, the males should only be double barred, correct? In Silverudd's paper he has...

They're a French import from Greenfire Farms.

I'm looking for some Merlerault chicks or hatching eggs. Thanks.

Thanks, that doesn't sound too bad. How are they in regard to noise? Are the hens "chatty"? Is there a lot of squawking for no reason? I was reading one of the standards and it said the 55 is supposed to be colored like a Cream Legbar just mottled. I assume this means they are ig/ig. I...

That's good to hear. Aside from sex links, my local TS only sells "heritage" breeds as straight run. And buying pullets online is cheaper by $0.50 per chick than at the store.

Does anyone know what happened to the online chick purchase? It was on the TS website last Friday and then disappeared Saturday and now when I go to my bookmark, it says the page doesn't exist. These are Hoover Hatchery chicks that TS sells for $29.99 for 10 pullets with free shipping...

CJ, Your chickens are close to mature now, right? What are their temperaments and personalities like? GFF gave me a 20% coupon to use within 30 days and I'm trying to decide if I should order some more and hopefully get some silvers.

OK, yours looks like his feathers are all fluffy too and had no pronounced tail feathers. I'll hold onto him and figure out what to do when he gets to 6-7 months and see what he turns into.

Very astute of you. I went searching Craigslist this afternoon and found a new post from him selling Jubilee Orpingtons. But I have a Jubilee hen and her feathers are not as downy as his and only towards the end of the feather. Seems like he's missing hooklets along the entire length of the...

I live in Los Angeles proper so finding any breeder is difficult. It's a 1.5 hour drive for a sketchy breeder and 3-4 hour drive for someone who got their parent stock direct from GFF. And everything else in between. I had not planned on buying any cockerels that day, but I liked his...

They're on 20% grower + greens from the garden + free range time when the adults are cooped up. He's been that way since I got them at 4 and 6 weeks. He's the biggest chick in that pen and is at the top of the pecking order. All the feathers are there, but they are are all downy, like the...

Thanks for posting your trios. Yes, your silver cockerel is really white and grayish. I'll keep my fingers crossed, these are only the flight feathers.

Hi, hoping some one you SFH veterans might be able to tell me if this is normal. Below are picks of my 9-10 wk cockerel. He had not started growing any tail feathers and his under coat is really fluffy almost like a silkie. Below that a some picks of my pullets (7-9 wks). The pullets are...

So even that cockerel that had yellow down is a gold base? Here's a clean shot of him near one the the one of the light chipmunk down. The yellow down chick is at the far right front and the light chipmunk down cockerel is at the far left.

Hi, could I get some input from the group to see what the consensus is regarding the ground color of my chicks? I was only able to get a couple of snaps with them all in one frame. Please ignore the two in the middle, they are Bielefelder and Legbar cockerels. Thanks!

Thanks for the info!

Unfortunately, I have them brooding with some white leghorns and the chicks have picked up their skiddishness.