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Sex-links lose their sexing quality unless they are specifically a first-generation bird. Second generation birds cannot be sexed by color. The genetics don't work past the first generation because the male now carries both silver and gold genes, which is why males are white with red markings...

Bresse should be clean-legged. Yours may have been mixed with a feather-legged breed at some point and the gene is choosing now to express itself, although feather legs are dominant so it would be odd for it to be hidden until now. Do you only have the Bresse?

She looks like a Brahma mix to me, with the feathered legs.

Do you have the breed? They are gorgeous - I have always wondered about their personalities. I see them described as "rustic" on a lot of sites. I'm guessing that means cautious, but not as flighty as a Mediterranean breed.

Yes, and when people lie about their pets being therapy animals, it makes it so much harder for people with actual needs to be taken seriously. Plus, therapy animal is not an ADA designation, so allowing them to fly is still at an airline's discretion, unlike a disability assistance animal like...

Definitely a peacock pheasant, that's a cock displaying for a hen. No photoshop. If you want to see how fantastic they can get, check out the Palawan Peacock Pheasant.

They don't. Their body temperature is too cool to incubate the virus, so it's not possible for them to carry it.

Wheaten crossed with blue wheaten should result in 50% wheaten and 50% blue wheaten offspring. Blue wheaten and blue wheaten should be 25% wheaten, 25% splash and 50% blue wheaten. Splash is not an accepted color, but it is a natural result of blue x blue. Most breeders will call them...

There would be with organic as well. It's just different herbicides and pesticides.

We have goldfish in a pond and they are certainly more than willing to eat mosquito larva. You can also buy mosquito eaters from pond supply stores. Some government offices give them away for pest and disease control. They're a native species in America, not a tropical species.

Thanks for the warning. Even healthy people can get histoplasmosis - my father caught it from cleaning a well-kept coop when he was a healthy, athletic teenager, and ended with scarring in his lungs. Filter masks (not dust masks) can be a good idea when cleaning the coop if you live in risky...

True (and hello neighbor, I'm in Bloomington), but most teens are good kids - there have been idiots in every generation, and we usually grow out of it.

Actually, today's teens have a lower rate of drug use, teen pregnancy, etc., and a higher rate of volunteerism than their parent's generation. Still something to be proud of, but let's not condemn everyone because of the actions of the prominent few ;)

On French sites, Bresse have white lobes.

Red pyle is a color, not a breed. I agree that it's either a Cornish or a Cornish mix.

Easter Eggers. Pretty birds!

An egg is an egg. There's no health difference between the eggs of any two chickens that are eating the same diet.

Diseases which can spread from animals to humans are called zoonotic diseases. There are a number of them associated with poultry. The most common one with flu-like symptoms is histoplasmosis, which is a fungus which can live in droppings and contaminated soil. However, it's typically 3-17...

I know this is an old post, but I wanted to clarify - this is an Altsteirer, not a Sulmtaler. They're kissing cousin breeds. If you can read German, you can read about them here: http://altsteirer.de.tl/Rotgesattelt.htm

Isn't it barred when it's a straight line and cuckoo when it's shaped like a V?