I know this thread is old, but I was wondering something, and I think you could help, if you'd be so kind?
I have a ghost barred cockerel & a ghost barred pullet. When they reach maturity, if I breed them, will some/all of their offspring be ghost barred?
Looking for pure blue egg laying Ameraucanas, and they MUST be guaranteed to lay blue (not green!) eggs, color of birds must be APA standard. Purebred Jersey Giants, Marans, Wyandottes, Silver Penciled Plymouth Rocks, all large fowl, no bantams. It depends on what you have, if you can guarantee...
I have an EE roo named Zuko (Travolta's character in Grease...Danny Zuko! I also named the hen that came with him Sandy.)
My OEGB roo is Festus (Gunsmoke)
An RIR roo I call Rogue (Just wandered into my yard one day and kinda stayed. Got no clue where he came from, either!)
I just sold a HUGE...
Thank you Sumi! I'm going to try that. She's so beautifully natured and her mate is, as well. It would be a shame to get no more than a handful of their offspring this year. I plan to stop setting eggs around the first of July so the chicks can get all the feathers they need before we get cooler...
Miss Kay, my Columbian Rock is laying eggs just as good as she ever has (since I brought her home with me, anyways) and I've hatched some beautiful chicks from her & my Barred Rock, Worthless.
Now, even though she's still in with Worthless, (never been removed from him) and I've SEEN him do his...
***UPDATE***
Went out to my broody hen this morning to check on her progress and out popped a little puff of black squirmy fuzz. He's currently resting with his big brothers and sisters in the brooder box I made. Took the other two hatched chicks from my hatcher and put them in there as well...
***UPDATE***
I personally think talking to them worked wonders. I have 3 rambunctious chicks this morning! Two more are fighting to work their way out of their shells, that I can see. It's kinda dark in there and I don't want to blind my babies with the flashlight, so visuals are limited for...
***UPDATE***
I did not get my turkey chicks, for the record. There is not a single turkey baby for a million miles when I decide I want some.
Anyway...
I currently have 14 eggs in the hatcher. I'm conducting an experiment of sorts, because I have heard so many different opinions on lockdown. The...
My little Droopy died. I was expecting that, as well. Then, I bought some more chicks and had a few of those to die. I expected that, too. I'll buy anywhere from 5-10 of them at a time because I know I'll lose at least one, it happens. I just don't think the people I've been buying my chicks...
Ok, so some of you know I'm not exactly new at raising chickens, but I'm no where near being a pro at it, either. I've been around them all of my life because my Dad has been into raising them as far back as I can remember. He used to raise pheasants, too, and even had his favorite pair of them...