I Only have experience with marans and white leghorns. White leghorns are faithful layers but are inpersonable and sneaky. Mine anyways....they don't seem to like to interact or be touched. Which is fine but when comes a time when I want everyone in the coop for various reasons of having to...
we sell and give away to people. I have 48 hens and can not keep up with orders. I am surprised that people are not saving cartons for you especially when you are giving them to them. I guess I should feel extremely blessed because I have so many people dropping them off to me....even the...
ok just read on other threads that this is just muck stuck on their feet. I sometimes spray, in small areas of their outside run, water to wash down their dropping and I think this is the problem. It is covered so not much rain gets in unless it is really blowing. I will have to stop doing...
I think I read somewhere that once the hatchling dries, it is safe to take out of incubator into dry environment of 90-93 degrees. is this true. I have one that is 12 hours old and mostly dry.
here are two pictures the first is a photo of a Japanese blue silkie I found on the internet. the second is my Ted. they sure look similar Now Ted is just coming into his adult feathers fully and his tail is still developing. any feed back on if he is this breed or can anyone see if there are...
thanks keesmom.... dammit Thelma! she must be much younger than Ted because her head is so much under developed than his. I guess I need to find a female... do you know if these are blue partridge silkies or just blue silkies?
bought this "pair" two months ago from an auction. told they were blue silkies. now recently I have seen a partridge blue silkie in photos. they look familiar to my Ted and Thelma. the first pic is clearly a rooster...crowed from the day we brought him home. the second started crowing only in...
thanks for the links. I will check them out. You are right, they whole blue egg layers are very confusing. I really don't care to show them or claim to sell pure breed....I just want blue/green eggs LOL. thanks again.
thanks rebrascora. I am in Canada. and my birds have tail feathers so I am sure they must be mixed. Chance you take when buying at an auction. They still are pretty so I just hope I get the blueish eggs from them.
Well we are one of the typical people who bought Pheasants and now are scrambling to get an aviary set up for them. My hubby has researched a bit to get him started but one question that I have is: we have I male and 4 female ring neck. Age is unknown but male looks fully mature with...
I've heard both terms and have come to some understanding that Americana is a mixed breed. if so how do you tell the difference? I bought araucanas at an auction, unknowing the person selling them. So I know I may have been dupped. but how do I tell the difference between the two.
we just ordered these as well. I looked up the cross on google and i got a picture of a white female with a black neckace and black tipped tail. I hope these are what they look like. Males have same markings but also have a bit of strawberry beige markings in the whites of the shoulders...