I've been crossing silkies and pekin bantams to try to get a consistent line of Pekins with silked feathers. I have one boy and a girl but they are brother and sister so I cant use her to get more. Now I'm crossing pure pekins to him and the offspring will all carry a silkie gene. When crossed...
It seems to me that more Amprolium has been added to chick starter of late. I've had three young birds this season down with vitamin deficiency symptoms . Two needed to be euthanised. With more information under my belt, I'm working on the third with tentative hope. Besides meticulous...
Hi,
I breed Pekin Chickens and have noticed that some of my birds have longer curved beaks than standard. I also have some very pretty faced Pekins.
My question is - is this fault worth trying to breed out of my Pekins? Some of my best birds have these longer curved beaks.
So two frizzles have one straightfeathered, two frizzles, and one frazzle. The frazzle isn't always affected with the bad feather defect and those chickens are somewhat superior in my eyes. And that's why people breed them together and cull the bad ones.
Hi,
I'm Angela and are wondering if you will ship lavender silkie eggs to Australia and if so how much are they? I am in love with them.
Regards,
Angela.