https://www.purelypoultry.com/blog/whats-the-difference-between-production-reds-and-sex-linked-hybrids/
This website link above seems to say that Production Reds are a true breed in which case they would breed more of their own kind. If I had these birds, I would know what they're going to...
I am pretty sure that I was clear about wanting pictures of the resulting chicks, because as I admitted, I already KNOW that all generic brown laying hybrids are not exactly the same. So, to avoid anyone giving me more pics of what they think my chickens look like, I submit this pic of the...
I tried out my incubator with eggs from my brown layer hybrids and a rooster of the same kind. I cannot find ANY pictures of what these chickens might look like. Has anyone tried it and can post pics of the results. I am only looking for pics.
Yes, I know they don't "breed true." I wouldn't be...
So it turns out that, thankfully, this poor little chicken does not have any mysterious illness and is thriving in my care. She never got gang attacked by my happy birds, although it seems she is still on the lower end of the pecking order. She is regrowing some of the feathers her previous...
Is it a myth or true that chickens can sense sickness in another chicken and try to destroy it? Is it some evolutionary trait that keeps an illness from spreading in a flock? Or is it just a visible injury or the sight of blood that is actually the reason for a chicken succumbing to a gang...