Ok, I hatched out eggs from multiple sources and was wondering if there is anyone truly working towards a standard color for the calicos? I now have some calicos that started out partridge looking and are progressively getting more white, I have whiter ones with almost buff colored patches and...
I have a feeling the person I bought the hatching eggs from last year is going for pretty birds and not type... I think I'm going to let my son keep this whole group free Rangers and focus on the Partridge I have in the incubator. That's what showed me I thought I might have a problem, I...
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My son was given a trio of Brahma last year. He just wants them to be free range chickens. I've decided to embellish on them and have hijacked his chickens for a project. I retired mid year last year due to Stage 4 Breast Cancer. But I guess they treat it like a chronic condition...
New to the whole chicken thing... totally bummed.. bought 18 hatching eggs, here are the young chickens, the person we bought the eggs from said all of his out of the two roos he has have vulture hocks or are recessive for volture hocks, that he is culling everything he got this year. So i...
I'm sure the boys will have fun with these whatever they are. .. i may have to get serious about it if they lose interest though, it's intriguing to me. ..
Our son recently acquired this trio of Brahma, we were told the roo is a gold laced and the hens are light (but incorrect). I am trying not to ruin the "fun" in this for him, but i am into uniquely colored animals... our other son wants chickens now as well, what might we get if we hatch some of...