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What do you think about the color on this chick. It's parents are both White Crested Black Polish. I got her as a hatching egg. She is about 6 or 7 weeks old.

The buck I have now is only producing black kids and light red buckskin kids. I want to add diversity to my herd. Do you think that adding this buckling would help add diversity when he is old enough to breed? Or would he produce more of the same with the does that I have? Thanks. My does are...

I bought a beautiful sweet little junior doe in the first week of February. After I bought her and on the way home the lady told me, "Oh by the way she might be bred." After getting my new girl, Bella, settled in I looked at the sale pictures and saw what I thought might be a very large buck in...

Hey guys. I hatched some wc Black and wc blue chicks from a friend's wcb/wcB Polish pen. One chicks is different. This link has more info if you would please head on over to that thread and look at post #1375 and answer my question. One person suggested it's a mix breed, others think recessive...

Hello. I got these baby bantams as part of a "bantam assortment" they are about a week old now and I'm wondering if anyone can tell what breeds they might be. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHICK #1 has a rose comb, EDIT to add - has beard and...

A class at a school in my towns 'sister town' was studying embriology. Myself and one other person donated eggs for the project. Several hatched and the other person didn't want the chicks, so I was offered ALL of the ones that students did not take home. Of course I said yes lol. Any idea on...

Today I noticed one of my nine month old pullets in the nest box when I did morning chores. She was still in the box a few hours later when went back in to check for any early eggs. She was still in the nest box. I didn't think anything of it because for the last week she's been spending more...

I have a new baby goat named Charley. I was told Nigerian Dwarf, but I'm starting to wonder if the seller was mistaken or maybe even dishonest. I'm not hugely concerned about whether he is pure or not, just curious if my suspicions are right. Charley is mostly white with some brown and...

Hello everyone. I want to add a few hens to my flock in the hopes that they'll go broody and hatch some chicks naturally. What breeds do you have that go broody? How often do they go broody? Are they good mothers? Protectors. Are they from a breeder or a hatchery?

Hay all. I know that a straight comb is the result 2 recessive genes for both pea and rose comb genes. Pea combs are from one or two copies of pea comb with no rose comb, Rose is from one or two copies of rose comb with no pea, and walnut comb is from at least one copy each of pea and rose. What...

Hello. My Nigerian Dwarf doe gave birth to twins two weeks ago. I read on a website that the babies (with their mother of course) can be put with the herd. Is this correct? My herd consists: < 1 year old Nigerian Dwarf x Boer junior doe 2 year old Nigerian Dwarf x Fainting goat doe 3 year old...

I have what I was told are two Black Australorp x Buff Orpington mix pullets. Today I found a weird appendage with little feathers growing out of it on one pullet's neck. I don't have a picture of it right now, but I will. is it normal for their breed cross? the person I got them from owned...

- I have twin ND does that I bought from someone. Their father is black and white like a cow. What is that, piebald? He was born polled. Their mother is light Buckskin with white patches and has horns. - One of the twin does is polled and light buckskin with white patches, the other has horns...

Hello. I have a young female Nigerian Dwarf (Freya) and I think she may be pregnant. I bought her and her twin sister when they were about 3 months. Freya is about 5 months now and her utter has started to swell. Not a lot, but enough to notice. If she is pregnant, then her father is the father...

Hello!!! I had no idea that eggs have a base color and an outer coating until after a bunch of reading, so I decided to make this thread for anyone who is curious about the many different egg colors we see. Here are some pictures donated from fellow BYC members for this project. I...

Hello! I've been explaining to my kids that eggs have a base color and a coating, but none of my chickens are laying yet. Can you all please post a picture of your eggs cracked open so I can show my kids some real examples? I would love to see all shades of Olive, Green, Speckled, Chocolate...

Hello. Are Specked Sussex chicks sex linked? If so, how are the boys different from the girls? I'm asking because I ordered 5 pullets and one looks different from the others - not hugely different, but enough to notice. The one is a bit darker than the other four. Thank you in advance for your...

I am a total newbie when in the world of guineas and this may sound like a dumb question, but is there any way to tell the boys a nd girls apart from each other??? I have four keets that (I'm guessing) are 6-8 weeks old. The picture is just for fun. two are pied and two are, I think, pearl.

A friend of mine had a problem with feathers falling off of her mature chickens' backs. She found that they had worms in the feather follicle. What is that????? She used diatomaceous earth to get rid of them (it worked) but we still don't know what those nasty things were. Thanks.

I got 6 little chicks as a 'free thank you gift' what I bought a goat yesterday. So, I pulled out my brooder box for them. They are all healthy and thriving except for one. It is smaller than the rest. Wings seemed huge for it's body and the chick couldn't hold the wings up so I trimmed 1/2 in...