I'm not sure what day in their incubation they are. We were letting our leghorn go broody and she had a mixture of eggs under her from all our hens. In the move from the outside coop to the inside box, we accidentally drug 6 additional eggs in. By the time we realized it, I believe they were at...
We do not have an incubator, it's the middle of the night, and I have a chick murdering broody hen. She's already killed two. We've got one that I believe she damaged the shell on before it was really ready. It's looks way under developed from the last batch but I'm worried if I stick it back in...
I got these babies at three days old about a month ago. I was told they were grey cochin. I cannot find anything about grey cochin, but they are sort of a dirty grey with speckled black. Can anyone tell me what you would call these colors?
This is what I found
Another sex-linked characteristic that is used commercially in the United States is the rapid-feathering, or fast-feathering, gene. A rapid-feathering male is crossed with a slow-feathering female (see Figure 6). The resulting males will be slow-feathering, while the...
If someone tells me they have silver cochins, are they silver laced, or is there a silver cochin different in color from the silver laced? We got two "silver cochins" today and I'm wondering what they will look like grown.
I pulled these two silver cochins out of a straight run and tried to do wing sexing on them. Here are pictures of their wings. For those who feel confident in wing sexing, did I manage to pull two pullets?
I need some good egg layers, preferably between 5-10 months old. I'm in Anderson SC area. I am thinking Rhode Island Red or something similar. Anyone got some? If so message me and send me your price.
My husband and daughter said they'd love to have one in each of those colors lol
Yes, we'd like to get some babies. I can get you my personal contact info through messenger.
My use wouldn't be for show, not sure how the breeding would work unless I kept them isolated from my other hens to prevent cross fertilization. It's really just for backyard pets that give me some food. That being said, I guess it would depend on the cost of a BQ/SQ chicken that would just be a...
I'm not sure I want to do babies right now, especially since it could be rooster or hen and I don't want anymore roosters.
What's the difference in personality between an 8 month old and raising your own babies?
How much do you charge for them?