Search results for query: *

Is it normal for a rooster's comb to lose some color when he's molting? He seems healthy and the flock is healthy (just all of last spring's hatch is having a pillow fight in the coop every night - lol)

Isn't rose comb a dominant trait? Do any of your hens have a rose comb?

The Ameraucana breed standard was developed in 1979.

Those are stunning birds! Love this post...feel like I'm eavesdropping on the genetics conversations and soaking it in as much as I can :)

Cockeral is my guess. (I have Ameraucanas too)

Beautiful little lady!

Barnyard mix. I assume some Marans just from the look of him. He only has a few feathers on each foot, like maybe 3-5, which are usually broken off anyway. Im just wanting to see pics of healthy feathered feet to understand how the feathers actually come out of the legs.

My rooster has a few feathers on his legs and until now I just assumed they looked a little funny because of how the feathers come out.....but now I worry he might have the start of scaly leg mites. I cannot find any internet pics of leg mites on a feathered leg ...or even close up pics of...

Looking at the pics of the hen...her underbelly looks like it might be barred a little?

Momma. Bluebell. She is the only hen with a rose comb so I assume it's her chick. I don't own any hens that look barred like this chick does. And Big Al ,the only rooster.

Is it possible? I've got a young red barred cockerel that is from a grey hen (not true blue) and a red rooster. Is barring something that hides genetically? Or is his colour pattern just strange and not considered barred?

She getting ready to give you eggs!

They are beautiful!

Interesting post! When I started thinking about pure bred chickens, I could not believe there were no breeding records (I come from horse/dog background where it needs papers to be considered a particular breed). Now I see where the "walks like a duck, talks like a duck" saying came from. lol...

Yes. Pretty much. He only started crowing very early spring 2018 (hatched last August). We did have ventilation issues early in the winter (first winter with chooks)....could that have caused it? But wouldn't he recover from that?

My rooster is always gurgling and wheezy. Half the time his crows are cut off like he has laryngitus. He sounds awefull, but hes healthy and strong and fertile. Anyone else have anything like this?

My rooster is half "purebred" something. She said Aracana but I doubt that very much. He is clean faced though many of his hatchmates had beards while none of the possible mothers did. His chest is mottled red and black and hes very good natured. Just for fun, If you had to guess what his...

The 3 row peacomb at that age says cockerel

I have 4 "EE's" that lay brown eggs. So I bought some "Pure Ameraucana" chicks. At 13 weeks I can tell they are not good quality and they should be considered blue EE's and not Ameraucana due to one of the five having yellow skin under slate legs (dark green legs). I was looking into showing...

Am I asking for trouble? Im new to the idea of growing them out and processing my own for meat. I have a few batches of babies being hatched now and will likely process around end of November (my best guess on what I've read). I will be taking them somewhere not doing it myself. Do you think...