Woah... all very neat info. So seems like blue ears are not a common enough thing for multiple breeds, but common enough that lineages can experience them anyway
Thanks! I thought Mosaics weren't a real breed-- more of a designer mutt. Am I mistaken? But neat about the genetic part. I've had Cream Legbars with blue ears before.
I'm stumped. I saw a mix recently with blue ears but they're claiming that the bird has NO Silkie in them at all, and I realized I cannot for the life of me think of any other blue eared breeds... anyone know more than Silkies? I tried sleuthing the internet but keep getting blue egg breeds...
Aww, well I'm glad that it was all planned out and you have chickens in your future. I recently secured my new apartment and I'm soo nervous, haha. Far away from my family and about 2 hrs from the friends I've made in college... idk how to make friends outside of work as an adult lol.
More than that, they're missing a nail and the end of 3 digits are larger & rounder. It's clearly hereditary since more than one of them had it. Just curious if it's a common Silkie thing or what.
I know! I just thought it was neat that they had more than one chick with a single comb.
Neat! Good luck with the Coast Guard life @Evadig. Have you lived near water most of your life? The flexibility certainly is nice.
And it's a practice IACUC protocol, which is Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee and that committee is responsible for approving and maintaining the...
This is exactly the coloration that my friend's bird has!
And they all hatched black also, gradually developing the buff over time... I don't have the time to really absorb what has been said in the rest of the thread but I may have questions if it wasn't answered what your Silkie was lol