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  1. thlayli

    The disappointment is real

    Yeah she's fine. The scar is a doozy though. I felt really bad for her during the freezing weather -- it HAD to have ached.
  2. thlayli

    The disappointment is real

    I hatched about 30 eggs last year. Had quite a few cockerels, but I still only ended up keeping 3 pullets. This one, a Marans cross (so definitely brown eggs), and another EE who hasn't started laying yet. The last girl was attacked by a raccoon and nearly lost an eye and half her face is a...
  3. thlayli

    The disappointment is real

    I REALLY wanted her to lay a green egg.
  4. thlayli

    The disappointment is real

    Shes lucky she's pretty because I've definitely eaten chickens for less.
  5. thlayli

    The disappointment is real

    I waited ALL WINTER to see what egg this girl laid, and it's TAN. >8(
  6. thlayli

    Buff Orpington Roo x Silver Laced Wyandotte chicks! Sex-linked?

    If I had to guess, based on gold/silver sex-linking, I'm thinking you have two pullets and three cockerels. Upper left, lower middle, and upper right are male. The darker ones are female.
  7. thlayli

    Splash Whitening True Blue?

    He isn't splash. Probably just a nice Heinz 57.
  8. thlayli

    Female Or Not

    Yes, Willow is a pullet. ^_^ Looks like she could use a tiny beak trim, too, but otherwise she's very healthy looking.
  9. thlayli

    Easter Egger? Pullet ?

    He could be a barred rock. All barred rock chicks look identical, white spot and all, so you just had bad luck with him lol
  10. thlayli

    Easter Egger? Pullet ?

    100% an EE cockerel.
  11. thlayli

    Based on tail feathering, what gender do these appear to be do you think?

    Faces are more likely to get you answers at this age. C: And shoulders. A full picture of the whole bird, preferably in profile, will be the most accurate way to tell if it's a male or female.
  12. thlayli

    What breed is this lady? She lays small creamy/white eggs

    She is a mixed chicken. She may or may not have some Ameraucana in her lineage somewhere, with the muff and beard, but Salmon Faverolles have muffs and beards too, and lay tan eggs. How many toes does she have and what color are her legs? Whatever she is, whatever gave her the muff and beard is...
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    What is a Sapphire Sky?

    Pinched tails arent a breed-specific trait, it's a physiological defect that works against laying hens. Hobby or registered breeders who conform to a breed's SOP will select against any negative traits that pop up in their flock, so they wouldn't hatch out eggs from hens who displayed those...
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    What is a Sapphire Sky?

    Hatchery birds are bred en masse, and "hatchery quality" purebreds are known to be smaller and less conforming to parts of the SOP that deal with the health of the animal (such as breeding and producing hens with "pinched" tails rather than the tented tails that indicate a wide pelvis...
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    What is a Sapphire Sky?

    Yes, most likely brown. A designer hybrid. The labradoodle of the chicken world. Hatcheries have to have a "new" thing every couple of years. Their hybrids won't breed true so if people want more of the same or certain characteristics they have to buy more.
  16. thlayli

    What is a Sapphire Sky?

    A plymouth blue rock is a cross between a barred rock hen and an Andalusian Blue rooster. So these are probably crosses of Blue Rocks (also called Sapphire Gems) and Crested Cream Legbar mixes. I say CCL mixes rather than straight CCL because the websites selling Sapphire Skys says they will lay...
  17. thlayli

    Making Lemonade [Selective Culling Project - very long term]

    I had Wheaten Ameraucana cocks that looked like that at a young age, they definitely got more colorful as they got older. Might be too flashy/gold for what you're looking for, but I agree that he's one to keep an eye on.
  18. thlayli

    I’ve got an imposter

    If the olive egger is a Sapphire gem or blue rock it's a boy. Those are sex linked crosses and the boys are barred.
  19. thlayli

    Ameraucana chick I think

    I had one or two do that before. Eventually the casing kind of rubs off and the feathers spread out. You might be able to very gently press and rub them between your fingers and the sheath will sort of disintegrate under the pressure.
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    Nobody knows which of these is a rooster for sure.

    This is the kind of dark and glossy I mean. See the "cape" of dark red feathers? You should be starting to see those on Teddy's wings if she was a boy.
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