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  1. NatJ

    Is this a cream legbar?!

    The problem is that the statement "can lay" is easy to take in two different ways. If I say that Silkies "can" have beards or no beards, I mean that the standard permits either option. This is a pretty common way of talking about what variations are permitted in various breed standards. So...
  2. NatJ

    How would you make this opening predator proof?

    I'm not familiar with some of them, so I wasn't sure what size space they could actually fit through. Yes, that does mean you need to block it-- hopefully some of the suggestions from other people will end up working :)
  3. NatJ

    How would you make this opening predator proof?

    Can any of those predators get their whole body through the opening? If not, just put the roosts far enough from the opening, and the chickens should be safe while they sleep. For a person, for example, see how far a finger or an arm can reach, then put the roosts more than that distance inside...
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    Is this a cream legbar?!

    If the egg color is wrong, then she is missing one important trait for the breed. It does not matter how correct she is otherwise, she is still not a good example of the breed. Which is why I said both yes and no to whether a Cream Legbar can lay cream-colored eggs. A bird that looks right and...
  5. NatJ

    Can someone explain internal laying for me?

    A necropsy would probably answer the question. If that is not possible, it may never be possible to know for sure if she had trouble with internal laying, or if she was having some other problem instead.
  6. NatJ

    Fall/winter feed

    Probably not. Where is the protein going to come from? If you rule out soy, and you want high protein, you are pretty much stuck with things like meat or fish to boost the protein. At that point, yes it's going to be an expensive food, if anyone makes it at all.
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    Is this a cream legbar?!

    Yes and no. Cream Legbars that meet the breed standard do not lay cream eggs, because that is not the color the breed is supposed to lay. It would be just as wrong as Marans laying white or blue eggs (supposed to lay dark brown) or a Leghorn laying dark brown eggs (supposed to lay white.)...
  8. NatJ

    Anyone know the breed of my bantams?

    If you are in the USA, they might be Old English Game Bantams. Those are pretty common at most hatcheries, so they are also pretty common in bins of assorted chicks at stores, and in backyard flocks. The ones from hatcheries are sometimes a bit off in color as compared with what they are...
  9. NatJ

    Advice on which coop please

    Since I notice you are proposing to use a cattle panel for the arch, be aware that it will probably be trying to spring outward at the base of the arch, with a fair bit of force. Unless you have a way to fasten the two side walls to each other, they may tip outward and the whole structure come...
  10. NatJ

    TSC mystery!!!! What else is new lol

    That does pretty much tell what she is: an Olive Egger! Or maybe a "Starlight Green Egger," depending on how dark their eggs can be. Definitely not the Bielefelder you thought you were getting, or a Cinnamon Queen or Production Red that were discussed earlier in the thread. Now I'm really...
  11. NatJ

    Need help figuring out best combo for breeding my cuckoo silkie roosters

    Glad I could help :)
  12. NatJ

    Chick color breed

    Thank you! Looks like that sexing method you found online was not very accurate. It got two of the females right, but it said "female" for both males and "male" for one of the actual females. So it was wrong more than half the time. It's handy to have actual checks on whether such sexing...
  13. NatJ

    Stowaway chick breed guesses?

    Have you asked the breeder? I'm wondering if it could be a cross of a Silver Laced Wyandotte rooster with a Silver Spanged Hamburg hen. I think that could produce chicks with white legs and silver laced feathers (although there is the point made earlier, about whether a chick from such a mix...
  14. NatJ

    Chick color breed

    They grew up to be really pretty chickens! Three females and two males is a pretty nice split for 5 chicks! (Although not as nice as the four females/one male you thought they were.) Was the one you thought was a boy (young chick) one of the ones that did turn out to be a male? Their...
  15. NatJ

    Heater or heat panel -10

    At a rough guess, Cream Legbars are probably in the middle of chicken breeds as regards cold tolerance. Cream Legbars would not have the small combs/wattles and extra-thick feathers that help some breeds handle cold weather. They don't have extra-large bodies either. On the other hand, they do...
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    Need help figuring out best combo for breeding my cuckoo silkie roosters

    In that case, I think you could use black, blue, or splash hens. The cuckoo roosters should give white barring to every chick, so the only thing that should change is what base color that white barring is on. If you want black with white barring, use black hens. If you blue with white barring...
  17. NatJ

    Need help figuring out best combo for breeding my cuckoo silkie roosters

    If that is your list of hens, what rooster colors do you have? (If they're in the photos, my apologies, but I'm not good at recognizing sexes in Silkies.)
  18. NatJ

    Chick color breed

    They should be getting close to adult appearance by now. Can you post updated photos? I'm curious to see how they look now! (Updated photos also make this thread more useful for other people in the future, to see what chicks mature to what colors.) I'm also curious how accurate the sexing...
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    Heater or heat panel -10

    And of course there are changes in comb type, and the size of wattles. Some breeds have them bigger to get rid of extra heat in hotter climates, other breeds have them smaller to retain heat and avoid frostbite in colder climates.
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    Heater or heat panel -10

    That is a point in favor of selecting cold-hardy breeds of chickens, if a person lives in a cold climate. It is not a reason to assume that all chickens need supplemental heat at the same temperatures. For any given person, watching the behavior of their own chickens will give the best...
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