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Hi all... I have a flock of Hmong chickens... that have been selected to be silvers rather than golds for a number of generations. The Birchen gene is common in the flock, as is lacing. In addition some birds are predominantly white. In any event, occasionally, not often... a laced brown-gray...

What I am trying to figure out is if the Sportsman is actually better at incubating than the using several Genesis units.... having several means a failure is more localized... but there is the convenience issue.. and cost per capacity.... what i need to have a handle on to make up my mind are...

Hi All. I have a cockerel who is 9 months old. I noticed the other day that one leg seems disjointed at the elbow. He was still walking on it but the angle was off... He is in a calm pen with 4 docile pullets... A week later both legs are like this. He is alert... walking... running over for...

I realize that roosters will mate with anything... my question is, if there are many hens is there any tendency to preferentially mate with their own variety... or are varieties a human thing... so in a mix of very different chickens like marans and cermani... should we expect crosses to be a...

I was reading about the genetics of feathered legs ... and that there are dosage effects... was I could not figure out from surfing was that are feathered feet always associated with feathered shanks... or is there a genotype where the shanks have feathers but there is nothing on the feet? I...

I assume its an isbar but does not seem to be splash or black or blue... any thoughts? I bought direct from Greenfire... could a splash be that black? Or a black that speckled? Thx!

I have five LF Cochin chicks (2 male and 3 female)... 7 weeks old that I hatched... the incubator was a disaster, the hatch was difficult... four of the chicks are perfectly fine... one drags the right leg... the leg appears to be pretty useless... yet, she moves around and eats and drinks. The...

Okay... this little bird pretty much acts like a velocirapter from the movie Jurasic Park.. it's gorgeous I am assuming its a cockerel from its intensity.. but no comb an no wattles... so just wondering... any one familiar with how the hmongs develop?

Hatched 5 and here there are... one has significant brown leakage (number 5)... number one looks a bit and acts a bit like an eagle... I can't tell males v females... none have significant combs or wattles yet. My marans at this age can be more easily differentiated. Anyway, just fun... here...

Hi All: We all know the risk of straight run... could get lots of boys or lots of girls... luck of the draw... BUT we know on average the sex ration will be close to 50:50... So, before I place second order... since my first was not so lucky let me ask folks... How many boys an girls have...

Some of my Svart honas are starting to act differently perhaps along gender lines.. when i remove them from their mini coop and set them in the open.. the ones that look more like hens (small combs) freeze like statues for an extended period of time. The ones with thick legs and bigger combs are...

Hello All: The Blue Birchen Marans chicks I ordered from Greenfire are 4 weeks old now... I am posting pics of each .. gender guesses anyone? There are three blues and one splash... there are several pics of each chick... chick 3 in the last 2 photos of it... you can see a little brown...

Well... not sure what they are supposed to look like but despite some very serious incubator problems/failures/spikes 4 of my 9 Silver Hmong Chicks hatched. The eggs came from 2 lines (one darker and one lighter for feather color) but both fibro melanistic. Two hatched from each line... one...

i have read where there are darker and lighter blues... and yet the cited genetics seem pretty straight forward as a single locus model. Does anyone know the cause of this? Are there multiple black or splash alleles or are there known modifiers at other loci? Or is the variation pretty much...

Question. I purchased an Incukit heater/fan/thermostat (advanced version for $149) from Incubatorwarehouse.com and have been having issues with my unit. This is the new version that is 125 watts... is see online now that older versions at 250 watts apparently caught fire for some and this is the...

well i ordered some chicks from greenfire farns and they arrived today... got some blue birchen marans, some blue isbar and some svart honas... at this age the blue isbar and blue birchen marans look the very similar except the marans have the leg feathering... Let the fun begin!

Not a good experience so far I am afraid. But a useful cautionary tale. Mybe it will help others. The unit came pre-assembled from IncubatorWarehouse.com. I stupidly assumed it was working because i plugged in in and watched it tllt the trays after an hour. I loaded it with eggs (chicken) and...

Hi all: Just a quick hello. Not really a newbie but its been a looooong time. Have raised, ducks, chickens, quail... many years ago... Recently got a place with more space and so time to revisit old hobbies. Also dabble with show guppies, daylily hybridization, and lots of other nature stuff...