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I have a question concerning Marans eggs. When a young pullet first starts laying them, will they be dark brown from the start or will they start out light and get darker as they get older?

I have a question for you breed "experts". If I were to cross a Buff Orpington rooster with a Black Australorp hen, what do you think I would come up with? What do you think the color of the offspring would be? What about temperament? And egg laying, what do you think would happen there...

I have some Rhode Island Red pullets that are about 7 months old now and of the 5, only 2 are laying. I've never started with chicks in the breed, what reds I have had were already grown and laying. Do the reds take longer to start laying steadily than other breeds? And with the lateness if...

I have a French Black Copper Marans Rooster that has the typical feather footing that the French variety does. I have acquired some "production" or clean legged Cuckoo Marans hens. If I were to mate them, would I: 1) End up with the barred coloring since my understanding is that a barred hen's...

Has anyone raised any second generation Cinnamon Queens? If so, are they as good at laying as the original hens? I already know that they look nothing like their parents, that's of no concern to me. My question is about the amount of eggs they lay.

I have a pen with black Marans hens, buff Orpington hens, and Cuckoo Marans hens. My roosters are a black copper Marans, a golden laced Cochin, and a muffed red colored that I'm not sure what he is. Back in the late summer, the Cochin and one of the buffs mated and resulted in a buff Cochin...

Hi, my name is William Dill and I found this site a few days ago while searching various topics concerning chickens. I originally grew up a city boy but just after high school my parents and I moved to their acreage and a few years later I got a couple acres adjoining them. To summarize they...