So, my Brinsea gave me troubles this time around and I have one surviving Silverudd (standard size) chick. The poor thing is freaking out. It needs friends. I looked on craiglist and can only find bantam chicks she says is about 4 weeks old.. Is it a good idea to provide these as friends...
Yep the white one is the one in question. I figure the brown in the splash might either be X cream legbar or just a color variation. One guaranteed does. The splash is the one in question though. In my birds when I have crossed cream legbar and black isbar they are never barred. The dead...
So my breeder had a super smart Cream legbar roo that got in the Silverudd pen. Some of her chicks turned out to be Ice Cream Bars.
I am only familiar with the black variety of Silverudds. I have no clue on other color variations. What is the chances that this guy is purebred Silverudd? I...
I am on day 24 of hatching my eggs. I had a power outage so they are taking a little longer. Today I feel so bad. I candled the eggs just to get reassurance they were alive. All looked great except for one. It hadn't filled the egg and it had a cloudy substance that I thought was bacteria.. Dead...
She is cooped up now. I will get pictures first thing in the morning. I know it is genetic though. I accidentally hatched an egg of hers and it had the same issue. The difference is I knew what I doing this time. I splinted her and now I can't even pick her out from the bunch of chicks I sold...
So back when I first started and didn't know what I was doing; among the chicks had seemingly wider set hips than most. She still perched and could get around so I didn't worry about it much. Oddly it seems to be getting worse now that she is aging. At this point she can no longer perch. She can...
My banties always hatch on day 21. I am not incredibly experienced but I wouldn't worry yet. I've even done hatches of banty eggs with and the same hen as standard eggs and they all hatch right around the same time.
The resiliency of hatching eggs never ceases to amaze me. I have 4 eggs under a broody. Late last night I got a strange feeling to check my chickens. I did and found that a more dominant hen had found her way into the nest box. 3 of the eggs were no longer under the hen and the poor thing was...