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Hey all! I have a lavender Orpington who came from cuckoo Isabel Orpington hatching eggs I purchased. She has no signs of the cuckoo gene, and I thought cuckoo can’t be hidden in pullets. I crossed her with a lavender Ameraucana for fun and her chicks turned out to be sex linked! The lavender...

Two weeks ago I hatched out some mixes from my flock - I have BBS Orpingtons, Easter Eggers, Olive Eggers (I say that loosely because I got them as mixes so I’m not sure what their background is, just that they lay me Olive coloured eggs), and a few brown-egg laying barnyard mixes. The roosters...

I have stalked these forums for years for information on chickens and finally joined... what an awesome place to learn everything about raising chickens! I have been raising chickens for almost 10 years, and the last couple of years have gotten into breeding for rainbow eggs - as you all know...

Chicken genetics never cease to amaze and baffle me. I did a late hatch of just 3 chicks last August because I knew a niece would be visiting me and really want to see some chicks. I bred a BCM roo with some of my Easter Eggers. I ended up with a fairly standard Easter egger roo, and a black hen...