I already have 3 hens 2 are 2.5 Years and 1 is 1.5 yrs. Anyway my cousin had called and said there was a older woman that she knew who had had heart attack and stroke. She wouldn't be able to take care of them and asked if I would take her 3 ducks and they were girls . I told them sure. Well...
I am working on making my own breed right now I do know I want black faces comb and waddle. Mostly right now I am curious how everyone will guess the chicks will come out. I have less than 14 days and I just can't wait. Smarshmellow is an EE X buff Chantecler roo. Sapphire is a Sapphire Gem.
I have a bourbon red hen and a black Spanish tom. I am wanting to mix them and the toms to eventually be red with the iridescent rainbow tips like the black Spanish. With careful breeding can I accomplish this? What is the best way to do this?
I thought I have 2 cuckoo Marans but every picture I find they don't have feathers on their feet. They are mostly black with very light white specks. Are the cuckoo Marans or no? In the first picture are them with a barred rock to show how much more darker they are in comparison. 2nd picture...
Okay I have three ducks. I went to the store to get two ducks. I saw one with a goofy bacon brought three home LOL. Anyhow I'm pretty sure Quasi is a Rouen but at first I thought the one was a crested top Miss Frizzle was a crested magpie but I'm not so start now because she's getting color in...
I had went to our local co-op to get 2 ducklings. While I was there I noticed a duckling with deformed bill. I wasn't going to get (I'm pretty sure it's a boy)him but after I picked out Di Di and Frizzle I was done. Then I thought what if no one gets him and the place puts him down without...
I went to our local feed store to get some chicken bedding and possibly get to ducks at the most. When I got there to look at the Ducks I noticed one had a deformed bill. I picked out my ducklings, but then I had to pick this one too. I just felt bad that what if no one gets it because it's...
I bought more chicks from tractor supply as the colored egged mixed lot.(I like the surprises) I am pretty sure the 2 stripes are EE's but these golden ones I think are starlight olive eggers? Who knows it's the only one that was listed as a possibility that it could be. I have seen some that...
Hi I had recently bought laying hens in kind of like a variety pack deal color eggs. I have narrow down my hens to be five of them either Americana or Prairie Bluebell. Which I'm really not sure of any how just going off of baby chick pictures. The other four are Marans. What is the best thing...