So far i have 3 black and 3 yellow chicks from a Delaware M with a olive egger( maron x cream leg bar) F. Whats going on here? Is this a sexlink thing or just the olive egger expressing different genes in her offspring ?
I have a Delaware rooster and and RIR hen . Ive heard the offspring will look delaware. Is that true no matter the sex of the chicks?
Also i have chicks using same rooster with a buff orphington, a production blue( blue australorp/RIR) a sexlink maron, and a ameraucana. Will any of those...
Yes fresh, no more than a week old. And also yes to refrigerated. Only some of the eggs do it. I havent paid attention to if its isolated to a particular her tho
This is our maron sexlink hen. Lana. She hatched 2 if her own but there not in the pic. Cant wait to see how they end up....Delaware rooster crossed with maron hen 🤷♂️
I do have RIR, i think at least one of the chicks is hers. Will both male and female look delawares then? The other yellow/ white could be crossed with our buff orphinton
So im getting some eggs that as soon as u crack the egg into the pan the yolks break and are really runny. They dont taste odd or anything tho. What could be the issue? Ive never seen this before
She in the nesting box they all use. Ill mark the eggs. Also there's other nests for them to use. I tried to move her but she just went back to her old nest and ive had others stop being broody after moving them. Ill mark the eggs and cross my fingers. Thx for the advice
I have a production blue ( blue australorp/ rhode island red) hen who has been broody for 2 maybe 2.5 weeks. Last week i let her have the fertile eggs the other chickens were laying. She seems pretty set on these eggs. How likely is it she'll stay broody and hatch these eggs? Or is it better to...
Hi everyone, im new here but ive had chickens for the last 10 years but only started breeding and hatching my own this summer. I have 7 hens of various breeds and 1 Delaware rooster named Thor. Hes my favorite. lol we just hatched 7 chicks this week😀. I hope to learn a lot from all of you.