Thank you again. It seems like common sense, huh? lol I don't have much sense left these days (sigh), Between 5 losses in the last three years, my mom now being placed in hospice, one daughter moving far away from home and deciding to make me a grandmother and another child in the middle of a...
Hi, All!
I did find Bantam Easter Egger chicks online, but they don't do as well with shipping as regular sized chicks, apparently, because I keep losing the ones I got day by day despite giving them more heat than is required and despite they are eating and drinking fine (included in their...
I am raising silkies. I have them mostly for those who want hatching eggs. Silkies are cute and can have a lot of personality and while I treat all of my animals well, I will and do plan to eat some silkies. I put money into raising them and so nothing will go to waste. Their meat is highly...
I breed pure Silkies. Also, I am currently incubating pure Ameraucanas. Eventually, I plan to breed a cross between these two breeds (Silkie roo x Ameraucana hens), is there an existing name for this specific hybrid? Could these technically be considered Fibro Easter Eggers? I want to breed for...
I went ahead and purchased 10 Mystic Onyx hatching eggs. It is my understanding that these birds are a hybrid breed (Silky x meat bird). Should I assume, then, that breeding a MO to a MO will not result in a MO? I don't care about the technicalities of my birds being "pure" or the outward...
Honey is a Starlight Green Egger (so technically an EE), Kitty is a pure Ameraucana (supposed roo). This mystery egg is bigger (taller AND girthier), softer more fragile shell. Today, we got the usual olive green, hard-shelled, normal-sized (smaller than the mystery ) egg from Honey. I'm at a loss.
If you're familiar with Honey the SGE hen and Kitty the Ameraucana Splash "roo", you know my dilemma. It's been crazy with Kitty...back and forth between hen and roo and then SETTLING on roo for certain and now this! Guys, I have two chickens...Honey and Kitty. That's it. Honey has laid a...
Awww you're great! Genetics fascinates me, but I just never fully grasp it. You could say I get the gist of the basics, but when you start getting into pprr, etc. etc. etc. The rest is woin[94ha'sldkncq[ to me LOL!! That doesn't stop me from trying, though and you've seriously made my night...
I've never owned bantams of any kind, but I am familiar with regular Ameraucanas and they are the best. Kitty is our Ameraucana roo...I swear he is reincarnated from a lap cat and acts like a human toddler. He follows you around, cooing and purring, BEGGING to be picked up and cuddled. He will...
Also, even though the offspring will be mutts, they will take no physical characteristics from Honey (also a mutt...prairie bluebell Egger+ Mystery brown egg layer)? Will some of them have beard/muff and some of them clean-faced? Some have shorter combs and nearly non-existant waddles and some...
Thanks so much again! If you don't mind, would you mind giving me your take on Kitty? I know that he is a true Ameraucana (I've seen the breeding program of the seller), albeit from a subpar breeding program...see the leakage in his wings? This doesn't bother me AT ALL, in fact, I think it's...
YOU, Ma'am, are AMAZING! This is EXACTLY what I was looking for and you did splendidly. Can't thank you enough. Honey is...creamy rust? Her butt is portrayed perfectly in the photo above lol Of course she didn't cooperate when I grabbed the camera, so you get a pretty ok shot of Kitty but only...