While i am by no means the genetics expert, if you are just starting and want to maximize your color choices with a minimum of roosters, I would go with the Black rooster and do blue/black/splash hens, anything else mixing colors are at best going to give you splits which means if you are trying...
I think it really depends on what your desire is for the bird. If you want to show then you want to make sure you are getting a recognized color variety otherwise you are limiting the categories you can be judged in. I love the frizzles but i have not seen one yet that will win over a good...
Yes--lap chickens--see :-)
With my day old chicks i start by just putting my hand in the brooder box for a while --they are naturally curious and will come check it out. Then by week old they are all trying to "roost" in my hand and from there the competition is on until they get to the...
Mine love to be handled at all ages. Chicks will hop on top of waterers etc doing the me first me first when the lid is lifted on the brooder. My cock bird will run up if i sit in a chair and hop on my lap to be"petted" and wants to be the helper and see what i am doing all the time. I think a...
@ESofVA I have spent most of today looking online for lamps for a new brooder.
i dont use heat lamps i use a brinsea eco glow, my personal opinion is less of a fire hazard, but just wanted to throw that out there in case you wanted to research that
Yes, there are many roads in chicken keeping. Most people come to these forums to share ideas and then make an informed decision themselves, as to the health regime of their birds and how to know what you are looking at when purchasing birds from another source, etc. You can call it lectures...
Just some thoughts about some of the latest posts
1. Hatchery stock, serves its purpose if you are looking for broiler/butcher birds, just egg layers, or just want a pet chicken of no particular kind. Yes most hatchery's have practices that IN MY OPINION are not practices that i care to...
Hi CeeJ,
Like Black Cochin said most that you see are going to be calico's as mille in cochins is still in project stage for every breeder that i am aware of, some are getting very close but i am not aware that anyone has perfected it yet. The best example you can get of what the color...
**Giggle**you pretty much just saw my birds family tree.
Twister, the top black and white frizzle is out of West Knolls Hot Steel, these were still baby feathers so he changed quite a bit and is mottled
The calico babies are from Oz and Dorothy (both of which are also out of West Knolls line) so...