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The roo may be carrying birchen as his chest is spotted with blue; here is my birchen hen (lacing, same dark neck as the lemon blue)

I believe it is called lemon blue; it is misleading because it is not "real" lemon. I am breeding for this, using a blue birchen hen and trying to get more of that as well.

Good luck with that, lol. You said she was special. (Got to come inside)

Impacted crop is when they get a crazy idea to eat non food items and they get stuck in the crop pouch. The stomach is further in. So my girl ate a huge wad of straw from the nest, an egg probably broke in there. The straw ball couldn't get through the pencil size opening to the stomach, and...

I lost my pet, cookie to impacted crop. It "turned" and passed all at once which near as i could tell poisoned her liver. She was the last survivor of her line :( vet said she could do no better than i was doing, but it hurts the same

Idk on the time to get oyster shell out; they essentially store it in the upper part as grit rock. I had one hen low on the pecking order nearly kill herself on it bc she filled on that; which was an od; then on top of that did not have room for regular feed! Seems like it was a few weeks of...

If it is just the one hen maybe she filled up on oyster shell one day and it is still backed up in there?

Sandpaper eggs are an axcess of something. Potassium? Magnesium? One of those; probably stealing the duck's food. Different balance of nutrients. Pitted eggs are another thing but sounds like you are describing sandpaper.:) Free range hens get calcium from the fresh greens :) baby spinach is...

Only shocks them if it is COLD, not cool; also i have heard to dunk yo neck but i only stand in enough to touch their bottom. A bucket just big enough for the bird is best; they feel the cool relief but don't see the water. Shallow ankle wading pools are a bonus for them in the summer. I was...

This girl was all brown at birth:

My main man: I breed for affectionate to humans temperament, blue birchen color.

Are you using the "no crow collar"? Does it work?

I have a hen who has specks sometimes on her eggs. I have never heard of one who was pink inside but olive outside! That must be gorgeous. :) I do have egg shell from my prize ee who died; hers were a greyed sage color but lighter inside; i think a very pale blue. Her sis lays a yellowey egg...

I read some of what was on the classroom and the coop about the idea, too. Just needs the right genetic guy to observe and document??? ;) my pivs never did justice. I wish i'd have saved a shell for proof! The original quecha fowl were supposed to lay the yellow/ gold egg as well..?

Ah ha! Another one who has seen this phenomenon. :)

Wow. That egg color post made my head spin! I read it 3 times and still don't get it. I did however see the 25% pink; is this the "tinted"/ "pink" or the pink all the way through the shell pink? I'll re read this till i get it as i've been mulling egg color genes over as well.

Thank you, and awwwww! Pals

There are more????!!!!! I am on my phone and can't even find the search feature....gaaaa! I love my ee's the more ee people the better! :)