I got some chicks this spring, they ended up as a mystery bunch from a local farm store that gave me a breed mix up and mis-identified them as Speckled Sussex. When I brought them home I knew they weren't. Well now that they've grown into hens, l identified 3 of them as Black Sex Link chickens...
Any idea what breed she is? She was said to be a Black Star but the other two I got her with look alike and she looks much different. She’s got some EE traits but the black coloring and bluish iridescent feathers like the other two; however, she has bluish legs and they have yellow. She also has...
So, I got 20 easter eggers about 10 weeks ago from a hatchery that also sells pure black and blue ameraucanas (who knows if this is true, though.) One cockerel in the whole batch looks like a purebred ameraucana, I very much doubt he actually is, but he has all the characteristics. He has a pea...
Created a new thread as I don't know how to navigate this site yet. Black Ameraucana or EE? I go to the tack supply and feed I thought her from originally tomorrow so I will know more on their originals then. Still fun to think you got lucky in a purchase! 8-9 wks old