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  1. E

    Ameraucana color possibilities??

    so I'm getting a flock from someone local. roosters: silver and wheaten hens: silver, black, and blue wheaten what colors could I possibly get if I put the silver roo in with the hens vs if I used the wheaten?
  2. H

    Breeding Red, Blue, and Black New Zealand Rabbits?

    Hello! I’m getting a trio of new Zealands but can’t decide on color combos. The breeder has Red, Black, and Blue NZs. What should I get??? One of each? What color buck should I pick? (I don’t want to have siblings breed so my doe and buck need to be from different litters) I know nothing about...
  3. Cloverr39

    Whats the difference between back from paint breeding and black from black+black breeding?

    Okay, so I've seen a lot of people saying that they are using for example: a black rooster from paint breeding. Does it make a difference though? Because as far as I know the dominant white from paint can't be recessive, so why does it matter if the black chicken's parents were black or paint...
  4. hannahsocal

    Advice for breeding BBS (Blue Black Splash) genetics! 🐣

    Calling all BBS breeders and geneticists! After much searching, I have yet to find a single post where there is concise, useful information on bbs breeding - so I’m hopefully starting one here! ☺️ I’m new to the BBS breeding world but am not new to the biology/genetics world, so it would be...
  5. T

    Dark, dry, hard waddle in summer no known cause

    Chicken was fine yesterday. Chicken now has a dark hard dry waddle. Chicken is acting fine eating drinking etc. No changes To the chickens behavior other than the lesion on the waddle
  6. H

    Black on Buff Orpington’s Tail Feathers?

    Hey all! I have a mix of breeds, all 18 weeks old (Australorps, barred rocks, buff orpingtons) my orpingtons have black on their tail feathers (photos below) Mites? Disease? I checked and didn’t see any mites or bugs on them and I use the deep litter system for their coop so I can’t put DE in...
  7. Chickadee00

    What's on my roo's comb?

    It seems like dried blood, at first I tried to gently pull it off but it started bleeding a little so I let it be, I thought it would heal by itself. He is healthy and active otherwise. Now it's gotten worse, the black spots got bigger and today I noticed a hen pecking at his comb and he...
  8. Fae Forest Farm

    Creating the Corvalla! A chicken that looks like a crow

    Those who free range their chickens have had problems or fears with regards raptors preying on the flock, whether they are hawks, eagles or owls. There are a number of deterrent ideas to utilize, one of which being to put crow decoys around which need to be consistently moved around and cannot...
  9. SilkySilkie

    how to prevent a aggressive cockerel

    ok so i have one VERY aggressive cochin/pekin bantam cockerel and we bought a black silkie pullet but turned out a male so i want to prevent him becoming wild and attacking he just started to learn how to mate and is still learning and he doesnt like to come near us or be held anything like that...
  10. ChickenLeg

    BIG bantam ameraucana egg! Double yolker!

    One of my black bantam ameraucanas laid a big ole double yolker, it was the size of a Grade A Large store bought egg (the white egg is store egg for comparison). It came from either either a 2.5 or 1 year old hen. Couldnt have been fun laying 😬😬😵
  11. SilkySilkie

    Black silkie was sold as pullet to me but i have a feeling its a roo

    so i got this silkie ''pullet'' im getting weird feelings it might be a rooster because of the crown sorry i couldnt take good pictures ''shes'' very skittish and doesnt let me come near also i saw some green feathers on her wing shes around 9 weeks or 8 i know it might be a bit hard with sexing...
  12. R

    Foot wound?

    Please help my indoor chickens..... They have black spots growth or wound on their feet .... been placing betadine and also oregano extract on their feet... not only on their feet there seems to have white spot on their comb / wattle. Multiple chickens involved. 2 pullet 5 month old, 3 2month...
  13. H

    Help Sexing 8 1/2 Week Ameraucana Chicks

    Hi! I’m hoping that someone will help me sex my 8 1/2 Week Ameraucana chicks. I am confident on the gender of the other chicks but cannot tell if these guys are cockerels or pullets? Chick #1 Chick #2 Chick #3 Chick #4 Chick # The combs of chicks 4 and 5 don’t get redder than...
  14. C

    Do all sweet cockerels turn into jerk roosters?

    Basically i have 3 cockerels, an Australorp, a mix of three breeds and a leghorn. The mixed breed one goes about doing his own thing the leghorn one is very shy never comes too much close to humans but the Australorp is so sweet. Whenever i come to open em he rams in the coop door trying to open...
  15. mozzar_ELLA

    4 week old black copper marans

    This is my first time with BCM and I only have one so nothing to compare exactly. S/he is very shy but the legs and comb/wattle got me leaning towards male. When s/he hatched the comb and wattle were about the same size as now but they were yellow now s/he’s sporting a very fleshy pink color. I...
  16. C

    What breed and gender is my black chicken?

    What breed is my chicken? Also what is its gender? I think its a hen but could use confirmation. Its name is Crow. Its black with blue/purple feathers on the lower part of its wings. Its about 4 months old.
  17. Hannahnic14

    Which silkie roo would you keep???

    I just found out I have 3 silkie cockerels. 1 black, 1 gray, and 1 buff. I have 2 confirmed pullets-1 white and 1 buff. Which color roo would you keep? I can't keep them all since I have other roos and my bantam flock isn't going to be that big... The black silkie is only 3 weeks old at this...
  18. Cluckcluck2000

    Black Copper Marans?

    I'm a new chicken mama looking for help identifying the breed and sex of these chickens! They were in rough shape when we brought them home, missing feathers in some places. The lady we purchased them from told us they were Black Copper Marans, but I'm not too sure. We're also not 100% that...
  19. Chirpy_Girl

    Black streak, should I be worried?

    One of my girls has a black streak in her beak. It’s not raised or textured, but it has grown in length. She is perfectly happy and it doesn’t seem to bother her at all. Should I be worried?
  20. B

    Help! Don’t know what breed this hen is

    I do know I have 1 Brahma, 1 buff Orpington,2 Ameraucanas, a barred rock, and this last one is a mystery! she is laying dark brown eggs, has black feathers which are also on her feet, her feet are also black, and her back feathers in the light appear to have a holographic kind of look to them.
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