We got baby chicks last June from McMurray’s. We have 13 hens and one Rooster. Our bielefelder is broody laying on 12 eggs. How do you know what breed the baby chicks will be? Our hen breeds are bielefelder, Rhode Island Red, Red Star, Buff Orpington, Black Cochin, Ameraucana, Barred Rock and...
Just put one of my aracauna hens and my silkie roo in a breeding pen together , she is kind of mean and he is pretty docile will she eventually get used to him and let him mate with her ? Has anyone tried breeding a hen that has an attitude problem with a not so mean roo ?
I have 10 week old Ameraucana chicks and a couple existing blue hens, and can now sex 100%. So trying to decide which Roo(s) to keep for next springs breeding. I have the following pullets… blue, splash, wheaten and blue wheaten. I have 4 cockerels… 1 black(so far no leakage, but could change)...
I have a Blue Ameraucana rooster, 1 Blue Ameraucana hen, and 2 EE hens. Both EE hens are laying colored eggs; one lays an almost identical blue to my Ameraucana hen, one lays a nice minty green. I'm wanting to breed my roo to these 3 ladies to produce more colorful egg layers but would the...
Good evening everyone.
I have two Splash Ameraucana Roos I got shipped to me from a breeder. I know that the Splash variety is not an excepted color yet, but I'd like to focus on them.
I have seen several posts about showing your birds and knowing the judges and what "type" they like. (as in...