color change

From what I've read it's common knowledge among breeders that mottled chickens are "going gray" with every molt and become increasingly more spotted as they get older, but I never had any myself. Some sources state after some years you'll have an almost fully white chicken, while someone else...

I have a small flock of 7. My Wyandottes lay a tan colored egg but my golden (I think) is now laying a white egg with calcium deposits. She is also missing tail feathers. Although there are no signs of bleeding or mites. Her feathers are beginning to come back. I’ve read all about the calcium...

Well my sister and I incubated 23 eggs during the cold snap that hit Texas around Christmas and we had 18 chicks hatch out it. My go to chicken breeder had her incubator open as she wasn’t hatching anything at the moment and hatched them out for us. They’re Cochin bantams chicks. The fathers are...

Wanted to share my experience with my colored egg layers since I’ve found varying stories online. I’ll be referencing the photo. The left most egg & 3rd from left are from the same bird, a BCM. The 2nd & 4th from left are another bird, also a BCM. Both of their first eggs were the lightest and...

Hello!! I thought I hade a white rock hen, but am now noticing this strawberry blonde color seeping into her feathers. I thought it was dirt at first but it's the coloration of her feathers. Does anyone know if she is really a white rock or guesses as to what her breed might be? Just super curious!

I'm day two incubating coturnix quail eggs (off white with brown spotting) and some of the brown areas, especially around the blunt end, are kind of flaking off in tiny particles?? it happened just from turning them, and out of curiosity I rubbed a spot a little and it was very rough. I’ll...

I’ve seen from other posts that it is possible for anconas to be completely white. Here is my question: What is going on with this duckling? Totally yellow when hatched,? Now feathering out darker from the tail forward. Is this a mutation or normal color Background information: parents are...

What color will the silkie chick on the left be when grown ?

Update on my roo Lucifer, he's been molting for a while and he's almost completely white now! I'm shocked at how much he's changed in just 3 months.. I'm still really confused over why though. Could he be a splash or something? or could it maybe be some skin disorder? All the pinfeathers I've...

One of my girls has a comb that changes it's color multiple times a day. It can go from bright red, dull red, and bright and dull orange. It seems very unusual to me, since none of the other hens have this issue. I knew I had to post a forum after watching it turn from a bright red to a pale...

I have 10 chickens. 8 Rhode Island Red's and 2 Black Sex Links. I bought them from Tractor Supply in December of 2016. For the last few months, the reds have been loosing feather color. Currently they are 1/3-1/2 white. The Black Sex Link's color seems to have faded a little. All ten of them...

What could cause a change like this? a deficiency or is it genetic maybe? (He's currently going thru a molt rn, I'm excited to see if he'll keep the color or what. Currently his crest has lots of white feathers coming in, where black ones used to be) first pic; november 2018. second pic...

The parents are in my Avatar. The eggs are from the two hens, left and center. Dad is on the right. Their first egg hatched under my Buff Orpington and here is the chick: Are these just baby feathers and will change color as the chick ages? Here's a better pix of the parents

New to the forum. New to raising chickens. Kinda. 8 months now. But, my question is, can very bright light cause a color change in the shell? I was getting blue from EE. I have not witnessed her laying but I have seen her in the nesting box then checked 20 minutes later and there is an extra...