coloring

Pretty much all my silver appleyard ducklings have a black stripe, but one has a brown stripe, and I was just wondering why. Here's a picture of the brown one next to a black one: Any ideas why he has a brown stripe? He was like this when he was born and he is now a few weeks old and it's...

These chicks hatched June 9th. I know it's way too early to tell what the genders are, so I'm not thinking about that yet. I am curious about coloring/breed though. The pen these two came from have a splash silkie hen, black silkie hen, buff laced hen, mottled cochin. We also have silkie roos...

I had to share this! Every time I see this chick, I have to laugh! 🤣 Her eyebrows make her look so mean & it just looks too funny on such a cute little fuzzy baby. This batch of chicks has some very cute coloring, but I've never seen something like this! She has one on each side. lol Have you...

I'm new but trying to learn about the genotypes of my chickens! I have these 3 I'm particularly curious about. If anyone has any ideas about the genotypes (related especially to their coloring) I'd really appreciate it!! This first two were sold to me as Ameraucanas: #1 I am guessing is...

Hi everybody, I have been looking around online but haven't been able to find info on the coloring of one of my quail chicks - the chicks are all from silver lines but one of my probable females has a dark back, will this change with her juvenile feathers or would the chick be classified...

Is this pullet considered "white" or "cream" or what? She has a teeny tiny patch (consists of 1 feather) of gray. Does that change what color she's called? My daughter and I love this sweet tiny pullet. Hard to believe that at not even 2 lbs, she's at the top of the pecking order in a flock...

Hi! So Daddy is a red frizzle roo.... Females are buff, blue, & red cochin and white silkie.... I got these barred partridge type babies!!!!! Who could the mom be? Im perplexed.... We do have one deuccle as well but eggs were cochin sized( bantam)

Hi! Many of you probably know by now as I had many great suggestions from many awesome people as what to name my Millie Fluer D’uccles. They are all confirmed pullets, and are now around 8-9 weeks old. Three of them have the classic Millie Fluer pattern while one of them has strange black...

Hi! I already posted my polish in another thread but now I finally braved getting the others out (they don't like me as much and they're much harder to catch!) Could you all tell me what you think? They are all bantams. They are all 8 weeks old (maybe minus a couple days) #1 is I think a light...

Hi! I was wondering if anyone could tell me what coloring my fabulous 6 week old bantam polish will end up being and your guess on Cockerel or pullet? I can't see any hint of comb under all that crest! I've never had a polish before and I'm in love.

I have a blue Swedish hen who will be two years old this March. I know blue Swedes tend to have less uniform bibs than the black variety, however, my hen is basically splash. It’s now got me wondering about the facts of blue Swede genetics. Here are pics of the transformation, and what she...

Hello Everyone, I have enjoyed building up my flock this summer. I LOVE the WH ducks! They are great at foraging and have some great personalities. They come when I say "peep, peep, peep" and I love to sit and watch them. At the moment I have 13 WH ducks. {Gold:1Drake & 5 ducks} {Silver...

So I have some OEGBS that I'm going to breed once ready, and I was just wondering what would be the true outcome if I breed a SDW (silver duckwing) hen and a BSDWS (blue silver duckwing sport) rooster? And would that be bred considered 'true'? o_O Thanks everyone