Monday I excitedly received 48 Barred Rock eggs from B.C. Canada. I let them sit 48 hours and they have been in my incubator ever since. So that would make 2 full days in the incubator without rotation. Today my good mama Bantam Wyandotte Golden Lace hen went full blown broody on me again. She...
I fancy a docile, not too heavy, clean-footed, cushion combed, cold hardy breed that lays bleach-white eggs. My objective is to get a cold hardy breed for each egg color known by mankind, as one of my rookie dreams is to have a rainbow-egg basket type of flock in my backyard without heat or...
So i just came across a mottled coloured chicken, she was amazing.
So i decided to have one...but couldn't get any..my question was that by breeding what colours or traits i will get that triat chicken(any colour)?
This is mostly for my own benefit; I couldn't find any information on this cross, so I went ahead and did it myself. I'll keep track of the progress of the chicks and we will see which ones are roos and which ones are pullets. Unfortunately I won't be able to repeat the experiment but maybe...
I wanna do the Japanese experiment where they hatched a baby chick without the eggshell- has anyone successfully done it? if so how is it done? I saw one video that said they were able to do it, but the guy in the video didn't show his results so i'm not so sure
I have always wanted a colorful egg basket. While white, brown, and even blue egg layers are available in my area.
BUT, green eggs are not. And since I would love them to accent my color basket, I thought,
"why not breed them myself?"
This will be my notes, thoughts and results page, so feel...