I decided to hatch my own chicks this year instead of battling my way through the long lines at the local farm store.
4 of my hatching eggs were received for free from a friend with a mixed flock. All four of these eggs hatched!
Roosters: Black Jersey Giant and a Bantam (not sure which...
Hi! A few new someones are laying in my flock. aWe have 3 currently laying pretty routinely (the light and dark green eggs) but trying to guess who these recent egg colors belong too - the light brown orange ish and the purple pink.
Of the 5 newest to be laying include these breeds:
Sapphire...
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This is lovely little Oreo. When we were picking out chicks, my mother picked out the one oddball chicken in the assorted pullets and we have no idea what she could possibly be. Any ideas?
Got this baby pullet from the feed store today, she's a standard chick and my experience is mostly with bantams, so i'm not as good at identifying these guys.
She also has clean legs, not feathered, so my immediate bantam-brain guess being Cochin is clearly wrong. And although I trust the...