I've been around small scale chicken flocks my whole life. My grandma had chickens, my mom had chickens, and I've had a flock of around a dozen for the past 5 years. This year I'm upscaling and doing things differently.
I currently have 5 roosters, 35 hens, and one pekin duck hen.
I have...
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I have had my chickens since 2015. I live in Estacada, Oregon at about 1300 feet elevation near Mt. Hood.
I currently have 1 French Black Maran, 3 Copper Marans, 1 Red Sexlink, 1 Salmon Faverolle & 2 Lavender Orpingtons (all hens). I had one Lavender Orpington rooster and he was mean, so I am...
I had 6 chicks hatch this week. They are a cross between a Blue Maran rooster (brown egg) and an Easter Egger Hen (light green egg). They are only a few days old and I am curious if anyone else has a similar cross and what did the offspring's egg color turn out to be? I was hoping to make some...
So, I have a blue birchen maran rooster and hen. I’ve been hatching their eggs and so far all of them are black and showing copper colors. I have the two completely separated, so I am just hatching her eggs. Is it possible they aren’t full birchen marans? I’m so confused! Going to show mom and...
Hi! I was wondering what the chance would be of getting a Black Marans if I breed two Blue Marans together? Could I get a splash or would they stay blue?
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Turkey Girl