California - Northern

[ChickNmamma]

On owls parentage, here is my guesses.
His mother was mahogany red partridge pullet. His father was either! Ginger a red silkie or Iggy a white showgirl. I'm about 90% sure Iggy underlining genes are blue partridge.( Iggy also is missing one of his silked genes but that didn't get passed on so its a moot point here.)

I get chicks in the colors you have there on occation. They are more red then black as adults like flame. Not sure if I have a pic of flame he was defanitly ginger/mahogany chick.

Thank You for this information! Owl is THE MAN! I set 7 of his girls' eggs. I have 6 chicks out and one pipping.

I suspect Iggy is Owl's dad. It would explain the silver chick as either a Splash (two blue girls in there with him although he does not look blue to me) or a White (one girl could be carrying recessive white too, more probable). Otherwise I was going crazy trying to figure that out ... Also glad Owl got the silkied gene and didn't get the NN gene.. He is a good boy but I think I wouldn't have taken him if he was a smooth feathered Partridge Showgirl.. I am still saying "No Showgirls!"

The ginger chicks are from the Buff girl I am using, those I expected. The light yellow ones were the ones that had me stumped, and that silver one.. if it is a white it carries Silver instead of Gold - and should be a beautiful white.

All 3 frankenchicken eggs I set - hatched without aide. Whew! They are really cute- mutt or not. At least I know who the mom and dad are. No need for Maury on this one.

Betty has 3 eggs that go into lockdown Wednesday (well I have her eggs lol). I am loving the pretty all black, loosely and softly feathered offspring she and Gary (my fbcm) have created so far. Hope these guys look just like them!

Her pullets from the last hatch.



Her son...he's a big boy for 10 weeks too. All black and so so soft.



eta: not trying to win awards or anything. for the first time i am truly enjoying what i am doing and not stressed out by sop since these are only for me, for my backyard, for my eye, my table and my basket.

Hooray on the frankenchicken eggs! I just got my first set of shipped eggs yesterday and one has the frankenchicken air cell (its a Welsummer egg). So glad to know the aircell didn't affect your hatch.

Very nice pretty black chickens. Funny you would rather eat the duck eggs.. Ah well, if you can sell the chicken eggs you are paying for their feed and you get the enjoyment for "free"...

 

[PetRock]

Well, I didn't like duck eggs! I didn't eat eggs before we had chicken, only bought them for baking. I eat them because we have them. And sometimes I regret not incubation them....the only thing I eat without guilt are the icelandics!

Why do you not mind eating the Icelandic eggs??? The little Icelandic mix chick that I hatched from your eggs is a male. At least I'm pretty sure he is. He has a pea comb with 3 rows of bumps!

 

[Deerling]

Oh my goodness! A Cooper's Hawk was flying low over the chicken's area; they were all hiding under the coop. The hawk disappeared and all of the sudden I hear this huge noise and see one of the crows that has a nest in our big fir tree and the hawk locked in midair, spiraling downward. At the last second the crow let go and the hawk hightailed it off in the opposite direction, screaming insults. I am so thankful to those crows!!

 

[Nikon]

just a few. They where trying to stay as far away from me as possible lol

Are these the siblings to my Ellie and Emma Emmet?

 

[Nikon]

Chiqita, I am glad your bad boy came back. Maybe no more fence hopping for him!

Here are some more grandkid pictures for Owl's other mommy. Owl now has 5 babies out, but these are from yesterday with four..

CUTENESS OVERLOAD WARNING (again).

Top two are first two out from Saturday. Lying down silver one and Buff one were out yesterday morning. When the ones that got out last night dry off I will get pictures of those too (there is one Sumatra last nights hatchers - not from Owl).

I have been trying to figure out how I could get these white/yellow chicks that I have been told are probably Silver Partridge. If you can give me any more information on who Owl's parents were it would help figure out this puzzle..

And HOORAY for everybody elses' chicks too! ITS SPRING!

Oooooohhhhhh!

 

[chiqita]

Why do you not mind eating the Icelandic eggs??? The little Icelandic mix chick that I hatched from your eggs is a male. At least I'm pretty sure he is. He has a pea comb with 3 rows of bumps!

They are icelandic surprises! I've got no icee roo, and I have heard people hunt down and torture people who hatch to many icce mix chicks!

But the eggs look like silkie eggs so they get incubated ocationaly, and they are KILLERfor trying out new incubators , you can see right into them and figure out if you are on target or not on developement. They are the best eggs for that ever!

and chickeNmamma, you don't want to adopt ugly guy??

'

not the best picture, but there is your nn non silked silkie in what I think is partridge pattern. yes, Ugly guy is his name, he is destined for not breeding.

here is a girl


are orphingtons late to develope? My stockton show jubilee eggs have no combs. Are they girls, or is it too early to tell? the mille fleur pair is clearly one each.

not the best pictures...




They are about 10 weeks old. if I've got 2 girls I might need a roo, if I can get mario to build me a breeding pen in a few months.

the seramas should have eggs in a few weeks too! They are pinking slightly and gingerbread is romancing both ladies. One is happy, one is sad about it...

 

[ronott1]

They are icelandic surprises! I've got no icee roo, and I have heard people hunt down and torture people who hatch to many icce mix chicks!

But the eggs look like silkie eggs so they get incubated ocationaly, and they are KILLERfor trying out new incubators , you can see right into them and figure out if you are on target or not on developement. They are the best eggs for that ever!

and chickeNmamma, you don't want to adopt ugly guy??

'

not the best picture, but there is your nn non silked silkie in what I think is partridge pattern. yes, Ugly guy is his name, he is destined for not breeding.

here is a girl


are orphingtons late to develope? My stockton show jubilee eggs have no combs. Are they girls, or is it too early to tell? the mille fleur pair is clearly one each.

not the best pictures...




They are about 10 weeks old. if I've got 2 girls I might need a roo, if I can get mario to build me a breeding pen in a few months.

the seramas should have eggs in a few weeks too! They are pinking slightly and gingerbread is romancing both ladies. One is happy, one is sad about it...

Beautiful and ugly chickens are the best!

I am sure that Happy Chooks would say those are pullets.

 

[Nikon]

All 3 frankenchicken eggs I set - hatched without aide. Whew! They are really cute- mutt or not. At least I know who the mom and dad are. No need for Maury on this one.

Betty has 3 eggs that go into lockdown Wednesday (well I have her eggs lol). I am loving the pretty all black, loosely and softly feathered offspring she and Gary (my fbcm) have created so far. Hope these guys look just like them!

Her pullets from the last hatch.



Her son...he's a big boy for 10 weeks too. All black and so so soft.



eta: not trying to win awards or anything. for the first time i am truly enjoying what i am doing and not stressed out by sop since these are only for me, for my backyard, for my eye, my table and my basket.

Great shots as always! What's a Frankenchicken? LOL

 

[zooweemama]

Well, I didn't like duck eggs! I didn't eat eggs before we had chicken, only bought them for baking. I eat them because we have them. And sometimes I regret not incubation them....the only thing I eat without guilt are the icelandics!

I hear that a lot. haha! I have a couple chick egg regulars I sell to- so that's nice. I also have some duck egg regulars I sell to- also nice. I have more eggs and birds than I need. But no where near a hoarding status. My first love is really ducks for a backyard farmstead and geese for pets- but I really simply enjoy the chickens...watching them, talking to them, giving them treats, they scratch the ground, eat bugs- they certainly have uses far beyond an egg basket and I appreciate that.

Thank You for this information! Owl is THE MAN! I set 7 of his girls' eggs. I have 6 chicks out and one pipping.

I suspect Iggy is Owl's dad. It would explain the silver chick as either a Splash (two blue girls in there with him although he does not look blue to me) or a White (one girl could be carrying recessive white too, more probable). Otherwise I was going crazy trying to figure that out ... Also glad Owl got the silkied gene and didn't get the NN gene.. He is a good boy but I think I wouldn't have taken him if he was a smooth feathered Partridge Showgirl.. I am still saying "No Showgirls!"

The ginger chicks are from the Buff girl I am using, those I expected. The light yellow ones were the ones that had me stumped, and that silver one.. if it is a white it carries Silver instead of Gold - and should be a beautiful white.

Hooray on the frankenchicken eggs! I just got my first set of shipped eggs yesterday and one has the frankenchicken air cell (its a Welsummer egg). So glad to know the aircell didn't affect your hatch.

Very nice pretty black chickens. Funny you would rather eat the duck eggs.. Ah well, if you can sell the chicken eggs you are paying for their feed and you get the enjoyment for "free"...

Yay for successful hatching!

They are icelandic surprises! I've got no icee roo, and I have heard people hunt down and torture people who hatch to many icce mix chicks!

But the eggs look like silkie eggs so they get incubated ocationaly, and they are KILLERfor trying out new incubators , you can see right into them and figure out if you are on target or not on developement. They are the best eggs for that ever!

and chickeNmamma, you don't want to adopt ugly guy??

'

not the best picture, but there is your nn non silked silkie in what I think is partridge pattern. yes, Ugly guy is his name, he is destined for not breeding.

here is a girl


are orphingtons late to develope? My stockton show jubilee eggs have no combs. Are they girls, or is it too early to tell? the mille fleur pair is clearly one each.

not the best pictures...




They are about 10 weeks old. if I've got 2 girls I might need a roo, if I can get mario to build me a breeding pen in a few months.

the seramas should have eggs in a few weeks too! They are pinking slightly and gingerbread is romancing both ladies. One is happy, one is sad about it...

My pullet Orps (not hatchery) were very slow to get combs and laid later than the other breeds.

 

[zooweemama]

Great shots as always! What's a Frankenchicken? LOL

I call my mutts that.