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[yogifink]

Checking in from pinebluff. Anyone here around the pines?

 

[Tikkijane]

This is an off-topic request, but if there is anyone in the Fayettville area that has some experience with horses, could you message me please?

I'm not in Fayetteville, but I do have horses........

 

[Fibi Little Bit]

I'm in cabot, AR I was wondering if there was anyone from AR on here. I just joined today although I've read ads before.

 

[ramirezframing]

I'm in cabot, AR I was wondering if there was anyone from AR on here. I just joined today although I've read ads before.

There's probably alot of people from AZ, but most probably post in the AZ state thread.

 

[wildriverswolf90]

I need some help from you folks who do the project breeding/experimenting A friend of mine decided to try to hatch some of the eggs I gave her. This little cutie hatched out and I am trying to figure out who the daddy might be. I'm guessing, with the 5 toes, that one of my silkie hens is the mama. Here are the options for a daddy..... Elvis the porcelain? d'uccle Oliver the lemon cuckoo orp and finally, Zippy, the ameraucana. Any ideas??? I'm guessing it is Elvis, but that is just from the coloring in the feathers that are starting to come in.... This thing has dark skin - kind of greenish legs/beak. The toes really freak me out...they just look so weird. Its legs are feathered and it is extremely friendly and always wants to be held. I am pet sitting for it while my friend is out of state. It is around 10-12 days old, I think. Thanks for any help

Angela

I am going to say Oliver. If it was Zippy, you'd see much more beard as both silkies and EEs have the beard gene. Also the same would hold true for Elvis, since he had a beard, and also I think the foot feathering would be heavier since both Silkies and Duccles share that gene as well. Also his yellow color and what looks like slight barring/cuckooing in the second ppicture on his wing, makes me believe Oliver.

 

[DSTchickencraze]

Hey everyone! I was just wondering if you could help me figure something out. Some friends of mine have been hatching some eggs (these are the people that hatched my maran chicks) and they have a little mystery to solve.

They have 1 Lavender Orp hen, 1 Lavender Orp Roo, 1 Amaricuna hen, 2 Gold Comet hens, 2 Japanese Ornamental Buff Black Tail Bantam Hens & Roos, and 1 Australorp. One of her bantams went broody and hatched five chicks (I got four of them!

) and ever since chicks have been hatching in the incubator and they have been getting put under Mama instead of staying under a heat lamp. Well this has been a super efficient method. I want to say in the last two months our friends have hatched around 20 chicks...

Well here they are. The biggest one is a Comet or RIR hen with their Orp roo. I'm not too sure about the other ones.


Here are the Aurpalorps (the Australorp Orpington Mixes) These are two of my favorite breeds put into one!




Well none of the parents have feathered legs, but take a look at this guy.






He's got feathered feet and we can't figure out why!!! We know its the Orp roo and it has to be either one of the RIR hens or one of the Comet hens. Anyone have any ideas why in the world he has feathery feet? You can kind of see it in the first picture too.

 

[ramirezframing]

I am going to say Oliver.
If it was Zippy, you'd see much more beard as both silkies and EEs have the beard gene. Also the same would hold true for Elvis, since he had a beard, and also I think the foot feathering would be heavier since both Silkies and Duccles share that gene as well.
Also his yellow color and what looks like slight barring/cuckooing in the second ppicture on his wing, makes me believe Oliver.

Some silkies don't have beards or muffs, some are clean faced.

 

[ramirezframing]

Hey everyone! I was just wondering if you could help me figure something out. Some friends of mine have been hatching some eggs (these are the people that hatched my maran chicks) and they have a little mystery to solve.

They have 1 Lavender Orp hen, 1 Lavender Orp Roo, 1 Amaricuna hen, 2 Gold Comet hens, 2 Japanese Ornamental Buff Black Tail Bantam Hens & Roos, and 1 Australorp. One of her bantams went broody and hatched five chicks (I got four of them!

) and ever since chicks have been hatching in the incubator and they have been getting put under Mama instead of staying under a heat lamp. Well this has been a super efficient method. I want to say in the last two months our friends have hatched around 20 chicks...

Well here they are. The biggest one is a Comet or RIR hen with their Orp roo. I'm not too sure about the other ones.


Here are the Aurpalorps (the Australorp Orpington Mixes) These are two of my favorite breeds put into one!




Well none of the parents have feathered legs, but take a look at this guy.






He's got feathered feet and we can't figure out why!!! We know its the Orp roo and it has to be either one of the RIR hens or one of the Comet hens. Anyone have any ideas why in the world he has feathery feet? You can kind of see it in the first picture too.

If any of the parents are from a hatchery or off of hatchery stock, it could be in their back ground even if they don't express it themselves.

 

[dutchbunny83]

AHHHH I don't know what to do!!!

I only had one chick hatch out of my 30 eggs that went in the incubator so I ordered some day old chicks to keep her (fingers crossed it's a her!) company. They arrived yesterday and I set them all up in a brooder (my 3rd bathtub that's downstairs and no one uses filled with hay & their infrared light). Everyone seemed good when I went to bed last night, then when I checked on them this morning 5 of them have their eyes all picked apart!!!!

I checked and it seems like the actual eye balls are still in there, but their eyes are pinched shut, in some cases they have blood around them. And of course one of them is my new hatched chick that I really wanted! I caught one doing so pecking so she got sent to the outside coop (which has a heatlamp since there are 3 week old chicks out there and it's been chilly). I kept an eye on her to make sure no one was picking on her even though I'm mad, but they have so much space out there no one seems to notice she's there even when they're eating.

The chicks with the eyes can't see. I'm trying to help them eat and drink but it's not really working. What can I do??? It was a red sex link, a barred rock, 8 ameraucanas, and my little olive egger. 5 are in there with the eyes messed up, 5 are fine. I haven't noticed the other 5 going after the injured ones but keep checking because the one may not have done it all herself. I am less worried about the ameraucanas (I realize that sounds bad, I don't want any chicks to be injured),but 3 of the 5 hurt I REALLY want for my personal flock.


Side question-- What age will lavender orpington start to get little red wattles in females? We thought we had 3 pullets and a roo now it's looking like I may have 3 roos!

Oh, and I really think this white "sexed" silkie is a roo too, he is acting like it 100%. Puffing it's little chest out, standing up straight, trying to confront other roos that are bigger....

 

[DSTchickencraze]

If any of the parents are from a hatchery or off of hatchery stock, it could be in their back ground even if they don't express it themselves.

So are you saying it could be like a recessive gene that was passed from one of the parents? Would this be true for all of like lets say the roos offspring or just a specific rooster and hens genes mix?