Official Squatch Watchers

[Redhead Rae]

He is mauve, not full chocolate. Not bad, just carrying a copy of andulusian blue.

How did that happen? None of my hens are Mauve.

 

[Redhead Rae]

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This little Buff Orpy boy would like to live with you @Redhead Rae

I just got rid of my Buff rooster. I don't need another one.

 

[Chickassan]

I was sitting on the porch just having my coffee and I heard a bang, so i'm like wtf and start looking. I had sat an egg on a table and forgot about it but obviously it didn't forget about me. Oh man thats a nasty smell!

 

[Redhead Rae]

I had a bit of a heart attack yesterday. I thought something might have happened to my white leghorn broody.

She's alright, she's just plucking and lining her nest with her feathers.

I have 5 babies hatching for her right now. 2 external pips, 3 internal.

 

[WVduckchick]

How did that happen? None of my hens are Mauve.

The rooster must be?

I was sitting on the porch just having my coffee and I heard a bang, so i'm like wtf and start looking. I had sat an egg on a table and forgot about it but obviously it didn't forget about me. Oh man thats a nasty smell!

 

[Redhead Rae]

The rooster must be?

Nope. He's a dark, shiny chocolate. The chance of another rooster getting into the mix is almost 0%. These birds are in an enclosed run over 200 ft away from any of my other birds. Plus, any of my birds that have "blue" are feather legged and this guy isn't.

 

[Redhead Rae]

@WVduckchick This is what my rooster looks like. The girls I got from you are in the background. They got seriously sun faded.

 

[WVduckchick]

@WVduckchick This is what my rooster looks like. The girls I got from you are in the background. They got seriously sun faded.
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I’m not sure then. But my chocolate chicks were always deep dark brown, from day 1. The ones that hatched pale were either mauve or splash

 

[staceyj]

crud about half moldy.
I got dark grapes Saturday and half were all wet & moldy when I got home. The ones that looked okay tasted bad. Sweet corn has been especially bad from the stores this year. No wonder I trust ice cream.

My kinda lady.

 

[Redhead Rae]

I’m not sure then. But my chocolate chicks were always deep dark brown, from day 1. The ones that hatched pale were either mauve or splash
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I suppose he could be another mix from my mixed flock egg, but I have no idea what mix he could be. We'll see as he gets older. Maybe the like the cockerel comes from a line that hatches lighter?

I have 5 eggs hatching now. Several of them are DEFINITELY from the girls I bought from you. The eggs are nicely speckled.