Spitzhaubens

[WallyBirdie]

Does anyone have pictures of theirs to share?

I got two by mistake, I thought they were Hamburgs but then they grew crests. They're the most adorable and sweet-natured chicks I have ever had. I think I'm in love.

One is mostly white and one has more black.

As little chicks...

And yesterday:

 

[Faraday40]

All that snow! It's 50° here.....our snow melted.

It got up to 43'F today.... but we've been frozen for a while, so there's a lot of snow yet to melt.

My chickens are a bit spoiled. They only walk on the patio where I shoveled. I took this pic of my lav orp yesterday.

 

[Faraday40]

Later, Trixie laid an egg in a nest! Here it is next to a leghorn egg. I'm now hopeful for more Spitzhaubens in my future!
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Congrats! and I do hope you get more Spitzes. They look so pretty in all their stages.

 

[homeschoolin momma]

Mine hate the snow. You should see 20+ orps trying to stand in the snow free spaces around the coop and under it. It's ridiculous. Spitzies are only mildly better.

 

[Faraday40]

Here was my baby "Drumsticks"

He was so sweet and would fly over the fence to run up and greet me as soon as I opened the back door. He was well liked by his pullets but had a bad habit of flying on top of the garage to eat mulberries. I didn't like the idea of a living weather vane on the roof to let all the neighbors know we had chickens. (Not to mention the crowing)

As he aged his crest turned all white and had a great shape. I ended up selling him to a breeder.

 

[Holew-L]

Last summer I had bought 6 Chamois Spangled Appenzeller Chicks from a breeder, they arrived in the mail and all were healthy! All 6 are still doing great, and I ended up with 1 rooster and 5 hens -- which would be great except I fear the rooster may be a cull My rooster is way lighter than the hens I have, and It is also way lighter than the pictures on the breeders website. If anyone knows anything about Chamois Spitzies or how the genetics work any help / feedback / input would be greatly appreciated! I created a thread specific to my issue: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/chamois-spangled-appenzeller-spitzhauen-rooster.1349621/ Any Responses here, or there, would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Holew-L]

these are pictures of my birds:

This is picture from the breeders website:

 

[Alaskan]

these are pictures of my birds:
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True.... he is light, but I would go ahead and hatch all of the eggs and see what you get.

He does have a good crest, good leg color, good comb and good eyelid color....

His tail is high, but it is very difficult to get Spitz without a squirrel tail...so ....

Yep, I would use him to breed.

 

[Holew-L]

thank you for the feedback!

 

[Alaskan]

BTW...no idea how spell check inserted "eyelid" when I know I meant to type earlobe.