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to your greater knowledge. I read about all the gender questions and get totally confused unless the chickens are adults. What are you seeing that says HE? Or is it more subtle?
Curiously,
Russ
The color; in most silver varieties of birds the male and female are different colors. The male being black with white hackles and saddles and the females are usually a brownish black with little to no white.
In easter eggers a young bird that is mostly black with white spots nine times out of ten is a cockerel.
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Curiously,
Russ
The color; in most silver varieties of birds the male and female are different colors. The male being black with white hackles and saddles and the females are usually a brownish black with little to no white.
In easter eggers a young bird that is mostly black with white spots nine times out of ten is a cockerel.
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yes-- there's two!
and actually--Ultasol--I wanted to talk you about Partridge Silkies---
yes-- there's two!
and actually--Ultasol--I wanted to talk you about Partridge Silkies---
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to your greater knowledge. I read about all the gender questions and get totally confused unless the chickens are adults. What are you seeing that says HE? Or is it more subtle?
Curiously,
Russ
The color; in most silver varieties of birds the male and female are different colors. The male being black with white hackles and saddles and the females are usually a brownish black with little to no white.
In easter eggers a young bird that is mostly black with white spots nine times out of ten is a cockerel.
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Curiously,
Russ
The color; in most silver varieties of birds the male and female are different colors. The male being black with white hackles and saddles and the females are usually a brownish black with little to no white.
In easter eggers a young bird that is mostly black with white spots nine times out of ten is a cockerel.
Thank you, Guess I need to do a lot more research, if I want to answer questions like this.
Russ
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yes-- there's two!
and actually--Ultasol--I wanted to talk you about Partridge Silkies---
Patridge silkies???? I would love to see them got any pictures???
yes-- there's two!
and actually--Ultasol--I wanted to talk you about Partridge Silkies---
Patridge silkies???? I would love to see them got any pictures???
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wow, every bird in WA state is going to be at your place !
wow, every bird in WA state is going to be at your place !
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Slowly?!? LOL!!! We started 6 yrs ago with an 8'x6' shed. We had our small flock of misc laying hens and a few bantams for the girls to show with in 4-H. Then one year we placed an order from McMurray, and ended up with 2 roosters. Well none of us wanted to get rid of the roosters at first, so my DH built a small 3x3 raised coop. Well, the roo's didn't get along in there very well, and one got really mean, so he ended up going down. Then we started using that small coop for a small flock of Japanese bantams my oldest DD wanted to try breeding with. Then last year, I convinced DH to build another coop building, using recycled pallets. It's about 20' long and 4' wide, and split in two, so it's really 2 coops. We had them all full last summer and over the winter with misc laying hens ordered from Mcmurray.
Then last fall, my oldest DD had to do an SAE (agricultural project for school) and her advisor wouldn't let her do chickens because they were not new to her, so we adopted a pair of muscovies. And they lived with the chickens until late winter, when we started downsizing our chicken flock, including most of our laying hens and the small japanese flock, because the girls and I each wanted to work on breeding chickens and we each chose new and different breeds for us. And we had always wanted ducks and have a little stream that we wanted to put them near, so that is where the new run is.
I'm not too worried about the number of eggs/chicks/birds right now, but check with me later this summer. My DH works with somebody who has a farm with lots of acreage and said he will take whatever we don't want from our hatches. And there's always craigslist. And the 4-H poultry list. Plenty of people to pass birds on too. The local feed store will take any extras too. All my muscovy ducklings to be, are already sold or spoken for.
Next year, the plan is to build another new shed, much larger, to be shared with a few pygmy or nigerian dwarf goats on one half, and a few more breeding pens for poultry on the other. We'll see though. It might be farther off than that, but you gotta have goals to make things happen!!
HA! HA! This sounds just like us here, but we still have not even started the foundation for our house yet !
Slowly?!? LOL!!! We started 6 yrs ago with an 8'x6' shed. We had our small flock of misc laying hens and a few bantams for the girls to show with in 4-H. Then one year we placed an order from McMurray, and ended up with 2 roosters. Well none of us wanted to get rid of the roosters at first, so my DH built a small 3x3 raised coop. Well, the roo's didn't get along in there very well, and one got really mean, so he ended up going down. Then we started using that small coop for a small flock of Japanese bantams my oldest DD wanted to try breeding with. Then last year, I convinced DH to build another coop building, using recycled pallets. It's about 20' long and 4' wide, and split in two, so it's really 2 coops. We had them all full last summer and over the winter with misc laying hens ordered from Mcmurray.
Then last fall, my oldest DD had to do an SAE (agricultural project for school) and her advisor wouldn't let her do chickens because they were not new to her, so we adopted a pair of muscovies. And they lived with the chickens until late winter, when we started downsizing our chicken flock, including most of our laying hens and the small japanese flock, because the girls and I each wanted to work on breeding chickens and we each chose new and different breeds for us. And we had always wanted ducks and have a little stream that we wanted to put them near, so that is where the new run is.
I'm not too worried about the number of eggs/chicks/birds right now, but check with me later this summer. My DH works with somebody who has a farm with lots of acreage and said he will take whatever we don't want from our hatches. And there's always craigslist. And the 4-H poultry list. Plenty of people to pass birds on too. The local feed store will take any extras too. All my muscovy ducklings to be, are already sold or spoken for.
Next year, the plan is to build another new shed, much larger, to be shared with a few pygmy or nigerian dwarf goats on one half, and a few more breeding pens for poultry on the other. We'll see though. It might be farther off than that, but you gotta have goals to make things happen!!
HA! HA! This sounds just like us here, but we still have not even started the foundation for our house yet !
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...................OK, I give up, what kind of eggs are these white eggs that cost you $163 ???????????
...................OK, I give up, what kind of eggs are these white eggs that cost you $163 ???????????
So I put 8 bayhorsebonney eggs in the incubator tonight
If you get enough to breed, can you put me on a list for eggs?!?!? I really wanted to get some of hers, but if I bring another egg in the house anytime soon, DH will divorce me and the kids will ship me off to the looney bin!
If you get enough to breed, can you put me on a list for eggs?!?!? I really wanted to get some of hers, but if I bring another egg in the house anytime soon, DH will divorce me and the kids will ship me off to the looney bin!
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Wow you go Illia
Please put me on your list for eggs and or chicks I would prefer chicks!
My daughters are each going to show 2 different breeds of chickens Polish being 1 and so now I am in need of not hatchery chicks. So put me on a list
Keep us all posted to how your hatch goes I will pray that each and every one hatches!
Wow you go Illia
Keep us all posted to how your hatch goes I will pray that each and every one hatches!
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