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Another mystery hatch SOLVED. Except this one wasn't supposed to be a mystery...

I had a bantam laying eggs in the big pen with the rest. She had been "friends" with the porcelain d'uccle that I sold off on Christmas Eve. So when I brought her eggs inside, I figured it would be from him.

Yesterday morning, he hatched soon after I woke up. But I never looked at him. I went grocery shopping, and opened the incubator to take him out after I got back. To my surprise, he didn't have the yellow/black blended color like a porcelain d'uccle should have, nor the semi-splotched dark coloring that the hen throws sometimes. Instead, he had very distinct stripes on his back, and through his eyes, with a distinct V-shape pattern on his head.

But what threw me off, is that he has bright yellow legs and beak! I only have one breed with yellow legs and beak, and that's leghorn. But my leghorns are both HENS - I don't own any rooster with yellow legs and beak! And especially not any bantams, which is what the egg definitely was (I even know exactly which hen it came from).

I was stumped!

That was, until this morning, when I remembered that one of my chicks came to me last year from McMurray Hatchery with very distinct markings like that. No blending, no shading, and very defined lines where each color stopped and started. And most importantly, he had the stripe going through his eye.

So I looked it up on the website, and sure enough these chicks will HATCH with yellow beaks and legs, but they turn darker as they grow up.

So somehow, my little bantam hen was pinned down at some point by... My large fowl PHOENIX!




Look at that cute wittle face!
 
LTygress said:
Another mystery hatch SOLVED. Except this one wasn't supposed to be a mystery... I had a bantam laying eggs in the big pen with the rest. She had been "friends" with the porcelain d'uccle that I sold off on Christmas Eve. So when I brought her eggs inside, I figured it would be from him. Yesterday morning, he hatched soon after I woke up. But I never looked at him. I went grocery shopping, and opened the incubator to take him out after I got back. To my surprise, he didn't have the yellow/black blended color like a porcelain d'uccle should have, nor the semi-splotched dark coloring that the hen throws sometimes. Instead, he had very distinct stripes on his back, and through his eyes, with a distinct V-shape pattern on his head. But what threw me off, is that he has bright yellow legs and beak! I only have one breed with yellow legs and beak, and that's leghorn. But my leghorns are both HENS - I don't own any rooster with yellow legs and beak! And especially not any bantams, which is what the egg definitely was (I even know exactly which hen it came from). I was stumped! That was, until this morning, when I remembered that one of my chicks came to me last year from McMurray Hatchery with very distinct markings like that. No blending, no shading, and very defined lines where each color stopped and started. And most importantly, he had the stripe going through his eye. So I looked it up on the website, and sure enough these chicks will HATCH with yellow beaks and legs, but they turn darker as they grow up. So somehow, my little bantam hen was pinned down at some point by... My large fowl PHOENIX! Look at that cute wittle face!
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I bet it'll be adorable when he/she grows up!
 
I would like to start a Poultry swap in the Middle Georgia area as well as a Poultry show, I'm from Eastman, Georgia but it don't have to be here. Macon or Warner Robins are good central location or we could concider Perry. Who from this area would like to help?
 
Chad Cool said:
I would like to start a Poultry swap in the Middle Georgia area as well as a Poultry show, I'm from Eastman, Georgia but it don't have to be here. Macon or Warner Robins are good central location or we could concider Perry. Who from this area would like to help?
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I live in Griffin an think it would be an awesome idea. I have no idea how to get a swap started though. And I love the idea of a show but don't know how to get into that either.
 
LTygress said:
Let's just say there is no way in hell I would give my alpha roo, a large fowl ameraucana, a bath. The small ones already kick and scream and hate it. Add his size, weight, spurs, and the fact that a mere flapping of his wing has broken a nose... and there's just no way!

I kinda have to do it with silkies, because they just seem to COLLECT mud in their feathers! But they are much smaller, and don't cause bruising or bad scratches!

When I do it, I use lukewarm water, and a cat flea and tick shampoo (it helps with mite problems, and enough will rinse away to be safe). And I use a VERY generous amount of soap, because somehow, only a tiny fraction ends up on the bird. The rest ends up on the ceiling, walls, and in my own hair, before ever getting close to the chicken.

Pretty sure my head is permanently free of fleas and ticks now!

And I use the kitchen sink because it has the sprayer so I can rinse their belly without flipping them upside down. But that's pretty redundant, since they'll flip themselves upside down a few times as they realize there is nothing to grab in a sink to get away....

.... except you.

And try as best as you can to keep most of your body away from them as you bathe them. No, not for the drench factor, since you will end up wetter than the chicken no matter what you do. But rather because a chicken trying to climb out of water with no grip on their feet WILL try to pull themselves out using their mouth and neck muscles.

Oh, and make sure you actually LET GO of the button on the sink sprayer when it gets kicked. Then again, you'll probably need that extra water flying across the room to rinse off the soap that made it there first!
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Oh my! I may just have to call you for a demo if mine get muddy!
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