Hey! I freaking love my Schijndelaars! Tim, my rooster, is just a big goo-goo baby and I can hold him as such. And Onion, my Schijndelaar hen, is as gentle as a lamb. They're a delightful pair.
Don't chickens just naturally stay away from poisonous plants? Ours have gotten into our flower beds and have never gotten sick. It's like somehow they just know!
I just hatched this combo. Only kept one (that had the smaller comb) but I'm so curious to see how it turns out. Thanks for sharing the photos! @Chicmama5, do you have photos of how the offspring turned out full grown?
Here are the chicks at 2 weeks. I am guessing they're both female because they got those long wings and tail feathers super fast. Boys usually have stubby bobos for quite a while.
This is immediately after hatch. I dohave any other pictures of the babies because I'm on vacation rn. We have a neighbor taking care of them though. Once they dried they were both that light lemony yellow. And the first feathers that emerged after a few days were white. I'll share pics...
Awesome! The first feathers are very white and the wing and tail pin feathers are growing super fast (usually indicates females) I think I have all females!
My question is, I assume this cross is a "sex link" but will I be able to tell the difference between the chicks? Will they all be "white" looking or will these "golden" males be noticably different? I only hatched two and it looks like their baby feathers coming in are "white"(silver? i.e...