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Hey all!:frow I couldn't find any sapphire gem threads, so I decided to make one! The sapphire gem, aka the blue sapphire or the sapphire blue, are a hybrid consisting of a blue plymouth rock and a barred rock that originated in the Czech Republic. Sapphire gems have definitely gained in...

After doing a lot of research and deciding to purchase hens versus chicks, I caved and got chicks. I'm a first timer, but I researched breeds and my top pick was Australorps. My local TSC had them in stock and I thought I'd get some others for variety. So I got 4 Australorps, 3 Barred Rock, and...

Day old olive egger. Sex-linked, French Black Copper Marans roo x Crested Cream Legbar hen. Male has white dot on top of his head and a small crease.

I have and crossed one easter egger rooster X 4 ISA Browns, two light brahmas and an easter egger hen that lays a blue egg. One brahma was broody so I hatched one day's lay... one brahma egg, one blue ee egg and four ISA brown eggs under the broody light brahma. Of the six eggs, five hatched...

Hello! I recently bought barred rock chicks locally to add to my flock. My intentions are to breed them because barred rocks are my favorite and no one has them in my area. Anyway, now I’m worried that I may have quite a few sex links. But I don’t know much about them to say for sure! I have...

Pullets (female chicks) available in San Jose, CA area - 1. Australorp: Will lay large brown eggs. Bodies will be black with green/purple sheen when mature. 2. Buff (Plymouth) Rock: Will lay large brown eggs. Bodies will be buff (golden) with yellow legs when mature. 3. Speckled Sussex...

Hello! I’m posting this for a friend of mine, his chicken Bonnie (red sex link, 2-3 months), suddenly stopped walking. At first it was limping but now she just lays down unmoving. Sometimes she wakes up and is active but others she is very lethargic (like in the picture attached). He’s very...

I'm hoping to find some people to help me with sex linked chickens. Would a Cream Legbar x Barred rock hen make sex linked chicks? Any idea what they would look like? I'm hoping for colorful roosters. Cream Legbar x Delaware? Cream Legbar x Silver Laced Wyandotte? Cream Legbar x Columbian...

I have 8 chickens in which 4 are 5-6 months old and the rest are 4 months old. I'm pretty sure the younger 4 are easter eggers but I'm a bit confused as to what the 4 older ones are especially after I found some eggs this week. My mom got them all randomly from TS a month or so apart. In the...

Hi! I’m Cecilia! I currently have 8 hens, one barred rock (Ruthie), 2 sex-link (Dorothy and Barbara), 3 EE (Leia, Sally, and Chermie), and 2 OE (Tina and Nayna). As you can see, my 4 year old took great pleasure in naming some of them 🤣. I’ve been at this about 6 months, having acquired my first...

Question #1: How long will it take to breed out the brown egg gene from a breed that lays lighter eggs like Orpington or Sussex chickens. Question #2: What color cross breeds will make a sex link that breeds true every generation Question #3: If I cross a chocolate Orpington over a black...

This chicks is a cross between a svart hona rooster, and either a is a brown, barred rock, or whayndott hen, all light skinned hens. This is the chick. Her skin doesn't look black in some pics but really is.

We have a few red stars and a beautiful rooster. I understand they’re hybrids but I’m unsure about breeding. If we hatch their eggs what breeds will we get?

I bought this chick from rural king as a barred rock but I’m definitely second guessing this. She looks to be a black star sex link to me? I know time will tell but just curious on your thoughts?

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Chicken math got me. I have one red sex link and one black sex link both about 8 months old. Their beaks are clipped, they came that way as started pullets. The red one is more friendly but neither are aggressive. The black one is just shy but will let you pet her on occasion (if you have...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? New to owning my own but I fell in love with them working at a friends barn. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 12 = 3 Roo and 9 Hens (3) What breeds do you have? Silkies, White Rocks, Australorps and...

This morning I thought my 18 week old glw was going to lay her first egg. She was hunched down and actually coming near me and letting me pet her and normally she looks at me and likes to run away. When I got back from my doctors appointment she was dead. I go to clean her up and my 8-10 week...

Has anyone done this cross before? NH Male and CW Female? Also is it a sex link? Does anyone have any pictures? Any help is appreciated!!

Hi everyone, first time poster and first time raising chicks. We bought two blacktails (Rhode Island Red x Light Sussex) which were supposed to be sex linked hens. But I’m noticing that one is looking very different to the other. Seems to be feathering slower and darker, has a smaller tail and...