Recent content by anastasiamarie

Has anyone ever gotten a lavender Isbar? I have a 2 month old chick who hasn't gotten any splash on it whatsoever and is totally lavender in color, not gray or silver. It doesn't look anything like my other splash Isbars, will it develop splashes of color after it's first molt? Out of 7 eggs...

Thanks, at least I know it's just her. Even as eggs Ameraucanas are expensive little birds and I was afraid of trying to hatch more. She gets along great with the flock but is not fond of people at all. Maybe next try I'll get more hens than roos and actually get to keep some.

I have 1 Black Ameraucana, she is 10 months old and went broody for the first time, so I put some eggs under her and when they hatched she ended up stomping them to death. Are Ameraucanas really that flighty or is it just inexperience? My EE's are way more docile and friendly, I suppose I just...

Not a bad idea, I usually have about 50 % hatch rate with shipped eggs, and 1 thing I always do, whether eggs are from a hatchery or eBay, I always let them rest (sit pointy end down) for 12 hours prior to putting under my hens. I don't know if letting them rest is necessary but one of the...

I agree, it really looks the same as all of my pullets looked, in my experience the even, more neutral colors tend to be pullet and the splotchy, flashy ones tend to be roos. They CAN surprise you but so far it looks like a she! :)

I had a box of 10 baby chicks sent express and USPS lost the package for 2 days and badly damaged the box, 7 out of 10 babies were flat with broken necks and wings, my 3 survivors were in rough shape but they've made it for 2 weeks now. Basically it all got kicked back onto my local postmaster...

From a mixed flock of Ameraucanas, RIR, NHR, Wyandottes, Welsummer, Marans, Barred Rock, Amber white, Red Star, Silver Phoenix, Speckled Sussex, Campine, Brahma, Orpington, Australorp, and soon, EE's, Barnevelder and BCM, Cochin, Faverolles, Splash Marans, Penedesencas, buttercups, Lakenvelder...