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I was told that the Smokey Pearl can either have grey skin or typical orange/yellow skin. The markings will also vary from almost no spots, to few to many black spots. They tend to be calm and friendly birds.

QUICK OVERVIEW. Smokey Pearl™ tend to be very beautifully colored with some having what is described as ghost barring. These friendly birds tend to be a calmer brown egg layers. They are very hardy, and great year round egg layers.

I have been raising mealworms for several years now and have never had problems until this summer. I have tiny black beetles (from tiny dark worms) showing up in the mealworms boxes. They are taking over. Are they coming from my wheat bran? I don't know how to get rid of them. They crawl out of...

I bought 6 'Asian Blues' at Tractor Supply. They were only sold straight run, but they were on sale so I took a chance on the six. I ended up with 4 roosters and 2 pullets. They are now about 6 months old. The roosters are solid and huge, around 5 pounds. They are all different. One was solid...

I bought six straight run (the only way they were sold) Asian Blues from Tractor Supply. They are now almost six months old. Out of the six, four ended up being roosters. They are HUGE (at least five pounds and solid) and each is different. One was solid black (Truman) w/green and blue sheen (I...

I bought 6 Asian Blue chicks this week at Tractor Supply. Most of the chicks in the pen were black or black and white, but three were yellow with brown stripes. I got 5 of the black and white one, but also the only solid brown one in the group. It has a slight bluish tinge to its fluff. I'm...