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I feel like the Rodney Dangerfield of wannabe homesteaders. I get no respect from the wildlife. Predators do not fear me. I generally keep 50-80 chickens. I started off practical with dual purposed breeds, added breeds in to be able to have a rainbow of egg colors, then added rare breeds for...

These are about 7 weeks old. They are a cross; gray Silverudd’s blue roo over blue eggs from either my splash ameraucana or pale yellow ameraucana (from a snow wheaten project) Is this white with black leakage or will it become splash as they mature?

Why don't the hackle feathers look black for the light sussex roo on this calculator?

These are 7 week old purebred blue wheatens from a reputable breeder. I received 8 and only 2 look like roos to me, 3-8 all seem to be pullets based on feather color, but I am curious as to what others with more wheaten ameraucana think.

I ordered these chicks sexed and assumed they would be easy to differentiate since they are cream legbars. But I had 2 pullets- (I think) die hours after arriving . One was a very light golden color, but no spot on head. I tossed them without thinking about it but upon closer inspection of the...

She/he is 4.5 months old. I have assumed she's a pullet because of her demeanor and interactions with the flock. But it seems like she is developing hackle feathers. Thoughts?

So, I am a newbie and apparently have done it all wrong. First off, by going big instead of going home; I started with 45 birds. I did finally finish my permanent coop, way after I had to build an intermediary pen bcuz the chicks grew astronomically seemingly overnight, but now that they are...