I took some new pictures, hopefully there traits will be easier to see.
Pictures 1, 2, and 3 are the bearded one, 4, and 5 are the beardless one.
I don't know if they really are sisters, I am just assuming.
I have 2 just like that, The one in the picture is bearded, the other has a completely smooth looking face, no beard or muffs :) Weird, but I think they are sisters.
I got 11 new chicks in from a hatchery; 5 Sultans, 2 Porcelain D'Uccles Bantams, 2 Marans, and 2 Easter eggers. Easter eggers can be tricky because they are a mix but I am hoping someone has had one like this before. Can anyone show me what it will look like when it is an adult? As you can...
Good Morning! I woke up to a mystery in my incubator this morning. I hope someone can help or at least tell me if they have seen this before.
Gen 1 Rooster - Earl Grey - Pure Speckled Sussex
Gen 1 Hen 1 - Lady Grey - Pure Speckled Sussex
Gen 1 Hen 2 - Saphron - Sapphire Gem
Gen 1...
No I looked everywhere and can't find any sign of them. It has me thinking this was a flying predator. That and the fact that my 3 largest hens were left headless, as if they were too heavy to carry off. But of course, I can't think of any predator that could eat that much. And as far as I...
I had 1 adult speckled Sussex rooster, 1 adult speckled Sussex hen, 1 adult sapphire gem hen, 1 adult buff orpington, 1 adult sapphire gem / speckled Sussex cross, 1 adult orpington / Sussex cross, and 6 nearly fully grown wyadottes bullets. They free ranged in my yard and get put up at night...
It's embarrassing that I know this, but that is the name of the animal that looks a lot like that off of Harry Potter. It just popped into my head when I saw it.
Update 04-30-23 !
There is a little bit of a change up we are going to get into and there will be some updates on the incubating eggs and the test batch that we have already hatched out.
Lady Grey is being your typical friendly Speckled Sussex hen, walking around like she owns the yard and...