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Considering purchasing an Ermine Ameraucana rooster for breeding. Can people with more experience tell me about this rooster and if it is a true Ameraucana? Should it have a better muff and beard? If he is a decent breeder can I use hens with excellent muffs and beards to improve this trait...

Curious for those of you who have kept a flock for egg laying for several years what has been your favorite BYM crosses? For production? Personality? Broodiness? Hardiness? Disease resistance? So far my most productive birds have been cinnamon queens, black Australorps, and a leghorn crossed...

...like a way to do that and keep the silkies pure but will consider options that could possibly work for my other hybrid projects as well. Would love to hear about others experiences with doing sex linkage with their own silkies and how they worked out 😊 * Photos just for fun 😊 Thanks in...

I am not far enough into my breeding projects to really show anything yet (still growing out foundation stock and they are babies at this time.....) But I was thinking that looking at other projects creations could be super fun! Mostly interested in seeing what people have been able to do...

I think I have a very basic understanding of how recessive vs dominant white worms in chickens. I have a couple hens that were the offspring of a white leghorn (understand they are dominant white) hen to an Americana rooster (definitely had the blue egg gene because the hens all lay blue eggs...

Are there Any books that discuss in real world application how to breed for feather color, SOP, egg color, hybrid crosses, sex linkage, etc? Or will I have to find individual books on each of those single topics? Would also appreciate the book being somewhat easy to understand for beginners but...

So I have a rooster that is perfect in every way I look for EXCEPT for a new development. I have some chicks between 6-10 wks fully feathered just small still that could get into his run sometimes because they fit through the fencing. When they get in there he grabs them and attempts to mount...

I purchased about 30 bBS Andalusians, and then got 5 blue Plymouth rocks. Being dumb I figured I had time to band them because as chicks I could tell them apart. Then one day while feeding I realized the blue rocks had gotten lost in the mix and no one had leg bands! So I'm looking for help in...

Not that I'm scared of my chickens, I love them dearly. But this year has been the hardest years thus far in my chicken keeping and breeding journey. I've learned a lot about bio security, the hard way, I might add, and at this point I think I may be going a little insane. There are a few...

Seems this year is a pretty hard year for me and my flock. I am in middle Tennessee. Currently experiencing a particularly lethal strain of Coccidiosis on my farm that corrid is ineffective against. I'm overwhelmed and stressed to the max. I was finally gifted some very expensive and long...

Got three Serama chicks recently. Curious what color variety they are. There is one that I'm pretty sure will be blue mottled, another that is white? not sure if that is the proper term. And then the one that appears to be Barred? Wasn't aware their is a Barred variety of Serama's prior to...

Very young. Maybe too young but wasn't sure if someone with more experience with this breed might know some nuances about them that I'm not privy to? Two chicks maybe a week or two old

Would love to see pictures of everyone's true bantam Ameraucana's, especially in Self Blue/Lavender. Also interested in looking at standard Ameraucana's. Would love to see examples of down color and shank/feet color

Two chicks like this, one has feathered legs the other does not. White dot on heads. Assuming they will be Barred? Brown and black down. Anyone know what breed they are or possible breeds? Thanks in advance 🥰

Purchased Chicks from Private person. The eggs were given to them to hatch for someone. They were not certain of what spelling to use for these chicks. They are feathering out now. I had read on here somewhere that true Ameraucana's are to have pea combs, slate legs, and pink feet. Which is...

Not sure whether this little one is a pullet or Cockerel. It's about 11 wks old I think. What does everyone think? Some days I think Cockerel then others I think pullet....

My little odd ball chick has gotten a little older. Now wondering what everyone else thinks about the color on her....blue partridge maybe?

Okay- I am learning everything I possibly can about genetics and breeding. I thought that I was understanding things, but now I am seeing photos on the I ternet labeled " _____ (any color, black, blue, lav, etc) mottled" that when I look at the photo would of thought the bird to actually be a...

I recently purchased a lot of about 50/60 bantam Cochin chicks. I knew frizzle was a possibility in the feather types. As they feathered out I began to notice what appeared to be a third feather type. All of these chicks have 4 toes, correct combs, and the comb and shank/feet colors are all...

Saw these at a flea market. Does anyone know what they are? The appear to be silkie satins, maybe large fowl? Maybe some kind of hybrid...not sure though. Don't know if I should buy or not