So... these are chicks I hatched end of Feb. I had 8, I have 6 left. Any guess on what I have here.
Out of the hatch I had
OE
EE
Araucana
1X salmon faverolle cross
Any guesses on what I have? OE EE or Araucana. Male female. Also tips would be appreciated to get rainbow eggs.
Big flock is...
Okay so I learned more. Apparently you have to make sure they carry two set of FM genes . So should test breed them with non fm carries to see the chicks and therefore the genes. The rest of the flock is EE so hope to breed in the FM gene into the EE
Whoop! Whoop! They are of various ages.some look fill adult while other look about 4-5 months. Think the male to female is way to high. Have notice 1x male has a cross beak but looks fully grown.
Currently I have them all in a separate coop a d would like to keep it that way for a few day to...
Have got these guys today. 10 in total 5 hens 5 roosters. I might have got a really good deal or just some extra hens and rooster. Various ages. Black legs, beaks, eggs and feathered. some off the roosters have s bit of copper, greenish tint. Rest of my flock is easter egger vibes. Are these...
Loving this site. Super helpful content and amazing engagement. Hoping to molk it a bit more.
So... in theory i could use my faverolle x hens with BCM roo
Filler eggs/light brown eggs (breeding stock) to get more bearded hens.
Would you always have black feathered chicks if you use a black...
Next step: take gen 2 (7 month olds) and the EE hens I have right now to to BCM rooster to result in - brown / olive
Love this.
*** other hens. Have 4 salmon faverolle x EE would there be any benefits of having them with the BCM ?
* I don't know how dark an egg shell the rooster came out...
I do have a spanner in the works. Apart from chickens I have a few ducks. My ducks are currently sitting on eggs.
I have out of the blue ended up with day Olds from somewhere. There is a possibility that these chicks could be gen 3.
Gen 3
4 chicks.
Visible fluffy faces on at least 3. Black...
My EE hens (MOMS) have pea combs. The hens that I have from this off spring
(Gen 2)
2 x black no beard pea comb
1x black beard pea comb
1x black no beard comb
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One of those is laying the olive egg in question
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So if I understand this. I could expect 3 olive layers and 1 brown layer...
Olive eggs would be great.
Currently I have
2x green laying EE red beared hen
1x green laying EE black Hen
4x salmon faverolle x EE - not laying but expecting cream eggs bearded
The rest of my hens are mix breeds but I get cream and white eggs from these girls.
I just really like the EE...