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...
Okay so you have just added a new colour that I didn't know about. Lol. Peach I beautiful. Think I am going to use my BCM over all my hens again and the move over to an EE rooster over all my hens. And repeat the process a few times. Can't wait to see what I get.