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Oops, I just realized the link I posted was for Poultry Show Central, not the Missouri State Poultry Association. Sorry! I'm sure if you look through the show links you can still find contact information for someone who will know the definitive answer. If true, my guess is it's a well...

That doesn't sound right, but I don't show nor do I live in Missouri. I didn't see anything regarding spurs one way or the other on the Missouri State Poultry Association website, but I'm sure they can put you in contact with someone who does. At the very least they have a calendar of shows, you...

Welcome! From what I can see in the background of your picture it's a beautiful coop! And the chicken is beautiful too.

Your rooster has a single comb (incorrect for the breed, but hes very handsome anyway and if you'renot breeding to the standard it really doesn't matter), so the only hen who could possibly be the mother is the wyandotte. Any of the other hens with that rooster would produce 100% single combed...

Blue has a big comb, but no obvious cockerels so far

Husband got the walls up on the coop tonight! Tomorrow I'm going to start putting up the hardware cloth. Fingers crossed we can move the girls out of the basement this weekend! Enjoy this fun but unphotogenic picture of Lady Amalthea

Got some pictures in direct sunlight.

Legbars are becoming more commonly used to create easter eggers. They're also frequently used in olive eggers. The legbar crest is dominant, so legbar mixes are likely to inherent at least a little crest.

Aah! I forgot this thread existed, so here's my "sapphire jewel" (aka fancy easter egger...my guess is ameraucana/Americana x white leghorn) the Lady Amalthea when she arrived on May 1.And a few from their first trip outside this weekend

Yep. A pullet wouldn't have wattles or a comb that big and red. Also he looks to have inherited his coloring from his dad, the black breast feathers are cockerel trait.

Bibu's crest feathers are coming in!

Are her legs as short as they look in that picture? I'd say maybe dorking except she doesn't have 5 toes. I know there are other breeds with short legs but none I can think of with that color. I know not all welsummers lay super dark eggs, but those eggs are far too light for me to think...

Do you have any friends or relatives who know how to use power tools? I know it seems really overwhelming, but I promise you can do it if you want to.

:goodpost: That second link is exactly what I was talking about with removing the floor and putting solid walla over the mesh! If you're building a coop from scratch it would probably be cheaper to DIY from the go. But if your friend gifted it to you it's gonna save some time and money to...

Those prefab coops really aren't ideal. Honestly you'd be better off scrapping it and building a new one. For now I would definitely close the door to the wire part of the coop when it gets dark so they don't have access to the run (and the top of the coop) overnight. Maybe you could tear out...

Probably a black sexlink hybrid. Her upper beak has been cut, so she almost certainly came from a high production environment. Whether she's an ex-battery layer or was raised to POL in a hatchery/production barn I couldn't say.

Life is too short to live with nasty roosters. It would no be unethical to rehome him with full disclosure of his behavior.

Welcome to chicken keeping! If the size of the eggs isn't a concern, you may want to consider bantams since you don't have a lot of room. The generally accepted minimums are 4sq ft/bird in the coop and 10sq ft/bird in the run (unfortunately vertical space doesn't count) Your coop and run are...

Yeah, this one is worth creating neighbor drama over. This is not like when my dogs physically pulled me into the neighbors yard to greet their puppy (who was overwhelmed but not terrible stressed) despite my efforts to stop them. Watching that video it seems likely she will do this again. It...

I also got the BEST pictures of the wyandotte (kids are threatening to start calling her enchilada if husband doesn't name her soon) and our olive egger Limu tonight!And some really good ones of Artemis.