Had to grab a pic of dahlia, she is looking gorgeous after her molt! And a few random pics. The ameraucanas are 20 weeks and wreaking havoc on the nest boxes, lol. The black one is very friendly, the 2 ermine, not so much.
Thank you! No chance of any other parentage, and they were completely separated at hatch. There is a slight green tinge to its skin, hints of darkness around the break that don't really come up good in the pics. That was the goal, lav zombies, that's why I was so surprised when it hatched. If...
See what I get from the marans eggs that have been set and these blue wheaten OE's that just hatched. I'll also be keeping a dominant white ameraucana cockerel "if" I hatch one. I've got a couple more ladies to sell (pretty sure they're spoken for", then I'll go from there. I do have more...
All the blue wheaten OE's hatched yellow as expected, and so did the 2 OE BC1's which was quite interesting. Can't wait to see them feather out! Grow out coop is set up and ready to go, gotta grab some shavings tomorrow after work and those littles are headed outside! Next group is set to hatch...
@NatJ I need your expertise please. These chicks are Ayam cemani x Isabel Ameraucana BC, the cockerel is the mix crossed back to the izzy's. Why is the one chick yellow, with yellow skin, and black dot on its head?
Things have been so much calmer since Langdon left! Going to go get the grow out coop set up today so I can get these babies out of the house. So far 9/12 have hatched, 1 is making its way, but I don't think the other 2 Marans eggs are going to hatch.
And this little gal is so pretty, she has cheeks, but no beard, and blue feathering. I'm definitely keeping her! That little cockerel is cute too, real neat coloring.
Oh and I should have added that there should be no need for a "complete reset" doing deep litter. It should naturally compost and you should just always be adding more material. I do remove the under layer every year for the top layer of my garden, but I've never done a reset, just add more...
Try getting some wood chips or mulch. The bare minimum for each bird in the run is 10sqft, so your space is a bit small, and that's probably why you have so much poop. Unless you free range all day, it's just not offsetting the small area.