Sorry to ask this here, I used to know the answer but it is slipping my mind! Any insight would be super helpful!
If a chicken (specifically, a pullet) hatched out of a blue egg, will it automatically carry the blue egg gene? Or if the dad was a white/cream layer is it possible that they will...
Hello everyone!
I never knew how deep into genetics you can dive when you start breeding and cross breeding to get fun variances! We have a mix of egg colors coming up in our flock and I’m looking for some help in better understanding the possible outcomes, and corrections on any wrong...
I have a few questions about genetics in chickens.
Anyone else with questions about general genetics in chickens- feel free to ask them in this thread and possibly some experts will chime in.
@aart @MysteryChicken @JacinLarkwell @Overo Mare @Rhodebar Lover @ColtHandorf @LadiesAndJane...
I’ve got a girl who just started laying and I figured she was giving me the brown eggs of the new layers, but INTRIGUE!
The backstory- this batch was a surprise box from my kid’s kindergarten class. One was black, Lunamera, speculation here put her at a male either black Orpington or a...
Hi! What exactly is an easter egger, and what are the odds of a hen having the blue egg gene, while having the appearance of some other chicken. And also, is there any way to make hens lay natural 'easter egg' color eggs?
i am captioning this, "one of these things is not like the other"
brown eggs from 2nd year blue orp for comparison
so one out of three of the new EE pullets at least is laying a turquoise egg, im happy
Hello guys I’m Paul from Santiago of Chile.
i’m living in a countryside near to Santiago (1 hour by car)
I’m also raising Muscovy ducks.
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
I’m new into a chicken
(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
Around 20.
(3) What...
I’ve been wanting some prairie bluebells and wanting the ability to produce blue egg layers myself. I asked Hoover hatchery if crossing a prairie bluebell rooster and a prairie bluebell hen would result in offspring that lays blue eggs. They replied that they do not breed true. (This is obvious...
Can pure Ameraucana chicks have the wild type pattern? I'm trying to mess around with auto-sexing and blue egg genes and would need a bird that lays blue eggs and has the wild type pattern when it is a chick.and if an Ameraucana chick does have the wild type pattern could it still have...
Hi Poultry people!
Can anyone tell me which breed
is the most prolific BLUE egg layer pls?
Is it Ameraucana's? I live in
Maine & it hits -20 here in Winter.
Thanks!
Hi All.
Hey Hybrid experts:
I have 2 AMERAUCANA Roosters w/blue egg gene that I wish to cross with White egg laying,HIGH egg production cold hearty HYBRID hens for blue eggs.
1) Are there ANY high
egg production Hybrids
that lay WHITE eggs pls?
2) IF not:whats the highest white egg...
4 Black Amaraucana roosters for sale. Purebred, Paul and Angela Smith Stock. Hatched April 30th, 2018. Not aggressive, but a little timid,. They have no objections to being handled. Located in VA. PM if interested.