Hey all,
Just thought I would post some pics of the chicks from our black silkie rooster and black leghorn.
We ended up with 4 boys, and 2 girls (i think). Almost all of them were black, but we did get a few with some white.
Here are two of the females at 4 weeks old
3 of the boys at 4...
Hi all!
Im adding a Bielefelder roo to my flock (having a Cochin raise him). I’ve heard they’re a great choice for their general temperament, I’d love to hear about them if anyone has any experience & also about their crosses. I’ve got a mixed flock and im not sure how the genetics would carry...
i have a chick that is a mix of SLW and faverolles. I thought that if it were to be a rooster, it would most definately have a oot of black, or am I wrong? I was so happy ehen I saw all the light feathers (all light on the chest). But now I am in doubt, as I think the comb is getting a bit red...
Hello! New member here! We had a zombie hen secretly laying her eggs in our goat pen that we recently discovered and now we have 15 plus soon to be babies. Anyone know of a cross of a Blue Ameraucana roo and a Zombie hen? Or am I just going to have a bunch of barnyard mix babies. Although I am...
We are trying out incubating for the first time and are on day 4 of incubation with a Farm Innovators Still Air Digital Incubator as our cheap incubator used for getting the hang of the do's and don'ts of incubating. Our biggest questions, however, revolve around what these baby pullet chicks...
What breed is good to cross to silkies to introduce specific colors? I’m considering crossing my lavender Orpington girls to my black silkie or paint silkie roo to work towards producing a line of lavender silkies. I know it would take time and work but that’s the fun part! I also thought about...
We got baby chicks over the summer and this was one we got from the tub labeled Blue tint Wyandotte but the head feathers make me wonder if it’s a polish or polish mix? I’m still new to chickens so don’t have a good handle on all the breed characteristics yet! Thanks!
I have 2 black copper Maran roosters in my flock and several different hen types. I recently had a successful hatch of 2 eggs from my coop one is very much a Maran the other I believe is a x with ISA brown. Opinions? Thoughts? How do I determine sex? Thanks!
We now have our Swedish flower rooster and I’m eventually going to breed with Swedish flower hens but right now we are barnyard mixed I was just wondering if anyone had any Swedish flower crosses and what they looked like?! I’d love to see some pictures!
Hi! I am hopeful someone can help me with a situation I had to deal with tonight. This is my first flock in a very long time. I have 18 chickens and 14 ducks integrated. Most of the chickens are 4 months old with threw Jersey Giants and one RIR about 3 months old. Everybody gets along fine...
My neighbor gave me these eggs to incubate. She labelled them above. The roo is a Blue Cochin. Does anyone have any idea what these crosses may look like? The 3 I have marked don't look to be viable, but I'm keeping them in for the next week to be 100% sure.
Hi all! My Cayuga (female) and Khaki Cambell (male) recently had a baby. She’s all grown up now, so she has all of her feathers. At first I thought she was fully brown (Khaki Cambell), but then I realized there is a greenish iridescence on her wing tips, kind of like a Cayuga’s wings. Just...
I currently own one male guinea hen who has became the "pack leader" of my flock of chickens. Recently I noticed the male guinea hen has started mating with the hens. Around the same time my hens have stopped laying in the coop and all have been laying in a nest they share in some brush. One of...
Hi all,
Hatching out a few eggs from my Muscovy girls. Assuming this is a mix with the cayuga and not the white runner :lau
Just thought people might want to see the mix results- two more currently preparing for final zip :)
y’all think I can put my roundhead game fowl roo in with my silkie hens and he’ll mate them and not just murder them?
He is an aggressive SOB. But he’s been gentle with my other large breeds while mating.
Hey all, I have a white leghorn rooster now and am excited to try hatching out eggs. I’m curious on what crosses would be best. My first thought was to try rhode island reds. This makes golden comet or something alike? Would the chicks be sexlinked? Also, I’ve read that black australorp crossed...
So how I understood reading some genetics? threads, SLW roo with a GLW hen will give SLW hens and GLW roos.
So if I pair my two GLW hens with SLW roo and get a GLW roo, can I then breed the new GLW roo with GLW hens and get both roos and hens GL?
So.. I know of one person who has this particular cross among us. In time I am hoping I'll have a brood myself. I've ordered 3 Embden geese and 1 Roman Tufted gander. I'm probably not going to incubate, but let it happen naturally. Just wondering if anyone else has had any experience with this...
We currently have
Drakes-
Khaki Campbell
2 Blue Swedish
Welsh harlequin
Hens-
Silver swedish
Black Swedish
Cayuga
Welsh harlequin
2 blue runners
Fawn and white runner
Buff
Saxony
Golden 300
Silver appleyard
Rouen
We have a very mixed flock, I was curious if I could get any insight on what...