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  1. C

    So confused with my lavender orpingtons and golden comets hatchlings

    Hello, we have just hatched some eggs today from our own chickens. I am confused by their appearance as the only black animals on the farm are goats and pigs! We have two lavender orpington hens and two lavender orpington roos. They are related as I understand, my friend gave them to me. 3...
  2. Fallenone05

    Blue Wheaten or Blue Copper

    Hello! I was sold a Blue Copper Marans, but someone made a comment they weren't sure if he was Blue Wheaten or Blue Copper instead. I can't remember their reason why they questioned it, and it's way back in my Facebook history. How would I find out which he is? Like what do I look for on...
  3. Sail

    Ghost Barring Paint Project?

    Hello again! After letting The Duke grow and develop more, I can't help but want to continue this beautiful color pattern he has that i've dabbled a little in the limited research I've discovered. He is the only one of his color that I have, and I was wondering if anyone more knowledgeable about...
  4. RossAcres

    Blue Partridge Project

    (Question at the end) I'm posting this to keep track and keep y'all updated on this long project. You guys know, I raise Wyandotte bantams. I have partridge, white, and now black. I am wanting to make the UK's blue partridge. That is basically blue and partridge together. Here is a picture of...
  5. RossAcres

    Genetics Games

    I have studied genetics in college, but I got a little rusty. So I looked up different games that I could play to freshen up. I like playing games to learn genetics because it really puts it in perspective. Here's a game I just finished. It's a little tricky towards the end, but it's a good...
  6. GodLovesU

    Button quail color mutations

    I was told that all three are males and that the last is a cinnamon pied.When they were younger I was told he was a cinnamon red-breasted.As for the first two, when they were younger I was told that they were cinnamons.Now the breeder who sold me the eggs said he would need to see a better...
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  7. GodLovesU

    Bearded Hybrid Rooster

    So I hatched eggs a few years back.My hens included Columbian Wyandotte,Light Brahma,Welsummer,Buff Orpington,Barred Rock,Ameraucana(at least I think.Two weren’t bearded but I think that’s what they were sold to me as,and they might just not be up to the standard of perfection, since they came...
  8. T

    what is this ruddy color?

    this chicken is so fascinating to me in terms of color. it came from a Lavender roo + a white dom paint hen that also had that ruddy color but it was much lighter. i have learned that the overall coloring is "paint" or "ermine" - thank you forum for that! i am still trying to figure out the...
  9. RossAcres

    Guess the Breed! Bantam Edition

    So since it's raining here, I'm stuck at my office desk pretty much all day. I was thinking about studying my ABA standard and was wondering how I could make studying more fun. Then I thought I would start this thread! Basically, I will post a description of one bird from the ABA standard and...
  10. H

    i am very confused

    hello i have been breeding barnevelders since january and i’m not sure why this has occurred and i don’t even know how to explain i will upload pictures tomorrow. i have got a splash rooster and double silver laced hens and every time i hatch i get blue laced red barnevelders, for whatever...
  11. C

    Ameraucana cross? Mixed breed identification

    Trying to figure out a breed here. One of my hens is a mixed-breed, born this spring, I think she's probably crossed with a purebred black ameraucana (hence the cheek puffs), however it is also possible her mother is a mixed breed as well. My flock of 6 started laying for the first time...
  12. maddiecakes

    Bantam and Standard Chicken Interbreeding

    Would breeding a bantam rooster with a standard hen work? If it did work, would the chicks have health issues like muscular and skeletal problems? I don't plan to do a standard x bantam cross at least not intentionally but I am keeping Silver Duckwing Old English bantam roosters and hens...
  13. T

    Breeding Program Mind Map

    I have created a breeding plan for my lavender and zombie flocks. I have included as much genetic info that I understand/know how to track using the chicken calculator. I am currently in the F1 phase.
  14. 1adybug

    Any predictions for how these crossed chicks may look fully feathered/grown?

    We recently allowed a broody hen to hatch some of her own eggs; she is a blue laying easter egger and the rooster sire is a cuckoo marans buff orpington cross. The chicks all look a little different from each other and I'm really curious to hear any predictions for their phenotypes. Also, if you...
  15. Brianna245

    What Rooster should I pair with my pure Lavender Orp hens?!

    I am looking to get into breeding healthy, ideal lavender Orpington chickens. I have two beautiful 6 month old pure Lavender hens, who hatched from both Lavender parents. I have read breeding two Lavenders can introduce poor feathers and health, so a lot of times people breed back to a split ( 1...
  16. Just Rosie

    Silver Partridge/Grey Silkie Genetics?

    Several months ago I purchased some hatching eggs from a breeder who assured me he had separate pens for his colors. I am only interested in paints (and blacks and whites). When they hatched, there was one who was definitely not paint and whose colors I have not seen before. I reached out to the...
  17. RACHELLE85

    Breeding miniature Batam from regular

    Earl last year we bought a quad of Wellsummers. They laid well and were very fertile so we hatched out around 40-50. They are all about 4-5 months right now, and out of the batches there was a male and female dwarf. The adults are normal and all pretty standard looking except one hen has a...
  18. MamaPoult

    Why is my hen's butt balding?

    Hey guys. So I see this question commonly asked on here. I read through some threads to see that a lot of you guys said that this is a common sign of mites or picking. So I have 3 hens. 2 are BCM's and one I believe is a BCM-Barred Rock mix. They all came from the same place. These birds were...
  19. RossAcres

    Missing Toes on Both Feet

    So, I bought some top quality breeder birds (Wyandotte bantams) from a well known breeder. He won 5th best bird in a show of 10,600 birds at Ohio Nationals last year. The birds I got are offspring of that winning bird. They are great birds and are filling out very nicely. I noticed though that...
  20. maddiecakes

    White Egg-Laying Barred/Cuckoo Breeds?

    I am looking for a barred hen breed so I can breed white egg-laying black sexlinks. Apparently Hollands and Cuckoo Leghorns lay white eggs but they are both very rare. Are there more common white egg-layers with the barring gene? If I breed a Brown Leghorn Rooster with a Barred Rock hen, I am...
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