Hi Guys. Is there anybody out there who knows if the colour of my silkies are lavender or blue?
Also if they are lavender if I breed them together will I get lavender offspring?
thankyou :)
Hi everyone, I get the basics of breeding lavender pekins (from scratch) but could someone please explain to me exsactly how to do it ?
I get full lavender pekin x full black = split
But then whats then next step?
Do I have to cross the splits back to the lavender parent ?
Or
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5 month old rooster for sale. $15. Hand raised with our spring chicks. This is a rare, pure breed.
He is very docile. But we already have another rooster and our flock is small.
He will let you hold him and even lay him on his back.
We are in Franklin, TN and willing to travel some to help find...
I am in need of a special Lavender/Blue Cochin Bantam pullet, but i can't figure out where you can purchase these other than as baby chicks. I have utilized local craigslist and local backyard chicken groups and advertised my need with them but to no avail. I would be willing to have them...
I hatched this guy out 6 weeks ago from a Lavender Orpington egg. Upon hatching, he was obviously different from the rest, and I contacted the breeder. She assured me that she had no other Orpingtons besides Lavender, and she had one hatch out just like him.
Am I looking at recessive genes...
I have eggs that are a mix of a Lavender Marans rooster and eggs from Lavender, Cuckoo Marans, Welsummer & Barnvelders hens. $25 per dozen.
Let me know if you are interested and I will collect and keep them in a cool dry place and rotate twice daily.
Thanks!
Fertilized eggs for sale in...
WANTED: Exhibition/Breeder Quality Ayam Cemani, Lavender Frizzle Cochin Bantam, and Lavender Bearded Silky. Looking to breed and keep as pets. Willing to buy eggs and young chicks. MAY be open to pullets/cockerels or adult birds depending on quality, price, location, and temperament. Located in...
I have a white goose (Sebastopol) who was sold as a lavender gosling to her previous owner. She ended up feathering out white. Upon purchasing her I contacted the breeder and found out she had a pen of solid lavenders (should be 100% lav offspring?), and a pen with white and lavender mixed to...
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its my first time raising chickens and these are my five good girls! Now that i‘ve had them for 4 weeks (I suspect they might actually be 5 weeks old). A family member got them for me from ts. Supposed to be all pullets. I’ll let you guys be the judge! Good news, roosters are allowed in...
Anybody out there? Midwesterners, where you at?!
I'm no stranger to farming, but sort of a newbie to chickens. I did not realize that my husband's all-time favorite animal is a chicken. Scratch that. ALL chickens. We've been married 10 years and this was brand new information in spring 2019...
I am just starting out hatching my own silkies, so far I'm just doing b/b/s and have them in a separate pen which is going well. I have a couple questions. One I think I already know the answer to, (yes?), which is:
Can I put my "lavender" silkie hen in the B/B/S group? I was told lavender...
I have 2 Lavender Sussex Chickens, one is 19 Weeks Old and one is 16 weeks old. I believe the older one is a rooster, the wattles are red but the comb is still a pinkish colour, the younger chicken still has pinkish wattles and comb. Please see images below.
19 week old Lavender
Is this going...
So.. I’ve been scouring and still can’t find a clear answer.. I’ve raised chooks before but this will be our first attempt at breeding and I want to get it right..
Why is it that you don’t want to breed blue to lavender? Does it weaken genes? Is it just because of the colour they produce (if...