You're absolutely right. I've already been left with a bad taste from this auction (being my first time in the poultry scene), one of the pekin bantam cockerals I purchased ended up having extra toes... I'm suspecting pekin x silkie which is incredibly disappointing.
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I love chickens regardless of their breed, colour, shape or size. 😂
But I do recognise ethical breeding and understand the need for breeders to follow a SOP.
These guys will make a great pet project I can work on while I continue learning.
Thank you for the quick response! I knew buying from an auction that the birds would be hit and miss. I'm new to bantams and my area they are quite expensive for a young backyard bred bird so I didn't worry too much about paying what I did for these cuties. 😅
Hopefully I can move on enough eggs...
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I purchased a few chickens from an auction recently and am a little stumped on this one's colour. Other birds from this seller that were a similar age were splash, but this one doesn't seem quite right to me. I know paint is a colour in silkies, but I've had trouble trying to find the...