Ri roo over RI hen is straight heritage breed so not sex link.
Not sure about the RI roo over Isa brown since the hen is already hybrid, you might get some sex links I guess or not, need someone more knowledgeable than me
New chicks
1. No name ( there's disagreement amongst the minions)
2. Edgar
3. Eleanor
4. Henrietta
5. Red beak
6. Alvin
7. Chick
8. Midnight
Possible breeds and in no particular order
1. Golden comet
2. New Hampshire red
3. Black sex link
4. Whiting true green
5. Whiting true blue
6. Easter...
Chic seems to be doing well, the navel seems to be healing. Although I will say she is significantly small then the rest of them. But she may be my whiting true green which might be normal 🤔
Recieved my small order from Mcmurray last Wednesday and am reasonably confident of which chick is what so I think this one is the mystery chick, what do you think?
So this little chick was walking funny, upon inspection it seems to have something on its hind end, should I be concerned? I'm talking about the blackish spot/sac. It had wood chip stuck to it so I rinsed in warm water..
We recently had our first batch of pullets killed by a raccoon during the day, which put quite the damper on mothers day. Wife and kids still arent quite over the loss. That raccoon is no longer going to be an issue but I have new chicks coming from mcmurray this week which gives me about a...
So I'm very new to all this but it seems that some hybrid type birds are the same but have different names ie golden comet = red cross. I'm wondering if whiting true blue is essentially just a different name for prarie bluebell egger? Whiting true green = starlight green egger ?
I understand...
Sad to report that a raccoon dug under the tractor around 5pm yesterday and killed all of our chickens. The raccoon didn't make it either. I guess they aren't strictly nocturnal. Wife and kids are very upset and I'm not doing much better. Thanks to everyone who took an interest in this thread...