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These two photos are from Pinterest, https://www.pinterest.ph/pin/764204630536098921/ and https://www.pinterest.ph/pin/15129348733581672/ What is the genetics of this lacing- silver white border line around a black feather, opposite/reverse of those in the Silver Sebright and Silver Laced...

Can early crowing in cockerels be used as a selective indicator for early maturity; and will the daughters inherit this early maturity and lay eggs earlier? If early crowing is a sign of early maturity, will his mature body weight/size be smaller than normal?

Before falling to the ground the male papaya flowers have already provided nectar and pollen to insect pollinators. Here in Palawan I have observed Apis dorsata, the giant honey bee, foraging on the flowers; they also provide food to nectar feeding birds like the Olive Sunbird. Hand feeding my...

This naked neck hen is the reason for searching and posting/sharing this topic On her first clutch she laid 13 eggs for 13 consecutive days- without skipping a day before going broody. This was unexpected because in all the articles I've read about the number of eggs laid per week, it is 4-5 or...

This project was brought about because of my bad experience of regularly having broken / crushed eggs in the nest laid by my 3 Barred Plymouth Rock (BPR) Hens. After doing some research i learned that the eggs get easily broken/crushed because the shells are thin due to heat stress- when the...

Here In Palawan Island, Philippines in 2015 this chick was born to one of my hens, with black down that grew white feathers. I did not get to see this chick grow up, i had to go back to Manila; it was "lost." Photo taken Feb 16, 2015. after a few days, Feb 27 these photos below were taken. Now...

The actual pullet looks exactly as in her picture below, she has an overcast very light /pale blue gray color. i assume she is silver with Co or Db? Why are her head and upper neck feathers and spots still dark black if she is blue, or splash?, is she charcoal? is she eb partridge? what is...

There is an autosexing chicken breed that i'd like to copy but not as a breed, just a hybrid that will autosex and it is the Polbar. From reading about it, the Z chromosome was described as having both silver and barred genes in a single chromosome. Before this, i only knew of ZS and ZB. Would...

When he was a chick, the seller said he came from a heritage breeds egg layer farm located at... I know the farm and from their fb posts they have Black Australorps, Barred Plymouth Rocks and Rhode Island Reds. They did/do not have any posts of lavenders. Just acquired him last night and took...