I wanted to create this thread to bring exchequer fanciers, enthusiasts, and breeders together. I have noticed in the past years this breed is hard to find and slowly dying out. Few hatcheries have them and when they do they sell out quick and there is very few private breeders. Below a...
I can't figure out what is going on with the color of this bird- I think she's gorgeous but the color isn't anything I've seen before. The mother is a silkie crossed with a gold cock. And I line bred the hen back to the gold cock and this is the result. Any guesses as to what is going on here?
Its coming up!!! Who else is going? I'm just attending as a spectator this year. The Show is May 19th at the Washington country fair grounds, Judging this year is Warren Carlow.
So last year my neighbor's hatched this boy from their flock, his father Is BR/Austro and then his mother is a Hatchery EE.
Now, there are no other roosters in the area and I have hatched chicks from the same flock and not had this result. He always looks like this, like he got caught in a rain...
Okay guys! I need some input. We have been thinking about getting a second breed of chicken to work with. But we don't want just any old breed, we want something to work on and improve upon. Something bantam sized that would be considered 'rare' ... Does not have to be apa recognized the breed...
What would it take to breed Exchequer leghorns to the standard? Obviously it would take time but how do you get around the hurdle of birds lacking type and getting type into the next generation? From what ive gathered Exchequer leghorns are not very common so it's not like you have of breeders...
So, Ive wanted a puppy for over a year now, my family is finally warming up to the idea. But I go back and forth with what I think I want, Ive always had large dogs, I love them, But I really want a small dog that I can hold and carry and that is easy to travel with. However a small dog dose not...
I was wondering what people's personal experience with Extoic/Hybrid cats are? Has anyone ever owned one? Something I have always wanted to own but I don't have the time or resources yet. Some day tho.
So im working on Buff Old English Game Bantams with my brother and this year we have a few birds and its time to start making cuts. This year I really wanna cull weak colored birds. My youngstock are three months old, is that too early? What can I look for in a young bird that will have decent...
I hatched these two olive eggers out this spring, the mother is a hatchery EE and the father is an austro/Barred Rock cross. Not sure what color to call these guys but they sure are pretty! What can I breed them to to keep the color, or a similar color?
Here is a close up of the hen, She...
So im pretty sure when I clean out the bantam's coop i take at least a bag of food out that some how ended up on the ground, I changed the feeder and they still do it. I was thinking I would just ration them to so much a day in stead of all they can eat, so how much food does a bantam hen eat?
Okay so yesterday I had my first dressage test (Intro A), and our first show of the season. My horse was a bit of a handful in warm up, she's still second year green horse so she's getting used to everything. We warmed up well in the arena but then people were crowding around the door at A and...
Dose anyone have experience maintaining large ponds? Our new farm has three and they are all very icky and murkey, in the mists of doing all the other work we hope to get some better water flow from the brooks that run along our farm. Is there any kind of fish we can get to put in there?
So probably next year im going to start looking for a young horse (less then two) I have worked in the past with PMUs and really loved them. I would like to adopt one, but the only rescues in the area ask for an absurd amount of money for an unregistered horse. Does that sound bad? Is there a...
So I bought my horse almost a year and a half ago. The story is, she is an Irish sport horse, has papers but still owned by the original owners. Okay, That's fine, I didn't think I wanted them any ways untill my new trainer asked me if i have her papers because she wants us to qualify for year...