barnyard mix

Stuck at work currently, wanted to share my three newest arrivals (since, ya know, I can’t be at home snuggling them). Bertha and Nugget hatched yesterday around lunch and Dale hatched early this morning. Will use this thread as my photo dump for these little ones as they grow up. Bertha...

I was wondering if a mix breed pullet's eggs are determined by the genetics of her mother or her father, or if it is random. For example, I have some chicks that are a mix of a Buckeye (Father) and a Black Copper Maran (Mother) so I was wondering if the hens would lay light brown eggs like a...

Hello! First time chicken mama up in Canada! Got a dozen barnyard mix eggs, which we incubated and had 9 successfully hatch (now down to 7 due to an untimely power outage :hmm) on April 20th! Excited to see what they end up looking like and laying, sharing the garden and hopefully some...

My first chick started pipping last night around 8:30pm, at about 7am this morning I heard the peeping of the first baby! This is my first hatch, quite a compulsive decision. We had to cull our rooster after he tried attacking me, but I didn't want to miss trying for some olive eggers! I was...

Hello! I decided to let my broody RSL hatch some chicks. I purchased fertilized eggs from a local farmer and 3 weeks later had 8 beautiful and colourful chicks. Fast forward 2 weeks and 2 days post hatch…. They are fighting! Like draw blood on the comb fighting. My biggest bully (who I for some...

We now have our Swedish flower rooster and I’m eventually going to breed with Swedish flower hens but right now we are barnyard mixed I was just wondering if anyone had any Swedish flower crosses and what they looked like?! I’d love to see some pictures!

I have two BYM chicks that are 12 weeks old and based on their combs and wattles, I've been thinking they're pullets. But the tail feathers are really tripping me up and making me question that. I'm probably going to have to rehome them and I'd just like to know one way or the other before I do...

So, we hatched some barnyard mix chickens. I am trying to determine sex of the chicks. They are about 2 1/2 weeks old. At one week old, I tested the feather sexing to determine that 2 could be roosters. Now, looking at these combs.. I'm thinking I could have two more roosters... (3rd image to...

Just trying to learn for fun I only know a little about genetics, but I believe I read that hens pass the barring gene to the males,I thought males had to be doubled barred, but I do not have a male barred rock, I have a New Hampshire red roo, and buff Orpington roo. Hens RIR Silver laced...

I have 3 available. the breed mixes are black Silkie x lavender orpington, barnevelder x lavender orpington, light brahma x lavender orpington. I am hoping to rehome them as soon as possible. I am also hoping to rehome them before they start crowing. the Silkie mix has already started trying...

I hatched out chicks for the first time on February 4 and others on February 9. I hatched out 2 barnevelder(hen)xlavender orpington(rooster), 2 black non bearded silkie(hen)xlavender orpington(rooster), 2 light brahma(hen)xlavender orpington(rooster), 1 lavender orpington and 1 blue...

Hey everyone! I am looking to add a few bearded Buff silkies (hens and one rooster), d'uccles (hens, any color but especially mille fleur), and possibly a few serama hens. We are also very much wanting to load up the incubators to add to our large mixed "fun flock" This flock contains our pet...

Aloha from the Big Island of Hawai’i ! I started 34 eggs yesterday between my Nurture Right 360 and my Kebonnixs . My Kebonnixs is all gorgeous BCM eggs and my 360 is a mix of BCM, Prairie Bluebell eggers and a barnyard mix (shown in pic of nine eggs in box) so those will be my surprise babies...

Hello! This is "Sunspot", she was rescued on June 12th and looked maybe 2 weeks old at that point. She's a barnyard mix, Silkie, Ancona, Polish, and about a hundred other breeds. She was sexed by the one & only, "Fran the Chicken Lady" as a female, about a week after being rescued.I At that...

Darcy and Wanda: Starlight green eggers, around 7-8 weeks. Darcy might be questionable? Phoebe: Unsure on breed, around 4-5 weeks - possibly Easter egger? The lady said she had ameraucanas and Wyandottes and some mixes, so I’m guessing Phoebe is a mix… I’ve read about the triple comb meaning...

I’m curious on what you all think the breed and sex of these chicks may be. They are barnyard mixes that my broody hen hatched from a local farmer. They are currently 8.5 weeks old. I think at least two are cockerels. One is for sure a cockerel. He just started trying to crow. Strangest sound...

What do you think? Some pics of the chicken alone and with the others from eggs hatched at the same time. I think it’s possibly a cream legbar crossed with an Easter egger.

I recently hatched two chicks, and so far they are doing really well! I am quite new to chickens, so I’m not very experienced with breeds and all. I was wondering if any of you chicken experts out there knows what breeds my chicks are? I posted about them a little while back but everyone said...

Silkie? Polish? Serama? Sebright? Pekin? A bit of everything blended into one adorable tiny hen? :confused: Tinny was sold to her previous owner as a generic bantam, and am trying to figure out what this strange little poofy bird is. Tinny is a year old. Tinny is definitely part silkie, but...