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I want to work towards BBS + paint in my silkies. I don't actually have a desire to breed splash right now, so it would be black, blue and paint. From my understanding if I bred a black rooster with my black, blue, blue cuckoo and paint hens I would get: Black, blue, cuckoo (males only), blue...

I have 2 Splash and 1 Blue English (and 3 Black Laced Silver) English Orpington hens. ALL being covered by a Black Laced Silver Rooster. The Chicks from the Splash and Blue hens are all "Blue" and indistinguishable. I have been selling all my chicks and some hatching eggs. There is a HUGE...

What do y’all believe to be the best scenario in a BBS pen?- particularly Ameracaunas and Marans. Blue roo over BBS hens? Black roo over BBS pens? Any other *kind* info is appreciated too!!

I am getting my first rooster tomorrow. He is a Black Laced Silver English Orpington. He will be covering all the following hens. 3 X Black Laced Silver Orpingtons, 2 X Splash English Orpingtons, 1 Blue (with black lacing, more on this later) English Orpington and 1 Golden Comet. The Blue and...

Calling all BBS breeders and geneticists! After much searching, I have yet to find a single post where there is concise, useful information on bbs breeding - so I’m hopefully starting one here! ☺️ I’m new to the BBS breeding world but am not new to the biology/genetics world, so it would be...

Hello! ☺️ I ordered some bbs chicks and it was too late to have the hatchery mark them, so I am very confused and I have no idea which is which. 😩 I’m splitting the order with someone so I don’t want to give them the wrong ones! They all look the same to me lol. They are ALL BBS (blue black or...

I got this chick from a mixed color pen where there are 8 hens and 6 roos. Both BBS (andalusian) and Lavender lines are in the pen. This chick that I got was darker (a lot) than the obvious splashes and than the one lavender that was for sure a lavender that was in the mix, but was lighter (a...

Hello , I keep cochin bantams as a hobby and occasionally make a few dollars to pay for chick n coop repairs ,food etc. I usually just breed color to color but I found myself in a BBS situation. Problem is I have a grizzled black rooster and I don’t know the optimal place for all of my birds...

Hey guys, So I recently decided that I want to show/breed silkies. At first, my plan was to breed BBS, like I did with my Ameraucanas. Then I met the paint silkie. One small silkie chick with a big black spot on her butt and I’m hooked. Unfortunately, she was the only paint I bought. The...

I am searching BBS Faverolle chicks or hatching eggs. Preferably one rooster and some hens. Does anyone know a breeder that sells these? I can't find them anywhere. I would like them to be show quality/non hatchery chicks. And does anyone know the price range I should expect on these? Thank you...

Cackle Hatchery 11 week Update: Purchased 10 Crele OEGB Received 10 females 2 males *larger than SOP, best personalities of any chickens I've ever raised Purchased 20 BBS Silkies Received 11 females 12 males *had a lot of slightly twisted beaks, or off center beaks CULLS: Purchased 15...

so I found my BB red hen sitting on a bunch of eggs in my barn. She won’t move and I’m afraid that something will eat her because I have cats , raccoons , coyotes coming up at night all the time. Is there any way I can move her and the eggs to a safe place and her still sit on the eggs? What’s...

Hello, I have 6 BB Reds two roosters and four hens. They don’t lay a lot and when they do it’s only one eggs a day for about seven days then they won’t lay again for weeks more like a month. Is this normal? I have had them since October of 2018.

Hey there! Was on here a lot a few years back finding breeders and researching, and then took a long break. Now I'm back since I finished working on my line. I am getting some good color on my eggs! Love my marans!

Two BBS Breda cockerels and one Brahma cockerel available. Hatched June 5. Breda (Kraaikops) are very rare in North America. Both breeds are docile and quiet. Breda can be described as serene. The Breda include one splash and one blue laced. The Brahma is a gold partridge. The Brahma boy...