My project chicks

[Poultrybonkers]

Im not even sure what week were on anymore i gave up even checking for eggs

 

[kurby22]

Im not even sure what week were on anymore i gave up even checking for eggs View attachment 3286833View attachment 3286834View attachment 3286835View attachment 3286836View attachment 3286837View attachment 3286838View attachment 3286839

I think the project is close! Wyandottes take SO long to lay. Mine took like 10 months! I started thinking she would never lay

 

[Poultrybonkers]

I think the project is close! Wyandottes take SO long to lay. Mine took like 10 months! I started thinking she would never lay

About 25-32 seems average for mine lol

 

[Chooks man]

I’m so sorry you’re feeling bummed out Chickens can definitely be a challenge…lots of frustration and heartache. Maybe take some time to re-evaluate what you like and don’t like about chickening and see where you stand. I always try not to make big decisions when I’m feeling really down and defeated…as I always regret it later. I’m feeling frustrated myself…I’ve been losing chickens to some phantom illness (finally figured out it’s a vitamin deficiency) and my heart just can’t take the losses :-( I feel like a bad chickener…:-( hugs

@kurby22 where you got the word chickening from ,never heard it before today . I like it .
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

But they’re so pretty!

yes they are .
chooks man

 

[kurby22]

@kurby22 where you got the word chickening from ,never heard it before today . I like it .
chooks man

Haha, I have a habit of making up my own words for things Chickening is one of my favorites, I'm glad you like it too!

 

[Poultrybonkers]

Why does on two of them the chest lacngs two different colors? This one

and this one

but this one has the same color lacing throughout

 

[kurby22]

Why does on two of them the chest lacngs two different colors? This one View attachment 3288831and this one View attachment 3288833but this one has the same color lacing throughoutView attachment 3288834

You might ask @nicalandia or @NatJ what genetics are causing that incomplete lacing--seems like it may mean something but I wouldn't have a clue haha.

 

[nicalandia]

Why does on two of them the chest lacngs two different colors? This one View attachment 3288831

That is one Amazing looking hen, basically a Black/Very Dark Blue lacing on breast... But light Blue/Grey lacing on the lower body and back.

I have not see such bird in my life, my only conclusion would be that the hen is actually a Chimera, two female embryo combined at the earliest of development and one was bl+/bl+ and the other was Bl/bl+.

Chimeras are more common than what people think, first because most breeds are homogeneous and most of them are of the same sex(same goes with people, many people are walking chimeras and will never know)

 

[Poultrybonkers]

That is one Amazing looking hen, basically a Black/Very Dark Blue lacing on breast... But light Blue/Grey lacing on the lower body and back.

I have not see such bird in my life, my only conclusion would be that the hen is actually a Chimera, two female embryo combined at the earliest of development and one was bl+/bl+ and the other was Bl/bl+.

Chimeras are more common than what people think, first because most breeds are homogeneous and most of them are of the same sex(same goes with people, many people are walking chimeras and will never know)

But thats the thing....their mother looked the same way lol