I hope these tips help you with your own flock, whether you buy them or raise your own barnyard mutts.ĭon’t forget to PIN this to your Chicken or Homesteading board for later, you never know when you’ll need to play barnyard sleuth!Ĭheck out my Chicken page for more ideas or start with these: One of my favorites was a Buff Orpington X with something that gave him gorgeous blue feathers in his tail.
I have ended up with some really pretty birds over the years. I do have a lot of birds that lay tan eggs so there are a few options and I might get a better idea as time goes on.Īt this point I have so many types of chickens and a few generations of crosses that it’s anyone’s guess. I think it’s part Welsummer, part… I don’t know but I’m pretty sure it came from a tan egg. I’m sure it’s a rooster (it was!) because that’s how life goes on a farm. It’s the same size as the Silkies right now. It was freezing and wet outside, she also has a terrible track record as a mom! The little tan guy is about a week younger than the others. She hatched one chick and I stole it from her. If you follow me on Instagram you might have seen the Appenzeller Spitzhauben hen that went broody. It worked out though I did have a hen laying beautiful olive eggs. Had I planned ahead I could have penned up my Welsummer rooster with my EE hens but I didn’t. In my quest for olive eggs I hatched out the darkest brown and bluest eggs hoping for a Welsummer/EE cross. This one is only helpful if you hatch the eggs and know what shells the chicks come from.
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