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How to get black and yellow chicks?

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Most breeds of chickens come in different colors. The color black is an extremely common one in chickens. There are probably at least 50 breeds around the world that have a black variety, and of those a great many will be black with a yellow belly as a chick. read more

There are no chickens that I know of that are black and yellow as adults, however. My suggestion is to think about what you want to do with these chickens (eggs, meat, showing, pets, raising chicks, etc), find a breed that suits your needs, and then get black birds from that breed. read more

When baby chicks are first born their hairs are yellow, brown, white or black. By six weeks the baby chick has most of its feathers, made up of different colors depending on what type of bird it is. For example, Rhode Island red chicks are reddish with yellow markings while leghorns are yellow. Buttercup and barnevelder chicks are brown with black markings and black ameraucana chicks are black and white. read more

Australorp: Black chick with white on chest & face, the wings come in with some white feathers that molt out to black, black, blue, gray legs that has some pink mixed in offen looking like multi-colored toes, the beak may also be multi-colored, gray or brown eyes, single combed. read more

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