Hi, has anyone here from Mississippi or the Deep South ordered from a chick hatchery before? I have, and am expecting the little bundles of joy at the end of the month. I ordered from Cackle hatchery and I'm wondering how...
Could be an Easter Egger. I'm no expert, but a lot of them have greenish/slate legs like yours. Take a close up pick of its comb area and someone on here could probably say for sure.
It's scheduled to arrive at the end of May. It feels like forever before we get them! However, before I chose Cackle, I saw that most of the hatcheries had wait times as long as July and August. So, I guess it could...
If you have a way to make a fire (even a BBQ pit) or fireplace put a brick in it, heat it up, carefully remove the brick and wrap it up with a towel and place it in the incubator for heat. Repeat as often as you have to. I...
I emailed them and they said that they could put the 5 silkies with the standard size chicks. But, when I called to order they said they couldn't do that because the silkies would get squashed.
But the lady I spoke...
Hi, I want to order some chicks soon online but haven't figured out who I will be ordering from yet (I'm leaning towards Cackle Hatchery, however). The breeds that I want are are 5 silkies, 5 welsummers, 5 turkens, and 5 maybe a...
So my only hope for a pullet is the Polish! I was so hoping for some silkie babies one day.
I don't think the first silkie is a mix. The woman I bought them from only had silkie chickens. This...
