Posts by silkymom

i know this should be on the pheasant page, but, my hen ringneck hatched a chick a few days ago and i hae 4 younger chicks caged in the same pen, the dad has been talking to the others for a few weeks, now the mom with babie is frantic,...

no more yet, shes taking good care of the chick and hes protecting, but the little guy is so fast i havnt got a pick yet, ive been trying, hes really independant till he sees me, but its been in the 40s at night and shes keeping him...

hello, well i had given up and went out to the coop this morning and heard peeping, my ringneck hen hatched a chick, so far hes to fast to get picks, ill keep trying, dad is paceing around the brush pile i put in for her, im so exited,...

well i made a place for my 4 chicks, outside, the kitchen was getting full with all the silky chicks, check it out, 2 story pheasant run, i will be adding on to the run so that hopefully i can put them all together, so far the adults...

i have pheasant and silky chicks in brooders now, and they try to dust bath in the shavings, {big mess} so i gave a shallow tuperware dish od keet grit and they love it to bath in, saves all the mess of pine shavings in the water and...

hello, im about to do the same thing, and have before, i have 2 orphans 3 weeks, and 6 new chicks with a very protective mom, i stick them in under the mom at night, the chicks seem to want to stick to the hen, i will wait a few more...

i do the , wake up together thing with new birds, after QT, it does work, i always watch when i let them out and wake them up, when your sizes are closer, {wont take long} i would try it, good luck, juliet

i have 2 silky chicks in the house right now, mom is sitting on nothing, she just likes to sit, they were following mirror, my rooster around , he tryed to take care of them but , not the momma, so they are in now, i put them on a towel...

their nuts, i have 2 chicks on me its to late, i put them up and they scream, i think i ruined them, i miss my dog so bad i cry with the chicks, i cant get them to sleep. i guess im just venting, i will get them to bed, i love em all,...

help! they scream if i dont let them be with me, its killing me, its 10 pm and they should be in bed. i have spoiled chicks, i love them but they need to go to bed,. they want to sleep on me, they make the pheasant chicks make noise, and...