Posts by horsegooroo15

I have 4 silkie chicks, they were all born within a few hours of each other. When i got them at a day old, they were all small and didnt move much. Now its been a week, and three of them are active and growing big but one is still the...

i let my holland lops run loose in our chicken yard. The only problem i can think of is them eating the chicken feed that has been scattered but i have not noticed them interested in it! have not seen and aggression from either animal...

bump:)

I was searching craiglist for another small coop when i came across an add for chicken pens. Here's the link:http://dallas.craigslist.org/mdf/grd/2194489141.htmlit just looks a lot like the raids they do on animal cop shows b/c of the...

The chicks look just like full blood black cochins but do you think that they will lay big eggs like the rir's?

I actually have two full blood sisters who are rir x br. One looks pure br but has some buff/red coloring on her neck and is smaller than the other. The bigger one is not as red as a typical rir and has some black feathers mixed in but...

i successfully lured the guinea into my chicken coop. i dont plan on keeping it in there, just feeding it in there for a couple days and see if it will stick around once i let it out and come back at night. if not, oh well.

So there is a guinea that has been hanging around my chickens this morning (they are free ranging and can go wherever they please during the day). I live out in the country, and my three neighbors near by dont have any chickens/guineas....

This morning when i went to collect eggs, i noticed my hen freckles, who is normally the most scared of people, was just standing there without running away. At a closer look i saw that her face was all bloody and she is missing and eye....

So at the moment i have to full grown hens (all the others are still chicks). They are about one year old. When i got them, about two months ago, i was getting one or two eggs a day. Now, one of the hens just staying in the nest box all...