Recent content by CJS Flock

My first time hatching. I let the crew do their thing and now have tolbunt polish and white silkie X. Im so excited to see how they turn out. Have had one hatch a day for the last three days.

Thought I would update everyone on this post. He has turned out to be a very handsome Roo. His name is my dude :)

Thanks! I got them all (11) in one batch, the white and black ones are fine. I’ll split them up and see what happens. Thanks for the advice!

Hi there! I did check for mites and lice. Didnt find signs of them.

Hi all. Ive never raised silkies from chicks so Im not sure if this is normal. I noticed my splash silkies both have these bald spots on their backs. None of the others have this. They’re six weeks old and inside the house. I dont see any bugs on them or the others. Anyone know what may be...

Thanks all! Was pretty sure he was a roo from the beginning. He has such beautiful coloring, I was hoping I was wrong :) Will let you all know when he starts crowing!

Hi All, this is “Who” a 9 week old easter egger ( I think). Do you think this is a hen or roo?

Thanks everyone! I have a 100 Sqft area with temp fencing that they free range in and it has a pergola and bench for them to hide under. The temp fence connectes to our permanently fenced in area with a large covered area off the coop. Everyone made it back to the coop covered area but her. She...

Hi All, Yesterday a hawk attacked and killed my silkie and basically fed on her for over an hour until there was very little left. I caught the whole thing on video. Poor baby thought it was clear after waiting when the others ran for cover and it wasnt. I'm hesitant now to let them all out in...

Thanks! I’m expecting the freebie to be a male. They gave me 2 freebies and the other will be a white breed and already has a very prominent comb so definitely a male as well.

Hi all I got a Welsummer female and a few others from McMurray hatchery about 4 weeks ago. I received a freebie and I have no idea which is my female Welsummer and which is the freebie or what breed the freebie might be. Any ideas? Picture 1 and 2 with the purple bag behind it I think is the...

***Update*** I’ve given her a calcium tablet every morning since Saturday. She has not laid a soft or shellless egg since. She has laid a normal egg daily since Tuesday. I’ll update again in a week or if something changes before then. So far, this seems to be working!

She laid another soft shell last night. I’ll continue to give her a pill/day until there are no more soft shells. I do wonder if the Nutrena feed is better than the Purina. Any thoughts on that? I noticed it has a lot more vitamins and minerals than the Purina Layena.

Yesterday I crushed up half of a 400 mg calcium citrate with 500IU D3, mixed it with water and then used a small corner of a piece of bred to feed it to her. She ate part but flung it and another lady ate it. So I took the other half and pressed it into blueberries and she ate it. This afternoon...

Feed is Purina layena pellets 16% protein/3.5% calcium. oyster shell is out at all times for them to eat at their leisure and I’ve seen her peck at it. Just blueberries. No one else is having this issue. They do have a large grass area to free range as well.