Recent content by EvaDianne

Hello, I was wondering at what age to roosters (specifically silkies) reach maturity/fertile and at what age do they begin to cockadoodledo? I live in an area where I can have hens but not roosters. I've had hens for many years now and have hatched out dozens of chicks but I want to start...

Hello, I was wondering at what age to roosters (specifically silkies) reach maturity/fertile and at what age do they begin to cockadoodledo? I live in an area where I can have hens but not roosters. I've had hens for many years now and have hatched out dozens of chicks but I want to start...

How loud are Silkie roosters? From what I've heard they aren't nearly as loud as most other breeds-is this true? I live in an urban area and keep hens but want to breed silkies and it would be easier to keep the rooster in my backyard instead of family member's farm but I also don't want to...

Just wondering, is he a New Hampshire-or what? He seems sort of small to me but maybe thats his breed! If he is a bantam though any ideas of what the size of his offspring would be if the hen is a standard size? Thanks so much.

Okay thank you!

Wondering if anyone can help me, I have 6 chicks and would like to know if i have any boys. They hatched out June 21 so they're about 3 weeks. There is one I suspect of being a cockerel he is shown in the close up photos. most of the other chicks have longer tail feathers than him. Also, there...

Hmm okay. I took a closer look at 20 of the chicks and it looks like maybe they all have straight combs (some more obvious than others). I'm not at all experienced with differentiating combs on new chicks. This is disappointing as I wanted to attempt to raise a flock of Araucanas (even though...

Also, the shells were blue on the inside as well which is what araucana shells are supposed to be like (I believe)

I bought 9 dozen fertile araucana eggs at an auction and have hatched out the chicks and I'm wondering they are true araucana or if maybe they are easter eggers or ameraucana chicks. hatched from pale blue eggs (a couple almost olive in colour)- didn't look exactly like ameraucana eggs. Anyone...