~~ Darling Coop ~~
My husband (like many I am sure) was surprised when I asked for chickens for my birthday.
Ever endeavoring to please (Not knowing what he was getting into!) he agreed and we began to plan our first coop.
We looked at many coops online here at the backyard chickens site and...
We had a chicken who got lead poisoning once. She got very sick but managed to pull through.
She is a silkie who ate the paint off of our kitchen cabinets. We live in a 1929 home.
The vet did a test and said that from a 1- 10... 11 meaning dead... she had a 39! No one was sure how she lived...
Howdy Ya'll!
I love all the MFBC eye candy on this thread. Everyone's birds are coming along so nicely!
We have two hens that we are considering selling to the right home. They are just over a year old and are absolute dolls! They are almost identical... we call them 'the beans'.
We hate to...
We have a few lavender birds that were from a line where the father was black with some silver leakage.
The offspring that have it are lavender with a slightly yellowy tinge where the leakage was present on the distant father.
It's almost imperceptible. Not terribly noticeable but it is...
Hey Steve
Thanks for posting new pictures. They are growing out marvelously! BEAUTIFUL!
What is your next step with them? I know only the very basics of cuckoo breeding and would be curious to know what your plans are for improvement.
Hint... this would be a great place for a thread about...
Hey Steve
Do you have any updated pictures of your cuckoo silkies?
Would love to see how they are progressing. They make me want to give up an arm to have a big farm!
We are over run with lavender, black and buff silkies at the moment... otherwise... sigh.
They are just so pretty. At least...
Good Day!
We have two extra black silkie chicks hatched this week. Will not be able to tell if they are boys or girls untill they are about six months old.
These would make GREAT backyard pets. The parents are show quality if you have a 4-H project or something going on!
We would like for...
Hello BYC's!
We have a pet silkie whom we love and adore that seems to have developed a crowing problem... it happens to the best of us. He is just about 10 months old.
He is an absolute doll and we do not want to get rid of him... but... we must.
We are looking for a PET HOME not a breeder...
I agree that they do fine in the south... that being said... they are pretty unhappy.
Ours haven't died but they do suffer... Im not sure we will have the LF again because of the heat. Not sure that its fair to them. Our banties are fine in comparason.
But if you do decide to keep them in the...
Thanks for the replies!
I know none of our birds have worms because we treat them monthy with verm-x and have a vet that checks all of our animals twice a year... We have yet to have any! We have a pristene backyard flock... We live in The historic part of our town and have frequent guests so...