Hi, I'm from Lancaster, SC. Welcome! Your little flock of groupies is awesome. I'm going to make sure I've joined the SC group in the link above... it's been awhile since I've been on this site so maybe I already have joined over there... anyways, hope to see you there too. Also, your...
I had one pip yesterday about noon. Still peeping this morning. I left for a couple hours. When i got back momma got out of her nest and poked the egg several times and then left for out of the coop. I took the egg since it was close to 24 hrs since a pip and there was only a tiny break in...
hey a very active 10,000 member group (although last count 3,000 active) on the Pet Chickens site on FB... join there and post a pic of him... just can't mention the dinner option on that site. Lots of folks that like to rescue and rehabilitate. Also, keep checking craigslist...some flocks are...
If you have silkies that are young,and they havent had time to acclimate to the change in weather then you may need extra straw or warmth for that one. Join us on facebook group Pet Chickens. We love to talk chicken and show off our little ones. Its a great group
I sincerely apologize for being misinformed and misinforming the difference between apple cider vinegar preventing and being used as a dewormer. It certainly would benefit starting a few days
Did you feed her anything different in the last day or two? I had some really weird red wormy looking stuff myself that turned out to be nothing in a day or two after feeding blueberries or grapes. Apple cider vinegar (2 tablespoons to a gal of water for a few days will deworm and be healthy...
A quick follow-up that TomTom here found a wonderful family with 2 children, 14 hens and a dog. His nickname is cluck-Norris and the kids carry him around everywhere. He couldn't be happier and the family couldn't be happier. The best happy ending ever after
Thank you Cassidy, I found a home for Frick, the wonderful lady that first gave me the eggs to hatch and I kept Frack and love him dearly. His little gal is a buff silkie named Honey and they toodle around everywhere together.
BUFF BRAHMA ROO --- I will deliver TomTom to a good farm within an hours drive or so where he can be happy and run free and be given a chance to thrive. He has too much rooster competition in my yard and I don't like keeping him caged for half the day. He has started pulling feathers out of...
I can sleep at night knowing that any gaps in my coop are covered with 19 guage 1/2" mesh. We had a small mouse try to get in and got his body stuck. Most sites recommend the half inch mesh and we have used it on the coops and the pen