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Beautiful! I hatched some leap year babies too! Mine are silkies. My roo is white, and I have a white hen and a black hen. These three I kept from my hatching eggs last year. Their siblings were all white, black, or paint. Somehow, my chicks are partridge, grey, and black. 😆 Maybe the grey will...

This is her now at 15 weeks … She looks like a Cemani with the wrong comb and feathered legs. 🤷‍♀️

Thanks! So you do agree it looks more like a Cemani mix? I’m very curious how this one will turn out.

Hi all, I had a free chick added to the ones I picked up because it was a mystery. It was hatched from eggs in her polish and silkie pen. I grabbed 3 nice looking polish chicks. (Not show birds, just fun pets) And she gave us another one we couldn’t figure out. Solid black, with a little...

Cool! I was thinking about building a run/coop right next to my main one for the chicks and broody mama or introducing new birds. Glad to know that this works well!

I’m trying to figure out if I can do that! They are leaving her alone right now. She gets pecked some when she decides to eat. But, it seems to be because she is trying to eat super fast and shoving her way in to the food dish. I might have to build a small coop and “run” inside my main run.

Thank you for sharing! I’m working hard to figure out how to move her and give her a safe space of her own! So far she’s ok, but I think it will be better for her once they hatch too.

Thank you, I was thinking the same thing. I marked her eggs, so I could tell if others got added. So far, they’ve been leaving her alone and laying in the box next to her. I’m working on making a safe spot for her to move to.

Hi all! First time doing chicks! One of my tiny bantams went broody, so we stuck some silkie hatching eggs under her. Should I leave her in the nest box with all the big girls or move mama and eggs to their own space?

Thanks, I’ll look that up!

I am treating her head/neck. I’m pretty sure it’s mites. They move pretty fast though. Would I treat them any differently if it is lice?

Hi all, For whatever reason, my poor Polish chicken keeps getting mites on her. I have treated them all with Permethrin, cleaned the coop, sprayed the perches, and retreated several times. Lately, I only find them on my Polish’s crest/neck/back. I DO treat them all. I just never see them on any...

Happy Breakfast

Thank you, I’ll look at this! She was a little raspy sounding when she clicked yesterday and had a little nasal discharge. Holding her tail kinda low rather than up. She seemed a little better than yesterday this morning. So, I’m just gonna keep watching her for now. I went ahead and picked up...