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Thanks! The top and bottom ones crow already, and I saw the red one second down having what looked like a cockerel fight with the calico...so I think I have just one girl, the little one. I don't love her color as it seems dull but I figure it might be cool to see what happens if she is bred...

I am new to silkies and curious about the ones I have, I believe three partridge and a calico? The darker partridge and calico are both boys (not sure about the others yet) , so I have to choose who to keep as they are starting to spar a bit too much. I'd appreciate any feedback on their colors etc.

Hi, I'm hoping someone could take a look at these pics and let me know what they think is going on. I have silkie chicks and today I noticed one of them was missing a lot of butt feathers. When I got a good luck, I saw a bald spot right on the end of the butt, broken and missing feathers, and...

The picture with Barbie is priceless! How cute.

Hi, I'm a new chicken-keeper and am super-impressed with the chocolate bantam orpington we have - she has continued to lay larger than I expected (1.7-2 oz) eggs nearly every day even with highs in the single digits and teens here in Vermont and no supplemental lighting. She's not really a...

Hi all, I'm wondering if there are any Eglu Cube owners who have winters where night lows dip to -20. I have three standards and two bantams living quite harmoniously in an Eglu Cube attached to an 80sq ft covered run, and I'm wondering if I need to do more to protect them, and at what point I...

Hello, I have a bantam chocolate orpington that survived a hawk attack about a month ago. Today I noticed that her feathers around her neck are sort of gone. She's only about 6 months old so I didn't think she would molt, but I am wondering if it's part of the recovery and stress from the hawk...

I have a chocolate Orpington (bantam) that has been broody now for about 9 days. Every day I have been blocking access to the coop to try to break her, but now I have another pullet that is clearly about ready to lay and I don't want to cut off access to the egg box and the coop. I tried...

It's an eglu cube, so there's no good way to partition it. It's also tricky to put them in at night myself - I'll really have to open the roof and place them in which will cause a bit of commotion I'm sure. But if 32 isn't something to be worried about, I will wait a little longer and hope they...

My two 13 week old pullets have been integrating with my existing flocks for a couple of weeks. They haven't been "allowed" in the coop yet and have been roosting in the run (it's secure). Tonight it will get to about 32 F and I'm wondering if I should force the matter. I figured eventually...

Great, thanks! The longer feathers around the tail and legs were making me a little nervous.

I know people lose chickens to predators, and chickens die and people eat their chickens. I eat chicken too. But I'm still sad to have lost one. A pit bull visiting my neighbor broke the leash he was on and got to one of my chickens (my favorite chocolate orpington bantam who was just...

I just wanted to come back and thank everyone who gave me advice on this thread. The birds are now doing fine, although they are still small and I guess might always be. They are integrating into my existing flock now and my older birds seem fine too.

Thanks! I wonder if chickens will actually eat a few day old carcass anyway or if they will only eat fresh kill? This is making me think about adopting a barn cat but would I have to worry about the cat eating the chickens?