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Hello, everyone. We had a broody Silkie hatch and raise a clutch of ten mixed chicks (EE, Sumatra and two of her own eggs). Of the two Silkie mixes hatched, one is most definitely a very handsome normal-feathered cockerel. The other... well she's very naked. She started off normally enough...

Hello! Recently, our newest flock members (two silkie hens) have begun integrating with our existing birds (EE, Faverolles and Ameraucana and a pair of Sumatra hens that do their own thing). They both still mostly stick together, while the others roam around in other areas of the property...

Hello, I picked up a couple of silkies for my my two kiddos last night. They're hard to find around here,so I was happy to have grabbed them. They were sold as hens and the gentleman mentioned they were around a year old and just begun laying. There was one egg in their pen, so I know at...

Hello everyone. After searching for a long, long while, I was finally able to find and purchase a pair of Faverolles. Since integrating them into my small flock, (Ameraucana and EEs), I've noticed a definite difference in (how do I put this nicely...) intelligence? They are very, very docile...

Hello! Just looking for some opinions. We had 4 EE eggs at day 21 yesterday. All were viable at lock down, and three of them have been out since early morning on day 21. The fourth has had nothing going on. I broke down and candled this morning , and while there is most definitely a chick in...

Hello, everyone. We are currently raising 4 EE chicks about 6.5 weeks old (we lost the 5th, a cockerel, to predation last night, it was pretty upsetting). Out of the 4 left, I was pretty sure we had two pullets (one with a small, very pale, single-looking pea comb, and one with zero comb...

Hello everyone. We hatched out five first generation GLW x ameraucana EE chicks a little over two weeks ago. I know sexing them this young is up in the air, but I thought I'd garner some opinions anyhow. The two light chipmunk chicks have been feathering out very rapidly, while the two blacks...

Hello! We recently hatched out 5 first generation Ameraucana/GLW EE chicks out of two different hens (same roo). At just under a week old, one of the chicks is growing fairly prominent wing and tail feathers, where as the others seem to still have short primaries and no tails at all. I've heard...

I'm mostly a lurker and reader, but I just wanted to pop in because I'm pretty excited about our very first hatch. We're using a diy cooler incubator, and although temps and humidity seemed to hold well, I was nervous. All five had been developing well, and were active upon lockdown. It's day...

Hello everyone, I was hoping someone here could give me some insight. We have a small free range flock of three young (22 weeks or thereabouts) Ameraucana hens and one GLW roo. All have been exceptionally healthy and hale since bringing them home. Roughly four days ago, I noticed our little...

Hello everyone, I posted here several weeks ago asking your best guess as to the gender of a trio of 13/14 week old chickens, 2 Ameraucanas and a GLW. I'm about 99% certain that the Wyandotte is a roo, and pretty sure that our blue Ameraucana is a hen, but the black Ameraucana is giving me...

Hello, I introduced myself on the New Member forum this morning. I'm new to chicken ownership, despite my years-long adoration for them. Last week we picked up three 13 week-old chickens (two Ameraucanas and one GLW). We're hoping for pullets, but we're not sure if they're all hens. I don't...

Hello, BYC. Although I've wanted a small group of hens for most of my adult life, I have only recently found myself in the position to start keeping them. Last week, we picked up three young chickens (hopefully pullets!) and I've fallen in love even more than I thought was inevitable. Lol. We're...