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As many of you know I love to have a mixed flock with as many different breeds as possible...one of my batches of chicks is approaching the 7 week mark...this batch consisted of 3 Cochins and 3 Jersey Giants...one of the Jerseys turned out to be a little cockerel.....As the Jerseys got older...

Thanks to the knowledge of those here who are extremely adept at breed identification Ive confirmed I have two mottled japanese bantams..that were sold to me as 'splash silkies'...I had them for a period of less than 17 hours but the store would not take them back. Even though the salegirl didnt...

In this bunch one white silkie ( 5 toes, looks like it will be a good looking silkie ) one EE, and two 'splash silkies' as they were sold to me , who only have 4 toes...real silkies or not?? and the little brown one in the back with the tan face is a 'japanese bantam"....I still havent gotten a...

I went to Agway for chick food. Thats it...just chick food. Easy right? NOPE....they just got in an order of chicks this morning. So I ended up going home with 2 splash silkies 1 white silkie and 1 Japanese Bantam or something?> I dont know the girl got me kind of confused???? This...

I have a VERY runty silky chick. It has always acted normally and i see it eat and drink. Its a mixed batch of breeds and yesterday they turned 4 weeks old. While the other birds have grown and grown the silky is still very tiny. She is starting to be able to not compete at the feeder. I think I...

When I started college I got into keeping Chickens. Then I also acquired some pigeons and while I adored them they were too vulnerable to predators and I didnt have the heart to keep them locked up. So after several years of trying many different things and still losing birds I decided to end my...

So this is my 6th year having chickens and in the past I honestly cant remember what I did! lol. Ive kept my chicks this year on paper towels. Now theyre about 3 and a half weeks old and they need to be switched to a traditional bedding. I was going to put them out in the coop with their heat...

I feel like here in NJ it truly is never safe to go 'back in the water' . This is EXACTLY why i got out of pigeon keeping..I have not seen a hawk around here since the beginning of may. Ive had the mama hen and her five chicks free ranging with the flock all day every day for the last 5 weeks...

My silkie mom and her 5 cochin foster chicks have been doing great.. The chicks are 5 weeks old and are bigger than their foster mama...the problem is mama hen is insanely protective and viciously attacks her previous flock mates when they come near.... she is especially aggressive to a black...

My little White Crested Black Polish (part of mixed group of 7 chicks two and a half weeks old) is being bullied and despite my best efforts to catch the bully in action I cant do it! I have spent several different occasions just sitting and watching them, sometimes for 45 minutes at a time but...

I have 15 baby chicks and 3 adult hens. One of the hens I adopted from the SPCA and I have only had her for three weeks....another one of the existing hens is fostering some of the chicks I mentioned ( the others are in brooder ) all the chicks are SUPPOSED to be female.....ok so.. I...

In the past Ive used hard boiled eggs to supplement my chicks diet. It was recommended to me by a friend and I was wondering if anyone else routinely offered this. I have a mixed batch this year with one or two runty silky chicks who I think could use some extra protein etc.... I am aware hard...

Currently have 1 Millie Fleur, 1 Australorp and 1 white silkie, all about two years old. In addition however I just got an awesome mix of chicks from MPC on June 24th ( all hens ) 1 Blue silkie 1 buff silkie 1 light brahma 1 buff laced polish 1 white sultan 1 white crested black polish 1...

PLEASE READ BEFORE BUMPING THIS POST! I am hoping someone can help...I work in the veterinary field and today someone brought in an injured Blue Jay. I took it home with me since we do not see birds or have an avian vet on staff. There was a small superficial wound underneath the wing. The...

I placed an order for baby chicks from MyPetChicken.com ..its an awesome mixed order of ornamentals/layers and Im really excited about it...I would appreciate some feedback on experiences any of you may have had with this company. Did your chicks ship on the appropriate date? Did they have the...

I posted a thread stating how pleased I was that my silky hen had adopted the new chicks I bought at the feed store ( 3cochins and 3jersey giants) I only have one other hen. A millie Fleur D'Uccle. The first few days everything was ok. I originally had three hens but my third hen had passed away...

My beautiful partridge cochin hen who I adopted 6 years ago had to be euthanized today at the veterinary office. She originally came from a farm where she was starved, kept in an overcrowded pen inside a barn with barely any access to fresh water . She was a complete skeleton when I first...

Through a miracle and knowing a friend of a friend I was able to pull off an insanely odd order from MyPetChicken ALL PULLETS- OK READY: 1 BUFF LACED POLISH 1 BLUE SILKY 1 SILVER LACED COCHIN 1 WHITE SULTAN 1 BARRED ROCK 1 APPENZELLER SPITZHAUBEN 1 LIGHT BRAHMA I always...

So although I did just buy some chicks from local Agway ( cochins and jersey giants ) I planned on ordering 6 more chicks online because I wanted specific breeds. (I only want pullets) The breeds/types I was looking for were blue cochin, white Sultan, Mottled cochin, black silkie , white...

Hi I've had chickens for several years now and have had great success with them and have gotten much enjoyment out of keeping them. I have about two acres of property and a really nice chicken coop that I had a contractor build but I usually let the hens free range around the two acres since its...