I picked up this little girl along with a buff brahma
They were sexed so pretty positive she is a she
Anyway.. I am guessing the chicks the feed store ordered were not what they got
Because she didnt order turkeys and they were in there and she didnt order any feathers legs breeds but yet I...
I picked up 2 new chicks today ..because .well why not
They told me they had
RI red
Golden comets
Golden laced wyandotte
Black sex link
So I just went for some sweet ladies that seemed curious
One I believe to be a golden laced
But I noticed when I got home one has feathers on her legs so none...
I know what mix my littles ones are as I have the moms and dad
Can you?
They both have the same dad
Cassidy cockerel
He has a limp so his name
Hop along Cassidy
He looks dirty but that is actually part of his coloring he got from his mom
I thought he was dirty too until I started looking to...
Salem loooooves my hair, gets up on my shoulders, buries her face in it, tries to tunnel in it etc,
Well yesterday was a first
She was sitting on me sat on the nape of my neck and tried to give herself a dust bath with my hair
Ya know the wiggling around and such
Weirdo lol
I have too many roosters. Amazingly they pretty much live peacefully
2 silkies
1 silkie mix
1 light brahma
1 polish frizzle
All pretty mellow and never has shown aggression to me
However, floyd my polish and Zeus my brahma are starting to get some good size spurs
Can I file them or...
When Salem (my silkie cochin mix) is not keeping a watchful eye over her/her sibling who has wry neck
Salem like to jump up my shoulder, which I gave had all my chickens to do that
But Salem will wiggle his way under my hair and snuggle himself right up against my neck and under my chin
He/she...
I have been nursing my chick back to health who has wry neck, giving the vitiman E and everything but is there some sort of therapy I can do to help her hold her head up better
Shes has had it for about a month and a half now and she is thriving
She does hold her head up now and then but not...
I went into my office to grab something I have my 2 little ones wandering
As i was leaving I hear Salem's little chirp/purr as I call it
I am like that sounded higher than the floor, I am squinting looking (hes all black and i didn't have the light on)
Turn the light on and there he is looking...
Say girl lol
I am pretty sure my little Sweetie Salem is half cochin, I know her dad is silkie
So she/he is a little over 2 months
She/he shares a pen with my other chick who hatched at the same time and is dealing with wry neck, and Salem has been nothing but sweet and concerned for her...
I haven't gave this little one a name
She didn't start with having wry neck until she was a few weeks old.
I didn't know what her issue was at first because I never dealt with it.
Her head eventually just started just hanging on the ground
I started putting sage in her food and treats until I...
Daphane is my polish, she less than a year old, but she has seemed of gone broody.
Shes been sitting in her nesting box the past few days
And making the broody sound as I call it when you pat her
Her eggs are more than likely fertile
But its dec and cold out, will she be fine hatching in such...
My poor little silkie,.might be half polish, has had wry neck for awhile now,
This is after giving her nutri drench which she doesnt like and takes a fit, but she sure loves thos part
Im worried about her though, she eats and drinks and does lift her head but most of the time she stands with...
I'm sitting here working and I hear flying and suddenly a feel little feet on me
Well my little Salem has flew from her pen to my shoulder and I all quite impressed
You can see her pen in the back of me the two bigger ones have the lower cage and never really attempt any sort of flying...
I have 10 chickens outdoors, 9 out of the 10 has never seen snow before , so they just look outside when I opened the coop and llle nope..
Today i did a little shoveling in the run, they got a little braver and walked part way down ramp.
And wouldn't you know it, the littlest daintist (is...
I have dealt with aggressive roosters, this is not that
Zeus is my 8 month old light brahma cockerel, of you know brahmas you know 8 months old does not mean they are still small by any means, he very large.
Today I was opening the coop was inside, leaned just slightly to say hi to my polish...
I have 10 chickens outside and 4 inside
9 out of the 10 of my chickens outside have never seen snow they are under a year old and this is their first winter
I have a NH red shes been through a few winters already
Lt bramha
Golden laced wyandotte
Polish
Silkies silkie mix
Barred rock
And...
I still have 4 chickens inside with me
They were late in the season hatches
These are are the two older ones, at a few months old,
Lt bramha\nh red cross
That would be Krissy. She is mostly white one.
And lt brahma\golden laced wyandotte x
I think he might be a male so no name yet but they...
This is Krissy, I hatched her 8 weeks ago.
I am hoping she is a girl. Her dad I named Sheila, well Sheila turned into Zeus lol
Krissy is a light brahma NH red cross
Both from my flock
I am sharing her with you today because I have only had one other chicken that acted like her, she also...