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there is no color anywhere that is not black. i know i have never seen a solid black chick! i am 99% sure the egg was a light green..... i do have some color sensitivity, so it could be light blue, but i'm almost positive it was green. i'll snap a picture if i can. momma keeps a very...

they can get outside, but where their pen is there isn't much shade..... i am going to work on enlarging the pen this weekend and that will end up enclosing a shady area. i hadn't even thought about snakes! i know i get them in my yard from time to time. blah. i'm going to search the yard...

this started a week or so ago. they all stopped laying in the nesting boxes...... i found 4 random eggs throughout the yard and since then haven't found anymore. i have 8 hens that i KNOW are laying. i just can't figure out WHERE! it's a bit frustrating. part of me thinks that i have a...

momma hen hatched out two chicks from eggs i bought. i am 99.9% sure that one is a speckled sussex. the other, i haven't a clue. it came from a light green egg ( i think) and it is SOLID black. the whole chick is black, black beak, and black legs and feet........ i have never seen a solid...

well, i started to work on enclosing my existing run. raised the walls to the top of the posts. next was going to be something to create a roof. today, i went out ( all the chickens were locked up in the pen) and i found feathers everywhere :-( some in the yard, which means a couple got out...

i was thinking of placing an order with them, and checked here for a recent review thread. i happened upon this one. i think those are some beautiful cochins! i am not into chickens for showing or perfection, just for fun and eggs really. they keep me busy and happy. so, i don't care so...

when the hawks have perched in my yard the chickens have flipped out. it's how i found the hawks. all the commotion! they would hide under the coop, or in the tall weed/grass. up by the house under the porch, etc. and just go on and on and on!! so, i guess i just figured that they would...

enclosed as in mine needs a top. i've had fed many predators recently and it's got to stop. chain link is not a bad idea! i was leaning towards a hard surface material to help keep rain and snow and sun out too. i don't think i'll have a hard time making the walls taller, but its the...

thanks! i was guessing fox, but like i said, i haven't seen a THING. we are in a town, but my yard backs up to a huge yard and a mildly wooded area with a stream. my guess that is were they would be buried if anywhere near by. there have been random deer that have run by too. i never would...

Hi! i need to change my run into an enclosed run, and i will probably end up having to do it alone....... do i need to start from the beginning? or can i just modify using the current posts, etc? all advice is appreciated! thank you!!!

Hi! i know i lost several to hawks, caught them in the act. i know ONE roosters was lost to an opossum. but, i've lost many more and sometimes several at one time and there is NO SIGN of the bird, or the predator!! i've been left a handful of feathers, and that's about it! these attacks are...

i have a couple that i'm waiting for. one of my silkie roos has been practicing his "shuffle" with me. it's pretty funny to watch. but he hasn't made a peep yet. i have 9 that i suspect to be cockerels/ roos. but not a one has crowed yet!!! congrats on rocky!!!

i did candle them awhile ago. but, not since. i gave them a once over today while she was off, but didn't have anything out with them to candle them and i think she'd be really angry if i took them back to the house with me, LOL! i might tomorrow. they were growing and doing well last time i...

i have eggs under a broody silkie. today should be hatch day, however i'm not expecting them to 100% hatch. it's been cold, she stayed off of them one night because she sat on someone else's eggs, etc. so, my question is, how many extra days should i wait? i was thinking three. i have chicks...

6 of my 12 silkies eggs have hatched. :-) 3 have almost identical coloring, they look like chipmunk stripes almost. they are black and greyish/brown. 2 that were born yesterday are a greyish white all over, and one is pretty much brown all over. out of the 6 i think 2-3 have four toes...

oh i'm sure a lot of those are not accurate, but it was the only thing that came to mind when i saw it. the scene in the movie kinda stands out, and this bird's behavior yesterday TOTALLY stood out. out of my 40+ birds that's the first time i have ever seen anything like it, LOL!!! thanks!

that's what i wanted to say, "the raptor" part! this guy totally reminded me of the dilophosaurs in the movie though. crazy! is this ONLY seen in males?? Quote:

ahhh! thank you! so, my guessing he's a he is a good one then? makes perfect sense! i thought they were going to go after each other through the fence. but the silkie just sat there and the delaware just kept "his hackles up" and walked towards the fence and back, over and over. silly males...

thank you! i stood out there for a bit yesterday, and this morning, trying to gather as many of their features as i could. i BELIEVE, i have 4 hens and 3 roos. three are much bigger than the others, and those three also are the only ones with combs at all. one of those three has the big tumor...

i THINK this particular bird is a cockeral. 'he' was on one side of the fence, starring down a silkie on the other side of the fence. all of the sudden, the feathers around 'his' neck stood up in a circle! just like the dilophosaurs ( the one who gets fan like scales around his neck and then...