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I have had chickens for several years now and have raised babies but this is the first time I have let my girls hatch their own in the big coop. IN the past I have always separated out the broodies but I didn't this time and went out this morning and found Lady bird (Oprington/Cochin ) mix a 4...

Silly Question I know, but I have( 5) 6 month old Speckled Sussex Roosters None Crow at all and they just started using there grown up voices ,well pretty sure I do (at least they were sexed as males ), all of them are as sweet as they can be, however one of the boys has just started squatting...

What is Indigo, Boy or girl?? This is what I can tell you about him/her..... S/he is 6 months old Her Mother and Father are both Silkie/Salmon Fav. mixes. s/he has a large silkie comb, silkie like crest, 5 toes, black legs. Skin is not as dark as a full silkie but is kinda greyish. S/he is...

I was just wondering if it was two different variety's or if it is the same variety with two different names. If they are different what is the difference in them? Thanks, Sandy and can you Please post pictures of the Lavender and Coronation so I can see the difference....

A friend of mine ordered some chicks for me with her order, but unfortunately I wont be able to pick them up til this friday and they will be 10 days old I have never given one of my chickens baby chicks to adopt so don't know how this will work, She is a Silkie and a very experienced Momma, if...

I have Zeus a huge Blue Orpington, Oliver and Rally Salmon Faverolle Roosters, A mix SF/Silkie Rooster, and 1 very low key Silkie Rooster. I live in town and nobody is complaining thus far about the noise, but I have ordered extra SS Roos for my SS girls so I will be keeping at least one of...

Hi, this little one is 11/12 weeks old, and is either a Silkie or a SF-Silkie/ Silkie Cross. s/hes acually a Dark Bluish/black color rather than the brown looking color in the picture. S/he is also slightly larger than my other silkies of this age. Sex is also up in the air but kinda leaning on...

I just recieved my Hatching eggs today in the mail today from crfarm, I want to wait to set them in the morning so they would have time to rest, I wanted to put them under one or two of my Broody hens, but got to thinking since they have been broody for a couple weeks already will they stay...

He was huge! Not the mini bear one I had hanging out around here last year but a pretty pudgy guy I could hardly lift the live trap he was in. Luckily I got him before he got any of my girls! This year I don't have to dispatch them myself, yeah! cause I hate that part, but found somebody...

Is anybody having a problem with them being pecked at, right now I'm using the plastic automotive wire ties different colors, but was wanting to order a pack of the numbered leg Bandettes the (plastic) kind from McMurry Hatchery, but they only come in Red. Has anybody had a problem with them...

Ok I used Safe-Guard wormer on my chickens today, I did it the same way I did it before just a pea sized dose for each one, I just dose it out on a little plastic knife and let them each eat it off the knife, but Blossom my smallest girl and one of the oldest (3yrs old) in the pen jumped up and...

I have a Silkie, named Lilly, she is a year and a half old, she has never really feathered out, like stuck in a perpetual molt! Well in the last couple of months she has filled in her feathers, still nothing that could prove Rooster, she has never layed an egg, but she is Odd, in her build, her...

I was just wondering because I posted in the stories about my chickens section and before I even got finished posting it came up something like it had to be reviewed for objectionable content, something like that, anyway what makes a post subject to review? Is it triggered by a certain word ...

This is My girl Emerald, I went out this morning to feed and water and as Usual, Emmy had let herself out of the run, I put her back in the run, and went in to the house real quick for a cup of coffee went back out and and she was out again I didn't see how she got out, because we thought we...

I read on here somewhere not to breed Aggressive Roosters, or Hens for that matter, and just recently I was told that it wasn't Hereditary, So I would like to know what everyones opinions are . And what about Being Docile and friendly, Does it depend on the parent birds temperment? I breed...

Hi, I went out this morning to feed and water, and all the food from yesterday was gone, and I found little (I think) raccoon paw prints in the Mud! All the birds were securely locked in the coop , so no losses there, but there will be the live traps set up tonight ! Lost 13 of my birds to...

I bred my Salmon Faverolle with my silkie hens, I have 3 cockerals and 6 pullet chicks. 1. All of the young Cockerals are colored like the Sal. Fav Roo and the pullets are colored like the Sal. Fav. hens. 2. they all have the 5 toes. 3. they all have white legs 4. they all have feathered...

I went outside this morning, very early like around 6 am and 3 of the girls were out, Emerald the leader of the pack and two of her sisters, its alway the 3 of them, I put them back in as usual, sometimes we go through this 4 or 5 times a day, Sweet pea and Lucy are really easy to put back in...

I was just wondering about Meyer Hatchery's Speckled sussex. Has anyone ever gotten them from there? If you have could you post pictures please. Im wanting to order some but would like to see what theres looks like first. Thanks Sandy

Hi, I'm looking to buy a good dark colored SS Roo with correct comb to breed to my SS hens. preferrably one close enough for me to pick up. Thankyou Sandy