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I don't have a pic, but it's like a small house - pitched roof, eaves, window and door, and chicken door. In the summer I keep the window open (it's covered with heavy wire mesh!) but that would be too much draft in the winter. I'm in Nova Scotia - summers are usually around 20C-25C, and can...

I'm hoping someone has some suggestions about adding ventilation to an insulated coop - it's snug and cozy, the water doesn't freeze even during -15c nights, with only the girls' body heat - but the walls and ceiling are wet, and beginning to grow white mold, which I'm havning trouble keeping...

Young Roosters Free to good homes! 1 beautiful Rhode Island Red 2 handsome Buff Orpingtons 1 sweet Ameraucana 1 fluffy buff Silkie They're healthy, handsome, not aggressive at all. I just have too many boys for my small flock!

No, mine stay out and get soaked. They're silkies, so they end up looking like drowned rats, with the tufts on their head going all spiky. They absolutley refuse to go out in the snow though. They peek out the door and will not touch a toe outside if there is snow on the ground.

Thanks so much, everyone. I kinda figured it would be ok, but like I said, chickens are weird. My two girls are inseperable and my roo is the sweetest, gentlest roo ever. I will be careful with the babies, but I really don't forsee a problem there. Usually the girls go broody together, so I...

I know, I know, this question has probably been asked a hundred times over, but I did search and couldn't find an answer, so here goes - I have 2 silkie hens and a Banty roo. I plan to let them hatch some eggs in the spring. The question is - I'd also like to add a few "real" chickens to my...

Yep, mine are pets too. Love that they give me eggs, but love them for themselves even more! I have two silkie hens and a banty roo, and they are inseperable!

It's true! For three months this silly little hen has gotten up for only ten minutes a day to go outside and peck a bit, then it's back on the nest. Surely she'll give up eventually, won't she?

I have two little Silkie hens - one has been broody for over three months now, and the other is going on a month. I don't mond them sitting if they want to - I gave them plastic eggs to sit on and I take their real eggs from them every day. Just wondering if I will ever see them outside...

I don't know if anyone will remember, but a while ago I posted questions about a little crippled bantam hen and her roo that I wanted to adopt from the local feed store. (They have a childrens park with animals and a play area). Anyway, I went in yesterday with sister to show her the little...

This is my first year int the chicken world, but I have had 3 silkie roos (thanks to my con-artist brother). I got them at around 5 months old. They were all docile with people, but could not get along together. One was very timid and got picked on a lot. I found homes for the shy guy and...

Thanks so much for your thoughts. Yes, I've read up on splay leg, and everyothing I can find is just about baby chicks, so I assumed it probably wouldn't work fo rher, if that's what it is. But the store folk say that she was normal in the spring until she was in with the geese, so it probably...

I know that there are no definate answers here because noone can see this chicken and I haven't been able to examine it closely, but just tossing this out and hoping for opinions/advice. Our feed store has a park out back with a playground, some goats, ducks and chickens. The animals are kept...

My sister had a flock of chickens that came to her hwhen they were at least 5-6 years old, and she had some of them for 10 years. They kept laying right up until the end. They were no particular breed, just "mutt" chickens!

I've been thinking about them too! How are those beautiful girls?

My coop was accidently left open one night this weekend, and my roo disappeared. They are usually locked up tight, but we went away for the weekend, and asked the neighbor to lock them in. ARGH! Anyway, he is gone without a trace, no sign of a struggle, no blood, no feathers anywhere. My...

My silkies (2 hens and 1 roo) were 4 months old when I got them, and it was easy to tell which was which - they're both puffy, but the roo has a definate, though small, comb, and his neck and neck feathers are longer and his tail feathers are much longer. Also, he struts around and acts like a...

I have a gorgeous Silkie Roo, and he crows pretty much all day....he starts at dawn, and quiets down well before dusk. He crows when he sees us in the yard, when crows are nearby, and sometimes just to hear himself, I think! BUT, the good news is - he's not very loud at all. He has a smaller...

I'm sure I read on here somewhere about how to stop egg-eating chickens - something like blowing out a few eggs and filling them with mustard and placing them back in the nests - I'm a newbie myself so I don't want to give wrong advice, but I'm sure I saw it here, just can't direct you to where!

Realizing that this is probably a silly question, you folks are the only ones who won't laugh at me so I'm going to ask anyway. My "flock" consists of 3 silkies - 2 hens and one rooster. The rooster seems to have married one of the hens - he breeds only her, herds her away from the other hen...