Thanks! The top and bottom ones crow already, and I saw the red one second down having what looked like a cockerel fight with the calico...so I think I have just one girl, the little one. I don't love her color as it seems dull but I figure it might be cool to see what happens if she is bred...
I am new to silkies and curious about the ones I have, I believe three partridge and a calico? The darker partridge and calico are both boys (not sure about the others yet) , so I have to choose who to keep as they are starting to spar a bit too much. I'd appreciate any feedback on their colors etc.
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I'm hoping someone could take a look at these pics and let me know what they think is going on. I have silkie chicks and today I noticed one of them was missing a lot of butt feathers. When I got a good luck, I saw a bald spot right on the end of the butt, broken and missing feathers, and...
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I'm a new chicken-keeper and am super-impressed with the chocolate bantam orpington we have - she has continued to lay larger than I expected (1.7-2 oz) eggs nearly every day even with highs in the single digits and teens here in Vermont and no supplemental lighting. She's not really a...
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I'm wondering if there are any Eglu Cube owners who have winters where night lows dip to -20. I have three standards and two bantams living quite harmoniously in an Eglu Cube attached to an 80sq ft covered run, and I'm wondering if I need to do more to protect them, and at what point I...
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I have a bantam chocolate orpington that survived a hawk attack about a month ago. Today I noticed that her feathers around her neck are sort of gone. She's only about 6 months old so I didn't think she would molt, but I am wondering if it's part of the recovery and stress from the hawk...
I have a chocolate Orpington (bantam) that has been broody now for about 9 days. Every day I have been blocking access to the coop to try to break her, but now I have another pullet that is clearly about ready to lay and I don't want to cut off access to the egg box and the coop. I tried...
It's an eglu cube, so there's no good way to partition it. It's also tricky to put them in at night myself - I'll really have to open the roof and place them in which will cause a bit of commotion I'm sure. But if 32 isn't something to be worried about, I will wait a little longer and hope they...
My two 13 week old pullets have been integrating with my existing flocks for a couple of weeks. They haven't been "allowed" in the coop yet and have been roosting in the run (it's secure). Tonight it will get to about 32 F and I'm wondering if I should force the matter. I figured eventually...
I know people lose chickens to predators, and chickens die and people eat their chickens. I eat chicken too. But I'm still sad to have lost one. A pit bull visiting my neighbor broke the leash he was on and got to one of my chickens (my favorite chocolate orpington bantam who was just...
I just wanted to come back and thank everyone who gave me advice on this thread. The birds are now doing fine, although they are still small and I guess might always be. They are integrating into my existing flock now and my older birds seem fine too.
Thanks! I wonder if chickens will actually eat a few day old carcass anyway or if they will only eat fresh kill? This is making me think about adopting a barn cat but would I have to worry about the cat eating the chickens?
I was super excited to find our first egg - probably from the chocolate orpington that went into a submissive squat last weekend. BUT I also found a dead mouse that the chickens could possibly have picked at. My sister said that she drowned one several days ago, and I went to find it but...
Thanks - I've been doing the strongest dosage for 7 days, not wanting to take chances, so now I'm thinking I might back off to the preventative dose for a week and see what happens. Can I give vitamins during that time? I bought some rooster booster but I read that you aren't supposed to do...
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I have been treating some 10 week olds that I got a couple weeks ago with Corid, but I am still finding some blood in some of the poops. Could this be from the Corid itself? It has definitely improved, it's just not totally fixed and I'm wondering what I should try next, especially as...
Here's an update - I gave this bird away and the guy I gave him to sent me a picture yesterday and said he crowed for the first time a couple days ago.
So I dusted them with De tonight and I was pretty happy to see what I think is a big improvement. I couldn't find any bugs and the feathers seemed cleaner. Perhaps the poultry protector and de in the bedding are working? I had a friend take pics and unfortunately you cant see much at all but...