Hmm...may have to wait a few weeks. I'm not really into showing my chickens either. I'm curious about my silkies because they all seem to look a little different.:)
At my Agway its chick season. I was looking at pamphlets of different chicken breeds including silkie. They say the silkies are "rare." Are they really that rare? I say them at Rick's Saddle Shop, Agway, and Mypetchciken.com so, are they popular and more common to find?
:jumpy I have just bought new chicks today and I'm not sure what I'll name them. I have these chickens:
1 Unsexed Astralorp
2 Female Orpingtons
3 unsexed Silkies
For the unsexed chcikens I would prefer unisex names.
It depends on what you want. If you want crowing, slight aggressiveness and a chicken to watch over your flock a rooster is right for you. If you want lots of eggs and a gentle nature, or possibly a broody mother get hens and no roosters at all. Also roosters tend to fight smaller chickens.
I'm getting my first chickens tommarow at Agway, but my mom keeps saying this: "I don't know if we should mix Silkies with the other breeds." Looking to get 2 Silkies and 2 pullets that will not cause a problem with the silkies. The reason I'm asking this is because the silkies are smaller than...