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So today we have finally gotten our first egg from one of our ladies, however it looks a little strange. They are Brown egg layers, golden comets, and the egg looks speckled rather than solid brown. Can anyone look at these picks and tell me if this is just because it is her first or is it a...

Maple has been one of the sweetest Silkie chicks we have and continues to be. We have 3 Silkies and as they developed we noticed that Maple grew faster than his "sister" Marble. We have had 5 suspected cockerels over these past few months, 4 have turned out to be just that..boys! However Maple...

My husband and I have debated which Hatching Style or way would work best for us next Spring. We would like to hatch out 5-6 eggs from our PBB next year but know that the breed has a tendency to not become broody. We do however have a Silkie pullet who will be mature enough to set the eggs and I...

Hello all!! Good morning 🌄. So, I have been pretty spot on when it comes to guessing the gender of my pullets this far, however this little one sorta stumps me. She is a PBB EE and I honestly believed she is a she, until today. I know the photos are not optimal but she is quick and I figured I...

A few days ago my neighbor waved me over and seemed angry. He began by stating that I had spoken to him about my flock and my decision to have a rooster. He began complaining about my cockerel crowing at 5 am and how he is angry and disturbed by hearing it (in his house) that early in the...

Just a question if someone could answer. If you breed a Silkie rooster with a PBB or EE, will their potential female offspring lay like a silkie (quantity) or like their mother hen? Just wondered 🤔

So I hope that I am incorrect because I love him and normally he isn't aggressive to me or anyone else but yesterday, as I was having my normal afternoon sit in with my Chickies, I think my cockerel Ozzie may have tried to Flog me. The reason I am not totally 100% sure is I was turned away when...

I recently let my lovelies into their new run. They have enjoyed the bugs, the freedom the grass and the sunshine however this morning I noticed a lot of diarrhea spots in the grass and also a fresh pile of poo that had blood in it. It was not an alarming amount but it was still blood. Also my...

In my area it has been ridiculously hot for Spring. Today it is a lovely scorching 77 but feels like 80. That is normally our early summer temps and we are all feeling the heat...especially my pullets and cockerels. To cool things off and let my babies have a treat I whip up a hot weather mash...

It all began one early morning several years ago. I grabbed a carton of organic brown eggs that I had purchased from the grocery store and began to open them into a bowl to scramble for breakfast. One..Two..Three...the bowl had lovely yolked eggs sitting in the bottom as I grabbed my fourth egg...

Hello all! Recently I posted a question about 2 of my TSC premium pullets that were growing combs and feathering out differently than their sisters. One is a beautiful EE and the other a PBB. Being new to chickens in general I noticed changes in them that screamed (even to my novice chicken...

Hey all! So I went into TSC for a couple things and my son went to check out the chicks. He came back and said there were PBB there. I checked in the bin and there was a mix of ISA Brown pullets and PBB pullets in the bin. I chose 3chicks that look closest to my Lily, a beautiful pale Lemon and...

I am new to raising chickens and bgan this journey only a short bit ago. I keep a journal of daily activity and changes in my chicks. Every morning I go in and check on them and note any worries or interesting changes. As the weeks have passed I have fallen in love with my ladies (and possibly 1...

Recently I have been reading different posts on here about EE roos and PBB as well. Some of your photos look like my "pullets" and apparently turned out to be roosters. Could anyone help me identify if my "girls" Opal and Lily are actually males? Thank you!

Hi all! I recently added 2 silkies to my flock and they have been wonderful. I would like to see if anyone could help me in sexing them early. I will be happy with either hens or roosters but I feel they are both hens but am new to this breed. I will post their photos and see if someone would be...