I'm glad integration is going well.
I'm curious. Do your "Silkies" have 5 toes...they look to have the black skin...they should have full leg feathers and 5 toes.
Not sure what's about the leg featherless Silkie...nor why these seem larger...but hatchery bulk product can definitely have some oddities (that TSC seems to get more than a sampling).
A Silkie bantam is on the larger of the bantam scale (if you consider a Sebright on the smaller size scale), so it is not tiny, but it should definitely be noticeably smaller than the other breeds.
And yes, my wet Oregon can become a mud pit regularly...which is why I keep my feather footed birds on bark chips.
I hope it all continues to go well, and yes, you will be happy when the meaties have been processed. They are especially smelly birds.
LofMc
I'm curious. Do your "Silkies" have 5 toes...they look to have the black skin...they should have full leg feathers and 5 toes.
Not sure what's about the leg featherless Silkie...nor why these seem larger...but hatchery bulk product can definitely have some oddities (that TSC seems to get more than a sampling).
A Silkie bantam is on the larger of the bantam scale (if you consider a Sebright on the smaller size scale), so it is not tiny, but it should definitely be noticeably smaller than the other breeds.
And yes, my wet Oregon can become a mud pit regularly...which is why I keep my feather footed birds on bark chips.
I hope it all continues to go well, and yes, you will be happy when the meaties have been processed. They are especially smelly birds.
LofMc