Articles by Zac's Flock

I currently own 4 silkies (grey hen, black hen, white hen, buff rooster) and 2 frizzled pekin bantams (white, hopefully hens). Buff Rooster (Billy Bob): (still young) Black Hen (Pepper): (with her two chicks - they are both grown up roosters now) White Hen (Lucy): (we had some rain which is...

I currently have four coops in my backyard. The quarantine coop is the one not pictured. Homemade Broody Pen: This is where my hens hatch their babies and raise them for the first 2-3 weeks. The small brick is where the waterer sits. The large brick is the step to get up into the nestbox (the...