Recent content by andielok

Hi! We are a year into having our backyard flock and are looking to add a few new girls this spring. We brood them indoors since we are in MN...brrr. We currently have 3 cochins and 3 silkies (we had 5 originally but ended up with 4 roos so some went to live with a friend who wanted roos -...

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One of our silkie roosters has a really goopy eye and his other is pretty watery. The last few days he hasn't been himself (staying in the coop when his ladies are out in the yard). And it isn't like him to not be the first one to the after breakfast snacks! Today he came out but sat in the...

Your coop is beautiful! Can I ask how many chickens you house in there?

Help! we are new to this. We currently have 5 silkies that are 2 1/2 months old that are in the outside coop and run and have 3 7 week old cochins that we need to introduce soon because they are outgrowing their brooder. sooo, I know that we need to be careful so we had them in a little play...

I am excited for you! We just started out this year as well. I swear we dont even need our TV now! Our first back of 4 buff cochins didn't make it (they came home with bloody stool etc.)... very sad but we have 3 sassy super cute blue cochins that chatter up a storm. They love it when we...

Aww! They are so cute! We have some 6 week old silkies and two week old Cochins. The silkies are so freaky looking right now with half fuzz and half feather! I would get them a mirror but they would be scared!! They are so fun! Enjoy!

Thanks for the replies. Wow, that is nasty stuff! We lost 3 of the 4 birds that we had. We are separating the Silkies that came yesterday from the one Cochin that is left. I feel so bad for the little girl all alone now.

We are new to raising chickens and need help. We decided on standard buff Cochins and silkies. We picked up 4 Cochins at the plagal farm and garden on Friday and the chicks seemed to be doing quite well. Eating and drinking and very cute. Yesterday we noticed pasting on a couple of rear ends...