I have a couple of frizzles and they have lost so much of their feathers, more this year than the other 2 years. They look so bad, I call them the naked girls. They are still laying eggs pretty much every day. They have been this way since January. I made a "sweater" for them from a white sock...
Thanks for sharing this. So many people don't want to deal with special needs chickens. I love them and think they are worth the extra trouble. I have a cross beak silkie. It is very severe. So far she can eat if I keep her dish very full. We keep her with two other silkies that are small...
I love, love, love them! We got 6 Dorkings last spring, only 3 of them survived chickhood, well, one of the died just last week, he had never prospered, never grew much and appeared to have an absess on beak. But, I will share a picture of Gus, my Dorking Rooster.
Love the pictures. I take lots of pictures and then feature my chickens in paintings. Sell them on etsy, ebay and local galleries. I have to keep some of them though. I even put them on my tee shirts and coffee cups. They are so beautiful. Gotta love the chicks!
Yeah, I bought 3 silver laced wyndotts at the farm store this spring, just a couple of days old pullets. They certainly are not silver laced wyndotts, not sure what they are but they are so sweet. I wouldn't trade them either. Yours looks like my brahama too. Love them as wellThey are really...
Here's a picture of my new ee chicks hatched yesterday. I have 5 chicks, they all hatched. one, I'm not sure which hen laid, but the ee roo is the papa, it is a yellow chick. all very cute.