Recent content by bonniethesilkie

Hi Barbara. Thank you for your input. Yes, I do intend on letting her hatch, otherwise I would have continued to take her eggs. I decided to bring her in just because I did. I honestly rather not give my chickens heat or otherwise, but we had very cold temps and one of my silkies died. The...

Hello all! I'm new to BYC and have owned chickens for 3 years. I'm on my 2nd flock amd I think I found my favorite breed...bantam silkies! I have a black hen, Bonnie; and a lavender roo, Clyde. They have recently mated and she is now broody....we'll see what happens![/IMG][/IMG]

I started using a ceramic heat bulb, the kind for reptile tanks. Regular heat bulbs aren't meant for use longer than 30 minutes. The only reason I'm using heat is because I lost a 7 month old silkie to our 20 degree nighttime lows. Normally, adding heat isn't recommended. Their combined body...

Hello all. I have a bantam silkie that just went broody 4 days ago. Because of the very cold nighttime lows, I bring her, and the roo in at night, then let them both out during the day. Since she's gone broody, she doesn't want to leave her nest. At all. I take her outside to eat and do her...