I have an older silkie hen who has been acting strange. She has been completely withdrawn from the flock and stays sitting on her egg She will not leave. Its almost broody-like behavior. I keep her from the coop 10 minutes or so daily and I take away her egg. When I put her out of the coop she...
ny son picked out a tiny yellow chick from the store and it grown now and lays about 2 eggs a day. She is really sweet and docile. She is half the size of a sultan. (Photo for reference) these are older pictures she looks the same still only with her comb being red now.)
Anybody out there know...
I repurposed an old baby play yard into a brooder. It's about 3ftx3ft and 2 1/2 feet tall. I made a insertable cardboard liner that lines the bottom and sides, it has plastic lining the bottom for waterproofing in case the water spills or leaks (it also makes for easy cleanup) I recently put in...
The largest chick is 5 days older than the others. But she is the friendliest and It's super docile, she's the most pleasant bird to handle
. The silkies (2) are a day older than the smallest and they mostly keep to themselves.
They're all bantams. I bought them from the same bantam bin at...
My chicks vary in age from 1-2 weeks, I'm not looking to take them out anytime soon since the weather here has been chilly and windy. I'm just curious as to how old do chicks need to be to be able to go on a field trip outside? Here in Oklahoma our weather can be unpredictable, but I'm hoping in...
So here's a photo for size comparison, the largest chick is sultan bantam I bought a week earlier.
The dark medium size one is a bantam silkie I bought the same day from the same bin as the mystery chick...
The small one is the mystery chick...
We went to pick out some chicks at tsc and my son wanted the tiniest chick in the bantam bin... it looked so tiny compared to the rest. Any ideas of what it could be? Pics soon..