I will get pictures tomorrow.... i will not get any more until its done and safe. He is floating around but is more docile the last 2 days. My kids do not go neR him anymore right now like they used to. Thank you for your help!
My husband is going to really predators proof the coop and run today. I have no idea what could be gettinv them. I've heard red fox calls several times but would foxes really eat 7 in one night?! Leaving nothing behind?? I am considering getting a couple full grown hens. I have no idea where to...
Hi I've add silkies forever. They are really young to tell, but I would say 1 is rooster and 2 is hen. Not 100 percent of course. You won't know until you see an egg or hear a crow. I did tend to find my females were smaller and walked lower to the ground and the rooster would walk more...
so I had a bunch of bantom and golden comets.... 10 total. 1 tur Ed out to be a rooster, a bantom he is beautiful. He has always been so friendly until recently. One night something got into their run and coop and ate 7 of them. There was nothing left of any of them. 1 comet and the rooster and...
Yes I am SURE she is a hen. She has been laying since last summer. A little background, I started with 2 easter eggers, 2 comets, and 6 silkies. All of them were hens except one rooster. Classic silkie look and size. 3 our of the six silkies sadly got taken by hawks which leave the 4 big girls...
I have a total of 10 chickens. 6 silkies, yes still waiting on sexing. 2 comets and 2 eatser eggers. My comets started laying at 17 weeks. My Easter eggers are about 20 weeks now. Yesterday and today my black easter egger layed in one of the nesting boxes that is frequently used by the comets to...
I have read and read and read about how to sex a silkie and that they are notoriously hard to sex. I understand at this age it will be all guesses. I'm so impatient! If course I want hens but even if all six are roosters as long as there is no aggressive behavior they will be welcome. Soooo...