how do I tame my silkies. I now have 8 +peeps of cross variety (Plymouth rock and white silkie) My white rooster got killed and am not sure of ancestesry. some have 5 toes with feathery feet.Can hardly wait.. two hens laid in the same nest ten days apart. so second batch are still hatching...
The best way I know to break up a broody hen is to cool their bottom. I use a dog crate with a wire bottom set uo on blocks off the ground . when her "broody clucks ' stop she will quit sitting.Don
I have tried hard to raise white silkies.Started with 1 roo and 2 hens. a cochin duck killed 1 roo .I bouhght another on 2 different occasions and a neighbor dog or a critter killed them. I don't know why the roos were picked out unless tey erer defending their girls. I am now searching for...
hello neighbors. Iam don milligan and hahe 10 chickens .1 adult plymouth rock roo gentle an prrtective.2 silkie hens (white) 1 nice buff orpington pullet about to lay, 5 cross rir'sdon. I hve had no luck trying to raise white silkies as my white roo was killed by a drake duck that i have since...
DID THE SAME AS YOU; i COULD NOT MAINTAIN A CONSTANT TEMPbECAUSE MY HOUSE DOES NOT MAINTAIN A CONSTANT TEMP. i TRIED TWICE WITH BAD RESULTS sORRY TO BURST YOUR BUBBLE BUT BELIEVE THEY WERE MADE TO SELL dON
eally need a white cockerel. I'm about ready to accept any color. There is a lady Near me that offered me a buf roo free but cannot get up with her. I don' t want to bug her for she may have changed her mind. You must be pretty close If its only 25 miles.There are 3 flea markets here and they...
i;m from damascus My name is Don. I have 1 barred rock rooster and three rir hens. also have three white silkiw laying, I need a white silkie rooster. I would trade a hen for a good cock old enough to crow.