Recent content by Jonandashley

Chicken diapers ... or we just clean it right after they do it . We have wood floors so it’s easy . We vacuum daily and mop every other . It isn’t easy but we will managed it cause we love them .

I’m 16 weeks pregnant, I swear my chickens know I’m pregnant. They are house pets and we give them bath regularly. So I’m not worried and handle them daily. Here’s my youngest silkie laying on my pregnant tummy . She will sit there for hours .

We are going through this right now. Head shaking, continously scratching at ears... wheezing at times. He looks like it brings discomfort. Will be giving this method a try in the morning. Its 3am and we have a chicken in our bed with us

My rooster sleeps with me everymorning . From when my husband gets up to work at 6 until 8-9 a clock . He doesn’t even go poop . He is such a good little chicken . He will crow at 6 but that’s my waking up call to go get him . But once I put him back , that his mating time with the hens and he...

My rooster will sleep in my bed with me . My husband gets up early and once we go downstairs the rooster starts crowing . So then I go pick him up and put him to bed and we cuddle together. He will sleep about another hour in bed with me. Also when all the silkies are out we have 3 -4 month old...

Thank you for your feedback. We read somewhere that even if the black one is a rooster that he would be a late-bloomer because the white one is already the established dominanat male. Guess we'll have to wait and see for now

We started noticing little things first like, posture. We noticed that our rooster kinda stood up a little higher than the rest. Then, the behavioral signs; signs such as "rounding the troops" and of course the normal pecking order stuff. We started seeing streamers around 3-4 months... then the...

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I have 3 adorable silkies . (About 4 months ) We have a white male .. roo and blue pullet female (sterling) .. and the last one we can’t figure out . We think he might be a boy (black Hershey) . But he is so friendly he is a lap chicken. Our other roo the white one (vanilla ) has been crowing...

Proud parents of 3 silkie bantams