We have 4 hyline chickens and 1 rescue orpington (I think, not 100% sure), and another big-ish brown hen. Earlier in the year we had two silkies but one was a roo so we couldn't keep him, so then we just had the one girl. When we had our roo, he kept the other girls in line so she was ok and...
My three silkie girls (around 6 m/o) laid their first egg today!! I knew they would start laying soon but didn't expect that they would all start on the same day <3 The eggs are pretty small but hopefully they will get bigger over time!
The third egg was cracked when a big gust of wind came...
Hi BYCers! I have a question, what colour would you call these 3?
#1 - She is mostly black but her underfeathers are grey. She's my favourite, she is so evenly tempered and loves to snuggle <3
(a shot of her underfeathers)
#2 - She is mostly grey with a red tinge, also...
Hi everyone!! We hatched out 5 silkies recently from 6 eggs which was an awesome surprise for us :) Here are some photos
They are all different colours (white, black, grey, patridge and a white-ish one but he has caramelly bits to him, not sure what colour exactly you could call him)
I...
Thanks everyone for your thoughts on the mystery chook. We followed her when it got dark just now and she went over a few fences and flew up a tree to roost. Guessing thats where she has been sleeping.. still not sure where/who her owners are.
We have had a friendly visitor the last couple of days. This black/greenish chicken came by herself and now hangs out with my silkies, haha. Our bigger chickens don't like having her around tho. What kind of chicken is she?
Today was a terrible rainy day and my yellow girl had gotten herself fully soaked running around outside. I was worried that she might be too cold since its getting on winter here. She kept squatting down when I went to see her so I ended up picking her up with a towel and blow-drying her. She...