Thank y'all very much. I am concerned about the lone silkie being picked on by Orpingon's due to being smallest bird in the coop. I can take her to be my classroom pet. I have high school students and am strict on behavior. I have a guinea pig with middle school students, and he was most...
I am brokenhearted. A hawk took two of my silkies this week. I got home and went to check on the birds, and saw feathers everywhere. I thought all three had been killed. My Buff Orpingtons were hiding in brush. One was on the other side of my fence. The hawk was literally sitting at the water...
Thank you! Years ago I had a bantam barred rock rooster that was killed by the full size Auracanas. I am worried, but have had the chicks out in enclosures that Ruby can be next to them. She immediately pecked the cochin chicks when able to reachelp them. I am worried she will injure the silkies.
Hi, I'm Kelley, and I live in Central Texas with my daughter who is a high school senior this year, our 3 dogs, 3 cats, and 7 chickens.
Katie came home a few months ago with a Production Red hen she found roaming the streets, and of course we had to get her some buddies. 3 cochins (2 buffs and...